talk fest for square eyes
GTV9 Mobile Unit No.2, 1960s. Source: ACMI Collection
Over fifty scholars visit ACMI for Australian television conference
A fascinating array of Australian and international speakers have descended on ACMI this week for a conference exploring the important role of television in the formation of ideas about Australia and Australianness.
Speakers have included leading Sue Turnbull (The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald), Graeme Turner (Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland), Chris Healy (Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne) and Mark Hartley (Research Director, Creative Industries and Innovation at QUT, and collaborator on our TV50 exhibition). The conference has also featured a hilarious presentation by comedy writer Robyn Butler (The Librarians, Very Small Business and Stories from the Golf).
Topics discussed included national stereotypes in television, variety TV in the fifties and sixties, car culture on television, popular current affairs and television ratings. Programs highlighted for presentations included Australian Idol, Border Security, Underbelly and cult HBO drama Deadwood. The new publication The SBS Story: The Challenge of Cultural Diversity (UNSW Press) has also been launched as part of the conference.
The Television and the National Conference has been convened by the Cinema and Media Studies department at Latrobe University, with the support of ACMI, Cultural Research Network and the Project for Australian Television History.
Read the full conference program here
Published Thursday, 20 November 2008
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