Ideas at the House

This episode is the second talk from the Build conversation series, which explores new perspectives from design, architecture, engineering, science and The Arts to reflect on how these disciplines can address the urgent issues of our times. Each of the talks in this series respond to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Build program curator, Joni Taylor, chairs a conversation with two visionary thought leaders, using their exploration of design practices to reflect on our relationship to Life Below Water - Global Goal number 14.Dr Danièle Hromek is a Budawang woman of the Yuin nation. She works as a spatial and cultural designer and researcher, considering how to Indigenise the built environment. Alex Goad is an industrial designer and founder of Reef Design Lab. Together, Daniele and Alex discuss how we can create non-human centred design to preserve biodiversity, restore and regenerate marine life and waterways. And how seahorses have come back to Sydney harbour! This talk is supported by the Ove Arup foundation and was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House Centre for Creativity in September 2022.~For more about this topic please check out the Recommended Reading, Listening & Watching Lists from our speakers:Dr Danièle Hromek1 Recommended website: https://danielehromek.com/1 Recommended book: Our Voices series with Rebecca Kiddle, Patrick Stewart and Kevin O’Brien as editors1 Recommended video: Songlines on Screen (SBS)Alex GoadRecommended reading & websites:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-26/eco-engineering-reef-design-lab-3d-printing-oceans-seawalls/100867924https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/sampling-the-future-mars/ https://www.livingseawalls.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The BUILD conversation series is a new series of talks that explore new perspectives from design, architecture, engineering, science and The Arts, to reflect on how these disciplines can address the urgent issues of our times. Each of the talks in this series respond to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.In the first episode of the series, Build program curator, Joni Taylor, chairs a conversation with two visionary thought leaders, Jefa Greenaway and Liane Rossler, using their exploration of design practices to reflect on our relationship to Life on Land. - Global Goal number 15.Jefa Greenaway is an architect, interior designer, academic, director of Greenaway Architects and co-founder | Chair of Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria, Australia’s only Indigenous design association. He is of Wailwan | Kamilaroi and German heritage. Liane Rossler is a designer, artist and curator championing design that balances perspectives of nature, sustainability, creativity and community. She co-founded Sydney’s internationally renowned Dinosaur Designs, and in recent years founded Superlocalstudio– ‘a space that enables the creation of thoughtful practises’This talk is supported by the Ove Arup foundation and was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House - Centre for Creativity in May 2022. ~For more about this topic please check out the Recommended Reading, Listening & Watching Lists from our speakers:Jefa Greenaway1 recommended website – https://indigenousdesigncharter.com.au/1 recommended Podcast - S2. Ep1. Talking with Jefa Greenaway about Indigenous Design and the Built Environment | Building Environs Recruitment | [The Building Talks Podcast with Martin Preece]1 recommended book – Our Voices Volume 2: The DE-colonial Project , Stewart, Patrick, Kiddle, Rebecca & O’Brien, Kevin (Eds.), 2021 Oro Editions, USA Liane Rossler1 recommended website – https://assemblepapers.com.au/1 recommended online video -  https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff/1 recommended book - Glimpses of Utopia by Jess Scully https://glimpsesofutopia.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As it nears its 50th birthday, the Sydney Opera House is looking to the future with a 'Up Next' - a new podcast which talks to the artists who'll define the next 50 years of arts and culture in Australia. Join host Courtney Ammenhauser as she chats to a spectacular lineup of artists from a variety of creative disciplines as they make their way to one of the most famous performance venues in the world.In this bonus episode, Courtney talks with the Michael Mohammed Ahmed, Western Sydney writer, playwright and founder of Sweatshop Literacy Movement. They dive deep into his short-lived acting career, his creative journey from novels to plays, and what it means to have his communities represented on the stages of the Opera House.Episodes of 'Up Next' are released monthly and you'll find them wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Pasi Sahlberg conversation series is a 3-part series of urgent discussions about the Australian Education System.In this final episode of our three-part series, Pasi Sahlberg is joined by Professor Sharon Goldfeld, a paediatrician and director of the Royal Children’s Hospital Centre for Community Child Health and theme director for Population Health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Also joining the conversation, is Ann King, parent at Mosman High school and, giving a young person’s perspective, year 12 Mosman high school captain, Will Osborne. The discussion was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in 2022 and explores the question: “What might schools look like if health and wellbeing were considered one of the basics like numeracy and literacy?”.-Watch other talks on Stream. The streaming platform from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching.Follow the Sydney Opera House on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Pasi Sahlberg conversation series is a 3-part series of urgent discussions about the Australian Education System.In this second episode, Pasi Sahlberg is joined by Ricky Kradolfer, music educator, guitarist and front man of The City Riots, and Sarah Donnelley, 2020 ARIA Music Teacher of the Year and deputy principal of Wilcannia Central School, to discuss the lack of music education in the Australian school system. From lived experiences, these teachers have seen music inspire engagement and give children a different way of expressing themselves, especially those who struggle with traditional methods of learning. Pasi Sahlberg and the panel explore the sense of connection music brings and the excitement that children feel coming to school knowing they will partake in musical activities.This talk was recorded live at Sydney Opera House in 2022.-Watch other talks on Stream. The streaming platform from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching.Follow the Sydney Opera House on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Pasi Sahlberg conversation series is a 3-part series of urgent discussions about the Australian Education System.In this, the first of three episodes, Pasi Sahlberg talks with the acclaimed businessman David Gonski about the impacts of the 2011 Gonski report. Joining them is president of the NSW Teacher’s federation, Angelo Gavrielatos and Principal of Ulladulla High School Denise Lofts as well as year 12 student Mim Macdonell, together they address the various persistent challenges in education, and how the report did and did not address those.  This talk was recorded live at Sydney Opera House in 2022.-Watch other talks on Stream. The streaming platform from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching.Follow the Sydney Opera House on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New legislation is making its way through Australian state parliaments, enshrining the concept of "affirmative consent": an explicit, articulated, ongoing agreement to sexual activity.Bri Lee, Saxon Mullins, and Amy Thunig navigate these recent changes and the implications for sexual freedom. Are changes to the law enough? What should justice look like? And how to get the next generation of people to be different?Hosted by Lucia Osborne-Crowley, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.-Watch other talks on Stream. The new streaming service from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching.Follow the Sydney Opera House on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wendy McCarthy is one of Australia's feminist heroes. She shares her remarkable life and achievements, and the lessons she has learned - and taught us all.In addition to the work she does that is very much in the public eye – advocating for women’s health, reproductive rights, child care, and women’s self-determination – she is often the woman who is there behind the scenes, strategizing, and counselling women undergoing any number of challenges.Hosted by Larissa Behrendt, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.-Watch other talks on Stream. The new streaming service from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching.Follow the Sydney Opera House on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Australian and American troops are gone, the Taliban are back in power.What is life like now for women and girls in Afghanistan and what can we in the rest of the world do to help? Did the Western presence benefit or disrupt Afghan women’s organisations? How do Afghan women and their allies around the world fight for their freedom? This talk is an essential conversation filled with expert knowledge and personal stories.Hosted by Diana Sayed, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.-Watch other talks on Stream. The new streaming service from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching.Follow the Sydney Opera House on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The tables turn for ABC's 7:30 journalist Laura Tingle, as subject rather than interviewer as she analyses the domestic and political world.Combining political insights with personal observations and anecdotes about the players who hold our fate in their hands, rest assured Laura will not let anyone off lightly.Hosted by Anne Summers, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.-Watch other talks on Stream. The new streaming service from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching.Follow the Sydney Opera House on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.