Media Releases
Keep up to date with the latest symposium news.
3 October 2006
Creative Citizenship symposium - Convener's closing summary
The papers delivered at the Creative Citizenship symposium, held from 27-28 September, were wonderfully eclectic in their approach to the topic, said convener Adrian Walter in his closing remarks.
3 October 2006
Who owns copyright on the Net?
With the explosion in self-generated websites comes the problem of who owns copyright on content published for global consumption. This was the theme of Professor Brian Fitzgerald's lecture at the recent Charles Darwin Symposium.
3 October 2006
Territory musicians' unique role in cultural landscape
Creating the cultural landscape of the Northern Territory was reliant on its own citizens taking a major role, says Adrian Walter, the convener of the Creative Citizenship symposium.
3 October 2006
Writers are role models for the creative citizen
Five Australian writers best exemplify the notion of the socially committed citizen, literary lecturer and cultural commentator Dr David Headon told the Creative Citizenship symposium.
3 October 2006
Filling the airwaves
Filling our airwaves with program content should be the responsibility of Australians, Alice Springs documentary film-maker Dr David Curl told the Creative Citizenship symposium.
3 October 2006
Tower block talent: the remarkable story of Tenantspin
The regeneration of the social life of a decaying tower block in Liverpool might seem a world away from the central desert of Australia.
28 September 2006
Teen daydreams and mischief drive net creativity
There was a shift from entertainment, information and popular culture being provided 'for the people' to one 'by the people', says cultural researcher Professor John Hartley.
27 September 2006
Creative citizenship takes many forms
There was an irony in defining the creative citizen as it applied to one of Australia's most famous Aboriginal artists, MLA Alison Anderson told the opening of CDU's Creative Citizenship symposium in Alice Springs today (Sept 27).
27 September 2006
Wonderland in Alice
Creativity and community come under scrutiny from today in Alice Springs in CDU's first symposium on the new creative industries that have emerged in recent years.
25 September 2006
Program changes
Professor Simone de Haan, Director of Creative Programs and Acting CEO Bundanon, will now be the first keynote speaker in the first session, The Creative Citizen, as Professor Andrea Hull is unable to attend.
Mr Dick Kimber is unable to take part in the panel discussion as advised in session four on day one.
21 September 2006
Creative life of Alice Springs
Leading figures in the creative life of Alice Springs will share their experiences with national and international speakers in CDU's Creative Citizenship symposium at the Araluen Centre this month.
18 September 2006
Musical tribute for CDU symposium
Darwin composer Dr Cathy Applegate has composed a special musical tribute for this month's Creative Citizenship symposium organised by CDU.
15 September 2006
The future of creative industries
"The creative citizen is already active in the sphere of blogging on the Internet and via initiatives like digital storytelling," says Professor John Hartley, a keynote speaker at CDU's Creative Citizenship symposium this month.
12 September 2006
Outside the Box - Darwin Symphony Orchestra
Martin Jarvis, the founder of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, will explain the benefits of community creativity at CDU's symposium on Creative Citizenship this month.
7 September 2006
Eddie Berg to explore the creative citizen
Some of the world's leading thinkers and researchers about creativity and the arts will gather in Alice Springs this month for Charles Darwin University's first Creative Citizenship symposium.
21 August 2006
The creative convener
What exactly is creative citizenship? Basically it means becoming involved in the creative life of your community. There will be the chance to find out more when CDU holds its free Creative Citizenship symposium in Alice Springs in late September.
18 August 2006
Creative citizenship - the creative life of your community
Leading national and international arts experts, including UK-based Eddie Berg, will come together next month in Alice Springs at the Charles Darwin Symposium Creative Citizenship: Community, Creative Industries and the Future.