The Politics of Listening, 29-30 November 2018

First Nations Voice and Listening: Keynote by Prof. Megan Davis @mdavisqlder (UNSW), followed by panel with Lorena Allam (the Guardian) + @SummerMayFinlay (Croakey). This Thurs 29 Nov 9-11am Robert Webster Bldg UNSW https://t.co/VNhDrhudPj #politicsoflistening2018 https://t.co/nOBj2wJMgX

— Tanja Dreher (@TanjaDreher) November 26, 2018

#politicsoflistening2018 Listening as Solidarity & Listening Interventions. Keynote address by Prof. @leahbassel (Roehampton), followed by a panel with @TanjaDreher (UNSW), Justine Lloyd (Macquarie) + Cate Thill (Notre Dame). pic.twitter.com/t531zbluxh

— SAM, UNSW Australia (@samUNSW) November 20, 2018

Setting up #otherregisters for the #politicsoflistening2018 conference in studio one @samUNSW. Starts to look good #soundstudies #sonification #listening #digitalhumanities pic.twitter.com/ECLeRArf3S

— Samuel Van Ransbeeck (@Thinksamuel) November 27, 2018

Reading @leahbassel in prep for #politicsoflistening2018
on French laïcité, Ni Putes Ni Soumises, les Indigènes de la République and how Muslim women are 'only heard when they bash their culture' in France. My perspective on the exception française has changed so much....

— Esther Alloun (@EstherAlloun) November 24, 2018

.⁦@TanjaDreher⁩ kicking off fantastic two days of #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/3ELItb2I3W

— Kerry McCallum (@Kerrymccallum) November 28, 2018

Incredible opening keynote at the #politicsoflistening2018 conference by @UNSW PVC Indigenous @mdavisqlder - today the 8th report in 8 years on constitutional reform will be released: will this make any difference to compelling governments to listen? pic.twitter.com/7dQV9ekvjC

— Dr Christy Newman (@thisnewman) November 28, 2018

”Political elites don't listen. Anyone who said Uluru was not expected merely wasn't paying attention...” - Professor Megan Davis @mdavisqlder #politicsoflistening @UNSWArts pic.twitter.com/O1m9yqe6Nb

— Kacey Martin (@KaceyMartin_) November 28, 2018

Politicians in this country when it comes to the #UluruStatement they don’t demonstrate the politics of listening but “the politics of not listening.” @mdavisqlder #politicsoflistening2018

— Summer May Finlay (@SummerMayFinlay) November 28, 2018

⁦@mdavisqlder⁩ discussed the Indigenous commissioners past and present push for urgent constitutional reform for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people at #politicsoflistening2018. Here is what they said: https://t.co/ApsJGZRzAH

— Summer May Finlay (@SummerMayFinlay) November 28, 2018

“Law reform requires us to suspend our disbelief that this country can change”: such an important reminder from @mdavisqlder for anyone working to achieve change, but especially for Indigenous communities who have entirely good reasons to not believe #politicsoflistening2018

— Dr Christy Newman (@thisnewman) November 28, 2018

We want them to enshrine a norm of listening - that is what The Voice would do @mdavisqlder on Urluru, The Right to be Heard and #politicsoflistening #politicsoflistening2018

— Tanja Dreher (@TanjaDreher) November 28, 2018

Instructive from @mdavisqlder on the #UluruStatement deliberative dialogues: 1. no facilitators 2. no lawyers 3. no tick box 'consultation' 4. crucial generosity in suspending cynicism + disbelief in change #politicsoflistening2018

— kylie valentine (@kylievfromSPRC) November 28, 2018

Extraordinary from @GuardianAus Lorena Allam on Deaths Inside database. Powerful and beautiful data, as intended, but it exists because 30 years after Royal Commission, Indigenous deaths in custody *still happening* https://t.co/PJp9kdfkOw #politicsoflistening2018

— kylie valentine (@kylievfromSPRC) November 28, 2018

Indigenous media was crucial in pushing back against symbolic recognition says @mdavisqlder namechecks @IndigenousXLtd @koorimailnews and more #politicsoflistening2018

— Tanja Dreher (@TanjaDreher) November 28, 2018

Powerful insights from @SummerMayFinlay and Lorena Allum on creating First Nations media content and platforms: yes, these are sometimes uncomfortable truths, told in unfamiliar ways, and non-Aboriginal Australia better get used to listening to them #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/1WJmIPRoto

— Dr Christy Newman (@thisnewman) November 29, 2018

More than 400 Aboriginal deaths in custody since the royal commission in 1991, "we wanted to tell the human story" - Lorena Allam @GuardianAus #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/6Xs33OFi44

— nicole curby (@nicole_curby) November 28, 2018

‘How do you change to accommodate knowledge of deaths in custody?’ https://t.co/9kNddZURTJ #politicsoflistening2018

— Sou_E2 (@Sou_E2) November 28, 2018

If listening provokes a reaction, how do you change to accommodate that knowledge? Lorena Allam #politicsoflistening2018

— Lea Redfern (@learedfern) November 28, 2018

”Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more than the sum of negative statistics” - @SummerMayFinlay objecting to discourses of deficit #politicsoflistening2018 @UNSWArts

— Kacey Martin (@KaceyMartin_) November 28, 2018

If you are not already a regular consumer of Croakey, you should be if you’re into the #politicsoflistening2018. I’ll make it easy, here is the link: https://t.co/5Uzbx7zxb8

— Summer May Finlay (@SummerMayFinlay) November 29, 2018

#politicsoflistening2018 great from @SummerMayFinlay and the opening session in general: listening is difficult. Do the work. Feel uncomfortable

— kylie valentine (@kylievfromSPRC) November 29, 2018

‘Anyone who said that the Uluru statement was unexpected, was not listening.’ Prof. Megan Davis #politicsoflistening2018

— Tina Dixson 🏳️‍🌈 (@TNDixson) November 28, 2018

A great day 1 of #politicsoflistening2018 and an inspiring workshop by @HayleyMcQuire and Samara Hand of the NIYEC on the importance of First Nations education designed by First Nations (young) people. NIYEC has big plans for 2019, keep an eye out! pic.twitter.com/goswhWT7qS

— Sophie Rudolph (@sophierudolph8) November 29, 2018

The African Union and the #ICC: @Sou_E2 exploring who can speak and who is heard in critique of the court #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/OsngJkHNdx

— Harry Hobbs (@HarryUNSW) November 29, 2018

@kylievfromSPRC explains how those in contact with multiple service systems - criminal, child protection etc - are expected to articulate a biography which emphasises both complex problems and blamelessness, but don’t often have the resources to know how #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/ff8SZPMi72

— Dr Christy Newman (@thisnewman) November 29, 2018

A joy to lead this panel on the value of life stories to policy practice incl trans* bodies in cervical cancer screening, Caroline Lenette on refugee ‘success’ stories, @reuben_bolt on Aboriginal identity construction and Naomi Sunderland on how to prepare listeners to listen? https://t.co/TprTgiOZTX

— Dr Christy Newman (@thisnewman) November 29, 2018

My wonderful colleague @HarryUNSW on a First Nations voice: structural questions and an ethic of respect #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/YT9STK0soQ

— Sou_E2 (@Sou_E2) November 29, 2018

One of my favourite talks from the #politicsoflistening2018 so far is from Leanne Cutcher on embodied listening and the politics of recognition pic.twitter.com/6aYqzb2IZo

— Michelle Dang (@dang_power) November 29, 2018

Learnt so much by listening today. Thanks Michelle for listening to me #politicsoflistening2018 https://t.co/6imeK5mPF3

— Leanne Cutcher (@leanne_cutcher) November 29, 2018

Great extension of Tina Dixon’s argument around queer refugee women’s narratives: how can listening be cooptation and domination #politicsoflistening2018

— N D Matthews (@DrNDMatthews) November 29, 2018

Listening with disability for democracy #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/pNv1K3F0jp

— james parker (@farsidevirtual) November 29, 2018

Cate Thill notes that despite a continuing relationship between First People’s disability network & government around the NDIS, the fact that indigenous languages do not have a word for disability is still seen as a deficit not as a resource by officials #politicsoflistening2018

— N D Matthews (@DrNDMatthews) November 29, 2018

Dialogic practices, Hannah Arendt and making cups of tea. Lots to think about with Lucia Farinati #politicsoflistening2018

— Kim Munro (@kimsum33) November 29, 2018

Stunning panel session where soundscapes as technologies of control are countered using acoustic ecology, story work and dadirri to enable acoustic agency, resistance and sonic practices in prisons and the challenge of holding space without authority. #politicsoflistening2018

— Dr Ruth DeSouza (@DeSouzaRN) November 29, 2018

Poppy de Souza opening day two of #politicsoflistening2018 very excited for a keynote on listening as solidarity from the inspiring Leah Bassell #ethicallistening #listeningpraxis pic.twitter.com/NP0aqjBMfv

— Nadia Rhook (@NadiRhook) November 29, 2018

All set for day two starting with Leah Bassel talking about listening as a social and political practice, in contrast to voice and speaking, the creative use of different media; and solidarity between migrant justice and indigenous activists. #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/NFdTBVd3eJ

— Dr Ruth DeSouza (@DeSouzaRN) November 29, 2018

'Listening as solidarity' w @leahbassel #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/lV930A54zM

— james parker (@farsidevirtual) November 29, 2018

@leahbassel Great keynote this morning at #PoliticsofListening2018. Wanted to recommend a good follow if you are interested in the discourse around Australian refugee and migrant justice: @Kon__K :)

— Rachael Bolton (@mediahaze) November 29, 2018

Justine Lloyd talking listening futures - I love the way this pic includes a rainbow #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/PwJJ64BFXM

— N D Matthews (@DrNDMatthews) November 29, 2018

“For a listening project with teeth” and hope - from Justine Lloyd. #politicsoflistening2018

— Lea Redfern (@learedfern) November 29, 2018

Tanja Dreher worries that shifting attention to listening, despite a social justice motivation, might recentre whiteness and privilege #politicsoflistening2018

— N D Matthews (@DrNDMatthews) November 29, 2018

Great question from Naomi Sunderland to Tanja Dreher - is compassion towards empowered people struggling with difficult listening an example of recentring on whiteness & privilege? #politicsoflistening2018

— N D Matthews (@DrNDMatthews) November 30, 2018

Today second day of the exciting #politicsoflistening2018 conference and also the last day to see #OtherRegisters, the sound and silence of police violence in Rio de Janeiro, sound installation. Open today from 11am till 3pm at Studio One @UNSW @samUNSW https://t.co/a5W8T2Nnj2 pic.twitter.com/r1a8PuhOJX

— Samuel Van Ransbeeck (@Thinksamuel) November 29, 2018

I’ll be exploring listening, salt lakes and contested sites @artdesignunsw this Friday for The Politics of Listening symposium. Free entry with lots of great people speaking so come along if you’re in Sydney. #politicsoflistening2018 https://t.co/IHBfrn0XZW

— Polly Stanton (@pollystanton) November 27, 2018

A highlight at #politicsoflistening2018 - Carol Que on the white savior art industrial complex and much much more https://t.co/5xC3SKlIiP

— Tanja Dreher (@TanjaDreher) November 30, 2018

Fantastic talk by Carol Que on the relationship between being appealing to the state and to white supremacy and one's ability to appeal #sonicjustice #appeeling #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/gQ5PWimWyl

— Nadia Rhook (@NadiRhook) November 30, 2018

Jessica Feldman thinking through face-to-face communication protocols in social movements as an alternative to online networks as a route to listening #politicsoflistening2018 pic.twitter.com/hgrQPiDlmA

— N D Matthews (@DrNDMatthews) November 30, 2018

Poppy D’Souza on how the Curtain podcast by Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson,
questions the logic of setter colonial state and racial capitalism but also demands slow listening #politicsoflistening2018 https://t.co/GmsvgCW89I

— Dr Ruth DeSouza (@DeSouzaRN) November 30, 2018

.@djaybutt on listening as an extension of the missionary project, the impulse is moral redemption - listening for places of language offers an alternative #politicsoflistening2018

— Tanja Dreher (@TanjaDreher) November 30, 2018

Beth Sometimes, talking about a collaborative language learning project in Alice Springs, suggests “listening is a prayer to be haunted”... #politicsoflistening2018

— N D Matthews (@DrNDMatthews) November 30, 2018

Essential listening - @CurtainPodcast analysed by Poppy de Souza in 'slow listening and the unsettling ethics of attention' at #thepoliticsoflistening2018 https://t.co/lTfHjiInFv

— Tanja Dreher (@TanjaDreher) December 5, 2018

Poppy de Sousa evokes Berlant’s notion of slow death as a frame for thinking about the difficult, slow listening required to attend to longstanding podcast “Curtain” on unjust incarceration #politicsoflistening2018

— N D Matthews (@DrNDMatthews) November 30, 2018

waking full of the resonances of #politicsoflistening2018 conference. thankful for quiet connections in amongst the formalities. & thankful for the difficulty of being-together that emerged during my panel - inequities & lines of privilege came to the surface in our attempt.

— Rajni Shah (@rajni_shah) November 30, 2018

Thanks Sydney. Good days at #politicsoflistening2018 with much thought provoking presentations and sound work and much thanks to @justRellis and @natski68 https://t.co/EUa7vjnR5q

— Kim Munro (@kimsum33) November 30, 2018

The #politicsoflistening2018 was exciting and thought provoking. Many interesting things being said, listening in all its aspects is important. Thanks to @TanjaDreher and Poppy de Souza for making this happen.

— Samuel Van Ransbeeck (@Thinksamuel) November 30, 2018

Thank YOU @Thinksamuel for bringing 'Other Registers' to @samUNSW as part of #politicsoflistening2018 it was a vital and thought-provoking contribution. And thanks to all at Creative Practice Lab for making the Sydney installation possible https://t.co/dJpXRHTSn1

— Tanja Dreher (@TanjaDreher) December 1, 2018