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Food and Thought Intercultural Mela
24 – 25 February 2006
Hamilton, Victoria


Program

To download an electronic version of the Mela brochure, please click here.

Each of the sessions listed below has been recorded and made available in MP3 sound-files.

Many of the sessions are also available in video. The videos are currently available only in MOV format that requires Quicktime (free download - 21MB) but they will be made available in WMV soon.

We would like to give a huge thank-you and acknowledge with gratitude the work of Adrian Miles - hypertext.rmit.edu.au - who reformatted these videos for us.

Please Note these files will open from most browsers but they are large, so if you are on a dial-up connection they may take some time to load. If you are unable to open these files on-line, please email globalism@rmit.edu.au for information on how to obtain copies on CD or DVD.

Friday 24th February - 7.00pm to 9.15pm

Welcome to Country – Phemie Day

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  • Introduction - Yaso Nadarajah

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  • Welcome to Region - Mayor Mick Leeming

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  • Winda Mara Dance Group

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  • Keynote address by Helena Norberg-Hodge, director of the International Society for Ecology

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  • Questions for Keynote Speaker

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  • Response by internationally acclaimed globalization scholar, Prof Paul James

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  • Presentation: Growing Up in Regional Victoria – Karen Malone

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  • Student Presentation - Penny Mather and John Traynor (Monivae College)

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  • Closing Remarks – Martin Mulligan

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  • Saturday 25th February - 10.00am to 5.00pm

    10.00 – 11.00am Food, Diversity and Taste (Session 1)
    Speakers: Richard Cornish, Mary Ellis and Heather Builth
    What is the difference between food diversity and variety? What does the threats to diversity in our food supply, and what are we losing in terms of taste? This session offers different perspectives on the relationship between food, diversity and the sense.

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  • Listen to the Audio (Heather Builth)
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  • Listen to the Audio (Richard Cornish)
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  • 11.00am – 12.30pm Connecting Young People and Food (Session 2)
    Speakers: Stephanie Alexander, Gary Thomas and Marilyn Shady
    Find out from a panel of experts about their experiences engaging the minds and bodies of young people through food. Principals, students and teachers are specially invited to participate in this discussion.

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  • Listen to the Audio (Gary Thomas)
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  • Listen to the Audio (Stephanie Alexander)
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  • 12.30 – 2.00pm
    International Feast - local produce, global flavours

    2.00 – 3.00pm Eating and Buying Locally (Session 3)
    Speakers: Zannie Flanagan, Jenny Bell and Susan Cleary
    Buying your food locally is a great way to learn more about how and where your food was produced, while also supporting local growers. Three experts speak about how local food systems can help build stronger communities.

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  • Listen to the Audio (Susan Cleary)
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  • 3.00 – 4.00pm Local to Local Learning (Session 4)
    Speakers: Peta Christensen, Jane Seymour and Martin Mulligan
    How are local communities responding to the forces of global change? How does globalisation affect the production and consumption of food at a local level? What can communities learn from each other’s experiences?

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  • Listen to the Audio (Martin Mulligan)
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  • Listen to the Audio (Peta Christensen)
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  • 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
    Reflections, Local Perspectives and Closing Remarks
    Yaso Nadarajah, Kelly Donati, Howard Templeton, Hugh Delahunty, Olive McVicker, Paul James

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  • Listen to the Audio (Kelly Donati)
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  • Listen to the Audio (Hugh Delahunty)
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  • Listen to the Audio (Olive McVicker)
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  • Listen to the Audio (Paul James)
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  • Exhibitions

    ‘Growing Up In Regional Victoria’ Exhibition (UNESCO)
    Community Sustainability Research Sites: Working Across the Globe (Globalism Institute)
    Helen & Geoff Handbury Fellowship Projects
    RMIT Hamilton Programs and Projects


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