Month: January 2020


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    Africa and its People: Interdisciplinary Lessons from ANU Research

    Wed., 4 March 2020, 9:00am–4:30pm Fenner Seminar Room, Fenner Building (#141), ANU This symposium style event will examine the ANU’s research work in Africa, and facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration.A lunch will be provided, allowing for networking and informal discussion. More details.  Register here

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    Yandisa Ngqangashe on South African Diet

    Yandisa Ngqangashe of REGNET at the ANU has published a chapter on ‘Vegetarian and Vegan communities in South Africa’ in the 2019 book: To Eat Or Not to Eat Meat: How Vegetarian Dietary Choices Influence Our Social Lives’, Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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    Virtual African Wilderness Reality at the NMA

    A National Geographic VR Exploration into the Okavango Delta Now showing daily at the Circa theatre of the National Museum of Australia, with sessions starting at a quarter past the hour from 9.15am. Tickets $20 at the Information Desk ‘Come face-to-face with elephants, lions and hippos as you explore one of the world’s largest wetlands.

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    Belonging in a Cosmopolitan Society: Perspectives from African Migrants in the Diaspora

    University of Melbourne, 12-14 March, 2020 Background ‘Borders, Identities and Belonging have been at the centre of debates on the profound transformations wrought by globalisation. But perhaps the movement of people across geographical borders, and the transformative impact of the digital revolution that has ushered in the information age, are the most illustrative examples.’ African

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