Upcoming Symposium

Imprisonment in the 21st Century

Wed 17 March, 4–6pm

Hunter Council Chamber, Hunter Building, Kelburn Parade

The Crime and Justice Research Centre in collaboration with the Institute of Criminology are inviting you to a symposium 'Imprisonment in the 21st century' with internationally respected speakers discussing some of the challenges and possibilities relating to contemporary imprisonment practices at home and abroad.

Speakers:
Hon Dr Pita Sharples, Māori Party Co-Leader, Minister of Māori Affairs, Associate Minister of Corrections, Associate Minister of Education; Professor Chris Cunneen, Chief investigator on the  Australian Research Council project entitled 'Australian Prison Project'; Professor John Pratt, appointed James Cook Fellow until 2011, undertaking research on the differing practices of imprisonment between Anglophone and Scandinavian societies.

News

Student Film Selected for German Film Festival

A short film, 'Meet me on Manners' produced by Victoria University Students will be screening at the prestigious Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival on 12 May 2010 in Germany.

Last year a team of four Anthropology students, Jack O'Donnell, Julian Hoben, Tracey Taylor and Kyla Walker, produced a short film last year as part of their assignment for ANTH 215: Theory and Practice of Visual Ethnography: An Introductory Course.

The short film, 'Meet me on Manners' depicts people's life and scenes on Manners Street and was a favourite among all the course participants. Dr Rolf Husman, the course coordinator, says it is the best of its kind in the world and is very excited that the film was chosen as part of such a renowned Festival.

Upcoming Conference

Dr Rhonda Shaw has been awarded a 2010 URF grant to continue work documenting the experiences of New Zealanders who have participated in organ donation and transplantation. The project builds on a Marsden funded Fast-Start grant (2008-2010) designed to engage health professionals and the general public in dialogue about the social, cultural, and spiritual significance of the body in organ and tissue exchange.

As part of this project, the School of Social and Cultural Studies will host a conference on 7 April, 2010 on the Future of Organ and Tissue Donation.The conference, funded by the Royal Society Marsden Fund and SPEaR, will include presentations from social scientists, bioethicists, health professionals, and policy makers. Click here for conference flyer

If you would like to register for the conference please click here to print a conference registration  pdf or if you would like to submit an abstract please contact address