Habit’s Pathways: Guiding Repetition, Governing Conduct, Contested Interruptions
Seminar
Drawing principally on the work of Michel Foucault, this paper considers how the relations between habit and repetition have been construed in the exercise of different forms of power: disciplinary, pastoral, governmental,and algorithmic, for example. It does so by reviewing a range of the…
Explanatory Realism
Lecture
The cement of the universe is not causation: it is explanatory dependence. Reality is a network of facts connected by a single, irreducible, mind-independent “because”. It is widely held that explanation is a sort, interest-sensitive practice that aims to provide information only about other things…
In Conversation with Kerrie Davies at Harry Hartog
Book launch
This event is hosted by Harry Hartog ANU in conjunction with the National Centre of BiographyOn 14 July Dr Kerrie Davies will be in conversation with Dr Michelle Staff on Davies' new book, Miles Franklin Undercover: The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career (Allen…
‘Reading biographies to overcome loneliness’: Reflections of an accidental biographer
Seminar
Frank Moorhouse (1938–2022) is best known as a writer of literary fiction. All of his fiction is connected, with his many books sharing characters and experiences, including across generations, and covering much of the 20th century: one of the most sustained feats of the imagination in Australia’s…
Why aren’t young South Koreans having babies?
Seminar
Despite the Korean government expending trillions of Korean won to introduce pronatalist policy initiatives since 2005, South Korea’s total fertility rate (TFR) remains the lowest in the world. Fertility scholars have long attributed factors such as precarious economic conditions, the surge of…
Analysing Time to Events
Continuing education
This 2-day course introduces the foundation for understanding how and why certain events do or do not occur, such as when young people leave home, length of employment, or time to first home ownership.The skills learned are widely applicable to demographic, health, and social science and policy…
Bungee jumping on election night - A conversation with Antony Green
Lecture
Australia’s electoral system has a level of complexity and results reporting unknown overseas. Election night is like leaping into the void with little safety equipment apart from a thin stream of data from the Electoral Commission. Tonight, we hear reflections from ABC Chief Election Analyst…