Counter-monuments Symposium: Session One

Counter-monuments: Indigenous settler relations in Australian contemporary art and memorial practices Session One: Wednesday 17 March 2021 Chair: Associate Professor Sana Nakata, co-founder of the Indigenous Settler Relations Collaboration, University of Melbourne: SPEAKERS: Genevieve Grieves and Dr Amy Spiers: Counter-monuments: An introduction Dr Julie Gough: MISSING or DEAD: reinstating the hidden figures of history Paola Balla and Dr Clare Land, with Kate Golding: Indigenous perspectives on Captain Cook: this full agency, this decolonised spirit MORE INFO: https://acca.melbourne/counter-monuments-indigenous-settler-relations-in-australian-contemporary-art-and-memorial-practices Genevieve Grieves and Dr Amy Spiers have developed this program in partnership with the Indigenous Settler Relations Collaboration (ISRC), University of Melbourne, Contemporary Art and Social Transformation (CAST), RMIT, and with assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. ACCA is pleased to host this symposium as part of the 2020-22 research, publication and exhibition project 'Who’s Afraid of Public Space?'