Who is in control?
Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of RW Connell's groundbreaking
book, Ruling Class Ruling Culture, 30 writers and intellectuals from
Australia and around the globe will converge to partake in a three-day
conference of the same name. Hosted by overland, Ruling Class Ruling
Culture will feature a keynote address by Connell, in which he will
update his study to look at the operation of the Australian ruling class
in the last quarter of a century.
At a time when classic models of class analysis have become
unfashionable, Ruling Class Ruling Culture will take a fresh look at
cultural, economic and political agents of power and their relevance in
understanding class dynamics today. With speakers from many disciplines,
the conference will analyse developments in education, communication
technologies, resistance movements, the military, the arts, trade
unions, corporate management and the feminist movement. It will look at
pivotal events in Australia's recent history that have widened the
economic divide or shaped class relations. Both practical and
theoretical, it will introduce recent research findings and new ways of
seeing class relations.
The facts of massive and rapidly worsening income inequality in
Australia are clear and startling. An increasing number of people are
feeling insecure and pressured in their work and life. Rarely
considered, though, is the prospect that those at the top of society may
be involved in the perpetration of this state of affairs.
This is a conference for educators, students, activists and those
working in the social services, advocacy and philanthropic sectors.
Trades Hall, Friday, 19 July to Sunday, 21 July, 2002. Tickets available
for full conference ($70/$35), single day ($35) or single session ($10).
For the program or bookings, go to
dingo.vu.edu.au/~arts/cals/overland/rcrc.html.
conference organising committee
Stuart Macintyre
Dean of Arts, University of Melbourne
Andrew Milner
Monash University
Verity Burgmann
University of Melbourne
Terry Irving
University of Sydney
Carole Ferrier
University of Queensland,
Hecate
Jenny Lee
Deakin University
Mark Davis
author of Gangland
Sean Scalmer
Macquarie University
Ian Syson
overland editor
Nathan Hollier
overland associate editor
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