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Social Media, Sexual Citizenship and Youth Research showcase and panel discussion: Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
When: Tuesday 10 April, 6-8pm
Where: Room TD144, TD Building, John Street (five minutes from Glenferrie Station)
Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn
Free event showcasing young Melbourne researchers and social media communication professionals alongside researchers from the ARC Discovery project Queer Generations: Belonging and sexual citizenship among gender and sexual minority youth (https://queergenerations.org/).
We welcome health and education professionals, teachers, researchers, policy makers and community leaders who are working to fuel progress in the fields of sexuality, education and health
Confirmed presenters include:
Kath Albury (Swinburne University of Technology) on
Queer young people’s negotiation of safety, risk and visibility in hookup app cultures
Charlie Chapple (Swinburne University of Technology) on
Closed Facebook communities as peer support for trans and non-binary young people
Daniel Marshall and Ben Hegarty (Deakin University) on
Minus 18: a case-study in histories of queer youth uses of communication technologies
Jonathan Mavroudis (Swinburne University of Technology) on
Shirtless selfies and young gay men’s identity formation practices
Ivy McGowan (Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Latrobe University) on
Targeting (successful) research recruitment: Lessons from LGBTIQ digital activist cultures
Panel discussion (including presenters and members of the Queer Generations team):
Reflections on sexual citizenship and the emergent relationship between growing up queer and contemporary media practices
This event is presented by Swinburne University of Technology Social Media Research Group, Family Planning Victoria, the Queer Generations research project and the Australia Forum for Sexuality, Education and Health (AFSEH).
Please RSVP here.
Further information please contact Tinonee Pym: tpym@swin.edu.au
Image credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/celesteh/
Sexuality, Citizenship and Youth – WA workshop
In partnership with the Australia Forum on Sexuality, Education and Health (AFSEH) and the WA Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Applied Research and Evaluation Network (SiREN), we are pleased to invite you to our second Western Australian workshop event. Join us for a late afternoon tea followed by a fun and stimulating discussion with speakers from across WA and Australia!
This event, which will take place at Shenton Park, is targeted at health and education professionals, teachers, researchers, policy makers and community leaders who are working to fuel progress in the fields of sexuality, education and health. The workshop will be an opportunity to gain insights into these issues and more; expand your professional development, and network with like-minded professionals.
The workshop will commence at 5pm for food and networking, followed by presentations commencing at 5.45pm.
Presenters:
Peter Aggleton (UNSW Sydney).
Roanna Lobo (Curtin University; SiREN).
Rob Cover (University of Western Australia).
Mary Lou Rasmussen (Australian National University) – Changing LGBTQ Youth Social Policy since 1990.
Kai Schweizer (Peer educator, Youth Affairs Council of WA) – Trans representation in the contemporary Western media.
Daniel Marshall (Deakin University) – Archives and the representation of queer young people.
Leigh Hill (editor, Out in Perth) – Role of LGBTQ community media for young people.
Renee Newman (WAAPA) – Filmmaker and director of film It’s Not Just Me, Renee will be discussing and introducing the film with focus on young people’s gender transition experiences in Western Australia.
Sam Winter (Curtin University) – Discussant.
To RSVP or for more information please email siren@curtin.edu.au.
Please RSVP by 1 December for catering purposes
Upcoming public events: UNSW Practical Justice Initiative
Two upcoming seminars in the UNSW Practical Justice Initiative series that may be of interest to AFSEH members:
Extent and effects of child sexual abuse in institutional contexts
May 16 2017, 4.30pm – 6.00pm
In this joint seminar Professor Carolyn Warner (Arizona State University) and Associate Professor Jan Breckenridge (UNSW Sydney) will comment on how institutions reproduce or intersect with gender and other concomitant inequalities, as well as the development of more effective institutional responses to disclosures of childhood sexual abuse.
More details and to register
https://pji.arts.unsw.edu.au/events/extent-and-effects-child-sexual-abuse-institutional-contexts
Sexuality and sexual citizenship in the later years
28 June 2017, 4.00pm – 5.30pm
Professor Chris Beasley (University of Adelaide) will discuss sexual citizenship, ageing and Internet dating, and Dr Bianca Fileborn ( UNSW School of Social Sciences) will explore what older Australians want, and need, to support their sexual wellbeing in later life.
More details and to register
https://pji.arts.unsw.edu.au/events/sexuality-and-sexual-citizenship-later-years
