Intense thanks!

Thanks to all who presented last week for the Intensive- everyone was terrific – you have all clearly been working really hard, and again the sessions were really stimulating. And thanks to all who contributed so thoughtfully to discussion. And special thanks to Vanessa who was mostly at a rival conference(!)and yet brought the week to a fabulous conclusion on Friday night with the  wonderful King Hits. A great way to weather a ten week term….a fabulous nights’ letting down of hair!

Melinda Hinkson was really pleased that people were so receptive to her project, which I think could have very interesting benefits for us. She is also very sensitive to your responses, so if any of you have concerns about her involvement with the group (coming to intensives etc) it would be good to let me know – just email me.

If you are keen to be part of her project and havent told her yet,  I think you should email her melinda.hinkson@anu.edu.au

Alistair was also really delighted to have been involved and is very keen to maintain this kind of interaction. Isnt he terrific? I recommend his lectures which are on Tuesdays at 10am in music lecture theatre 3.

So, that was our final intensive for 2009 but I am thinking we should have a postgrad lunch sometime before year ends- and invite some of these extras along. And have a bit of discussion about how we might do things even better next year….

That’s all fffffolks!!! see you in Sydney on Thursday? R

This week’s intensive!:

Presentations Sept 2-4:

Wed Sept 2nd: 9.30 Peter Adsett (on Two Laws and his current collaboration with architect);  10.00 Ben Backhouse (work in progress); (10.30 break)  11am Ruby Green (guest speaker on recent experience working at Kintore, Northern Territory)

Thurs: 9am Vanessa Barbay; 9.30am Melinda Hinkson (guest speaker from Visual Culture/ Anthropology,archeology)

(11.00 Hons/masters seminar)  then 3pm Nicky Dickson at CCAS Gorman House

Friday: coffee 10.30 11.00 Suzanne Moss;  11.30 Alistair Noble (Musicologist);  12.00 Ria Vlavianos;  1pm Reading Groups

AND 6pm Friday night party in Drawing Room with Vanessa&Adam’s band!

NB! 5pm Friday on my wall video project