Invasion Day: mobilizing with social media

Thursday, 26 January 2017 -
6:00pm to 6:30pm

It's celebrated as Australia Day. But if you're from the aboriginal community, the day has a much different meaning.

Celeste is Arrernte woman, unionist, writer, activist and she blogs at Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist. One of the key organizers of the Invasion Day March in Melbourne this year, Communication Mixdown talks with Celeste about her unanticipated enthusiasm for utilizing social media, and the importance of social media for indigenous community activism.

Then, Indigenous writer and researcher with the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University, Jack Latimore explains his current project for improving the quality of Indigenous representation and participation in the mainstream media-sphere, and talks about his work at IndigenousX.


Thursday 6:00pm to 6:30pm
This show casts a critical eye on the myriad ways in which we communicate with each other in our increasingly interconnected, multi-media platform world. Each week we mix down the who, the what, the where, and the how of particular communication events, messages, trends and technologies, and then consider: what impacts and what consequences?

Presenter

John Langer & Jennifer Martin

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