[ANU Pacific.Institute] Pacific Institute public panel - Manus and beyond, August 29

[Nicholas Mortimer]

Dear members and friends of the Pacific Institute

Just a reminder that the ANU Pacific Institute is holding this public panel this coming Friday, August 29 in Hedley Bull 1. Lunch will be provided in the Hedley Bull atrium from 12pm.

Kind regards

Nick



[The Australian National University]


Public panel

ANU College of Asia & the Pacific<http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/>



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[Public Panel]


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Manus and beyond:
the security terrain, gender violence and economic development in PNG

In August 2012, the Australian Government announced it would resume offshore processing of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat. In November 2012, the relocation of asylum seekers to the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea resumed. Since then, a series of disturbing events and allegations concerning life inside the centre have ensued.

This panel discussion examines the implications of Australian refugee policy and practices and explores the dense terrain of detention, security, violence and development in Papua New Guinea. Drawing on a range of perspectives, panelists will consider the global significance of the Manus detention centre and situate it in the social and economic context of PNG to ask how the burgeoning male-dominated security industry relates to the lived security of families and communities facing the development challenges of inequality and violence.

12.30-2pm (lunch provided from 12pm)
Friday, 29 August
Hedley Bull Theatre 1

Presented by the ANU Pacific Institute.

Speakers:

Dr Sean Anderson
Architecture, University of Sydney
Dr Jennifer Ferng
Architecture, University of Sydney
Dr Ann Clarke
Independent Consultant
Stephanie Lusby
State, Society and Governance in Melanesia, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
Michelle Rooney
State, Society and Governance in Melanesia, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU

For more information please click here<http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/cap-events/2014-08-29/manus-and-beyond-security-terrain-gender-violence-and-economic-development-png> or contact Nicholas Mortimer, nicholas.mortimer at anu.edu.au<mailto://nicholas.mortimer@anu.edu.au>.



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