Cosmographies : Film Screening and Q+A - Dr Juan Francisco Salazar In-Person
This event will feature a preview screening of Juan Salazar's latest film, Cosmographies followed by audience question time.
Film Screening
Cosmographies is a 93-minute hybrid film that draws from speculative fiction, observational and poetic documentary, Indigenous futurisms, and Indigiqueer approaches to weave together cosmic stories about the struggle for environmental justice against ongoing forms of extractivism and ecological ruin in the Atacama Desert as an allegory against ongoing plans to colonize the Moon and Mars, where Māori astrobiologist Xuê Noon finds solace in 2051. Directed by Juan Salazar in collaboration with performance artist Victoria Hunt and the Lickanantay community of Toconao , Chile, the film is an output of an ARC Future Fellowship grant (2020-2024) and a sequel to Salazar's earlier film Nightfall on Gaia (2015).
Juan Francisco Salazar is a Chilean interdisciplinary researcher, author and documentary filmmaker whose academic and creative work explore the coupled dynamics of social-ecological change and is underpinned by a collaborative ethos across the arts, sciences and activism. He is a Professor of Communication and Media in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and a member of the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS).
Western Sydney University has been named number one in the world in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, topping the world's leading university sustainability ranking for an unprecedented three years in a row. This is the only global performance measure that assesses universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event series aims to celebrate and promote this #1 ranking, complementing work being undertaken across the University as part of its Sustainability and Resilience Decadal Strategy 2030 .
Location: Parramatta South Campus EA.2.13
Disclaimer: This is a private screening for the WSU community.
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Time:
- 4:30pm - 6:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Sydney, Melbourne (change)
- Location:
- Parramatta South Campus
- Campus:
- Parramatta Sth
- Audience:
- Academics & researchers General Interest Post-graduate students Undergraduate Students Western staff
- Categories:
- Thought Leadership Events
Time Zone: Sydney, Melbourne (change)
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- Date:
- Monday, September 23, 2024
- Time:
- 8:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Penrith Campus, Penrith
- Audience:
- General Interest
- Categories:
- Community Events
Spoken Word Poetry (Produce Workshop) In-Person
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Bankstown City Campus Library, Bankstown
- Categories:
- Activity Community Events Student Activities
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 18 seats left
Cosmographies : Film Screening and Q+A - Dr Juan Francisco Salazar In-Person
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Time:
- 4:30pm - 6:30pm
- Location:
- Parramatta South Campus, Parramatta Sth
- Audience:
- Undergraduate Students Post-graduate students Western staff General Interest Academics & researchers
- Categories:
- Thought Leadership Events
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 165 seats left
Therapy dogs visit In-Person
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Time:
- 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Penrith Campus Library, Penrith
- Audience:
- Undergraduate Students General Interest
- Categories:
- Community Events
Therapy dogs visit In-Person
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Time:
- 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Hawkesbury Campus Library, Hawkesbury
- Audience:
- Undergraduate Students General Interest
- Categories:
- Community Events