The Larger Conversations: Whose Place?

THE LARGER CONVERSATIONS is a series of three forums chaired by the University of Tasmania’s Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Jeff Malpas. The forums explore the synergies between science and the humanities with a uniquely Tasmanian focus. Collaboration between the humanities and sciences creates new knowledge, ideas and processes; working together they open up new ways of seeing, experiencing and interpreting the world around us. The audience will be engaged and will participate in a lively debate, discussion and thought-provoking conversation.
The topic:
July 21 – Whose Place?
“Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to was never there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place… Nothing outside you can give you any place… In yourself right now is all the place you’ve got.” ― Flannery O’Connor, A Good Man is Hard to Find
Panelists: Pete Hay, Kate Booth
 
The Larger Conversations series is presented by the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre under the Inspiring Australia program.
Tasmanian Writers’ Centre members: FREE with your membership card
Non-members: $10 per session.
Refreshments can be bought at the bar.
Details here.
Biogs:
Kate Booth is a researcher and lecturer with the University of Tasmania. Her research interests include place and the contribution that things and other species make to our sense of place. Much of her place writing has originated from her experiences within her home suburb of Risdon Vale. She draws upon relationships forged through everyday life, including with the suburban and bush landscapes, her weatherboard home and her washing machine.
Jeff Malpasis Distinguished Professor at UTAS and Visiting Distinguished Professor at Latrobe University. He founded the UTAS Centre for Applied Philosophy and Ethics and is the author or editor of 21 books. He has published over 100 scholarly articles on topics in philosophy, art, architecture and geography.
Pete Hay’s writing credits comprise many works of scholarship, including Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought, a volume of essays, Vandemonian Essays, a co-authored photo-essay with text, The Forests (with photographer Matthew Newton), and four books of poetry, most recently Last Days of the Mill (with visual artist Tony Thorne), with a chapbook in press.