~^. ... .,. O. ^ I. , . ADELAIDE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS PROGRAM to - ,. 3 July 2003 Hope and Fear Art Gallery of South Australia Auditorium & Cafe, Elder Hall. Bonython Hall, Brookman Hall. North Terrace. Adelaide South Australia Welcome Hope and Fear. One could be forgiven for thinking that the major themes of this third biennial Adelaide Festival of Ideas were born out of calamitous recent events. Seldom have two words better I I summed up the contradictions and aspirations of global affairs. a And yet our Advisory Committee chose these themes before * , ^ September L, ., before 'Tampa' and before "truth overboard' meant anything to us. Perhaps this was prescient, but it was also obvious, for hope and fear are always with us In a sound bite media culture. where fear rules on talkback radio and 'spin' shapes public opinion. making sense is a challenge to even the most optimistic. And yet every day one can find cause for hope if one looks past the surface tension. If our communities are to survive. if compassion is once again to take root in public life. and cohesion is to be maintained, we have no choice but to over come the dominance of fear and to re-assert hope as a key driver of our human condition. Adelaide For three days and four nights, Adelaide will become a crucible of restiva ideas. as outstanding thinkers gather to challenge and enrich our understanding of the forces which shape our world. The emphasis in this Festival program falls on social and emotional matters in these unsettled times. but a wider range of intellectual exploration is well represented also. In the mental and physical space provided by the Festival, the only thing we need to fear is the shortness of time. Join us for a jour- ^^ ney beyond the headlines as we celebrate the cerebral and aspire ^ to enrich our own lives and our understanding of this complicated A d e laid e world. Festival o4 Arts Greg Mackie OAM Founder and Chair Adelaide Festival of Ideas Advisory Comintitee ADELA, DE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS PROGRAM to t3 JULY 2003 HOPE AND FEAR Foreword Dedication to Lowitja O' Doriaghue Here in South Australia we are making a solid investment in ideas. The Adelaide Festival of Ideas for 2003 is dedicated to the life's work of Lowitja The Melaide Festival of Ideas is a great coining together of thinkers O'Donoghue. She wasn't meant to have a 'life's work' when the matron at Cole- which provides a platform for stimulating intellectual debate, spec- brook Home told her as she left the institution half a century ago that she would ulation and possibly even some agreement. 'never make anything of her life'. That was a brutal assessment of probability. People who start with Lowitja O'Donoghue's (lack on opportunities are not sup- As well as the Adelaide Festival of Ideas we have our new Thinkers posed to have a 'life's work'; they are supposed instead 'to become statistics'. in Residence program where internationallyrecognised leaders in And yet her contribution to Australian public life, especially in Aboriginal health their field of expertise will live and work for a time here in South and reconciliation. has been unparalleled. Australia. We are also investing in innovation. science, industry, education and the arts. Born in 1,932 at Katja on de Rose Hill Station in the far north of South Australia. she was taken from her mother at the age of two and raised as if she were an I want to welcome those participants and visitors from overseas orphan at Colebrook home in Quorn and later Adelaide. Determined to prove and interstate to South Australia and hope that you can take the Matron wrong, she fought for the right to train as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide time to enjoy some of our State's sights and hospitality Hospital in the 1,950s. In time, she became a Charge Sister, a Welfare Officer in In the past, the Adelaide Festival of Ideas discussed and debated remote communities Ishe was reunited with her mother in 00dnadatta after 33 population, reconciliation, water, space exploration, democracy and years separation), the first Aboriginal person to become a Regional Director in the survival. This year's theme is hope and fear. Since September a. I. , Department of Aboriginal Affairs. and the Chair of Aboriginal Hostels Limited. 200, . we seem to live in more dangerous times and we feel appre- She came most fully to national prominence as the first Chairperson of the hensive about our security under a threat of global war and terror. Aboriginal and for res Strait Islander Commission (1,990,996), where she showed These events give us cause to consider carefully the world we live extraordinary natural dignity in leading what was then a hopeful process of in and what sort of environment we want for the next generation, national reconciliation. She continues to lead local and national debate on We might also ask why we fear our neighbours and have we lost Indigenous issues and is also passionately concerned about Australia's policy on a sense of compassion for others, particularly those fleeing OPPres- refugees. She is a Professorial Fellow at F1inders University and was for five years SIve regimes we condemn? the Chair of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health. These themes are poised to stimulate absorbing debate at this She is the patron, trustee, or board member of an array of institutions and pro year's Festival and we will hear from a wide range of speakers over grammes. three days in the areas of human rights. philosophy. conflict and Any list of her achievements is huge, but only part of the story. This Festival wish- ethics. It gives us an opportunity to hear new ideas, to debate. es particularly to honour the quality of Lowitja O'Donoghue's contribution to poli- challenge and analyse current thinking. cy and debate. for her people and the nation as a whole. Throughout her public I welcome you to the Festival of Ideas 2003 and invite you all to life she has struggled for justice and opportunity, she has fought to build healthy listen to the public lectures and to participate in the public forums. and stable communities, and she has confronted European Australians with the Join in the debate! crimes done in their name. She is forceful when she needs to be, which has been Mike Rann often, but never divisive or (needlessly) aggressive. She speaks with quiet can- dour and leads with an unforced dignity that is an example to us all. She respects Premier of South Australia the humanity of all peoples in the way she acts and talks. ADELAIDE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS PROGRAM 10 13 JULY 2003 HOPE AND FEAR ADELAIDE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS PROGRAM TENTH THIRTEENTH JULY 2003 HOPE AND FEAR T""RSDAY ,. O JULY FRIDAY at JULY SATURDAY ,. 2 JULY SUNDAY ,. a JULY BONYTHON HALL The Age of Consent: Opening Address In All Innocence: Renewing Democracy. We will never achieve Whai happens if we Understanding Sorcery n the Congo A manifesto for a new Lowitja 0'00no, hu, Women. Go"t and the Revilelizing our what we can 'I imagine find the Aliens? delusional beliefs Redmond O'". nlon world order? Future of Feminism communities - So what are we hoping Seth Shoetak Max Colth. art George Moriblot Susan Moushar, Lotor'S cell ," Sharing for? BONYTHON HALL pyo, perily in 11n Ne" Econom BONYTHON HALL BONYTHON HALL Struggle is a name BROOKMAN HALL BONYTHON HALL Stephanie Do, ,rie Solo session title TBA Fall from Grace: for Hope: Feminism Envisioning Real Utopia Australia and the World Any Dean 01squiet on the BONYTHON HALL Rober, risk Truth in public life and Relgion EUlk 011" Wright after Iraq BONYTHON HALL Western Front The Greatest Threat: the 01"ripics Ell, ab. Ih Sehu, ,for Robe, t Marine Uncertain Identities: ,carina BCurke Weapons of mass BROOKMAN HALL ".,, o Kiri8. ton Fibren" ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM Richard Butler National. Virtual BROOKMAN HALL destruction or the Basic income: A simple "urnph, e, Meq"CG Church. community Ell. abeth Sch".. IQ, Peter Bellham Reflections on h double standard about and powerful idea for the Rober. Marine BROOKMAN HALL and working towards nor. "a. Tahn. .na Faryal AUSlralians expe them? XXJ$1 century? Davld Marr Blind Eyes and Ethics human rents in Papua Rober, F1. k Ihab Hasean the economy RIGha, d Butler Phlllppe van Par"B Overboard J Budl "ornawan Rober, Mann. Sath Shostak Participating Chai MIChael Pugey MCIra Rayn. r Md, a Rayn. r Chair: Phllllp Adame Margar. t Sino". BROOKMAN HALL ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM Inn, Watson a. S Restorative Justice ELDER HALL BROOKMAN HALL A1gh8n women against fundamentalism and for and World Peace BROOKMAN HALL Paradise Regained: Fear and Trembling rid P n s democracy John Branhwalte Solo session title TBA Ch dren' Rights Environmental Futures in the liongj ,ohn Bralthwalte Tahmeena Faryal eros She ridan f Passage GIIv. Hamilton twentieth century? Frank Bre"nan Unlty Dow Redmond O'". nl@n loanna BC", ke Erik 011n Wright ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM Clivo Hamilton ". rhor, Gl, a, dot BONYTHON HALL 4 ,SPM BOOK TENT LAUNCH Hard Lab ur Beyond Ihe Conflict richerI Marine Margaret Sino"a Where$ the fun Overland Megazln. Mind Matters Amy Dean of Identities: Toward MCIra Ray"or in fundamentalism? 4.30PM ,Danna BCurke S", an Mau, har, a Global Civility? none Stanley BONYTHON HALL Peter Bellha, z Max Colthear, Barbara POGOck Ihab Hagsan In God's Name RIGha, d Butler Plague Stepha"to Downck MIChaei P"coy BONYTHON HALL John Bralthwaite Man Colth.