Architects for Peace in association with the Centre for Cultural Partnerships at the Victorian College of the Arts, present:

Occupy: A Panel Discussion

Image: Sovereignty Hill, Kings Domain, Melbourne – 2006
Credit: Lachlan MacDowall

We all ‘occupy’ space – but how can we use the idea of ‘occupy’ to think more broadly on spatial justice? Spatial justice is about the the interrelations of the material, the cultural and social production/reproduction of space and the power relationships entangled in this. It is about the relationship between public and private space, and how people, institutions and culture occupy space.

A range of speakers will explore this theme, from the diverse perspectives of homelessness, civil society, international development and intervention.

Speakers:

Lachlan Rhodes – Civil Society activist / former Greens Party candidate

Andrew Dawson – Professor of Anthropology and Director of Development Studies, University of Melbourne

Victoria Stead – PhD candidate, RMIT, working on land and customary law in PNG/East Timor

Spike Chiappalone – Member of the Council for Homeless Persons’ Peer Education Support Program / ex-long term homeless person

Chair:

James Oliver – Anthropologist / RHD Coordinator at the Centre for Cultural Partnerships, VCA