Symposium offers unique insights to desert knowledge

Researchers from across the Territory and Australia will join forces in Alice Springs this September to share desert knowledge at the Knowledge Intersections Symposium.

Co-hosted by Charles Darwin University (CDU), Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BIITE), the Desert Knowledge Research Institute (DKRI), and the Desert Peoples Centre (DPC), the Symposium provides a platform for ear­ly-career and estab­lished researchers to con­nect and share their knowl­edge, ideas and expe­ri­ences in desert research.

The fourth edition of the Knowledge Intersections Symposium has extended its previous research exchange to include creative and cultural practices showcased through hands-on activities geared towards healing practices which draw on cultural themes.

The program includes three different knowledge streams that run concurrently and include topics under Enterprise, Language and Learning, Health and Wellbeing, Knowledge Intersections, and Knowledge Sharing.

The event celebrates a range of academic work being done on country, and will be held on Tuesday 21 September, 8.00 am – 4.30 pm at the Desert Knowledge Precinct.

Program information and speakers’ abstracts can be found here. 

Quotes attributable to Desert Knowledge Research Institute (DKRI) Managing Director Dr Dan Tyson

“The Desert Knowledge Research Institute is pleased to co-host the fourth edition of the Knowledge Intersections Symposium, a unique knowledge-sharing event where academic and cultural knowledges converge. This is a celebration of the central Australian region and the elements that make it so remarkable: its people, its collective knowledge, and its resilience.”

Quotes attributable to Charles Darwin University (CDU) Senior Research Fellow Dr Judith Lovell

 “The Knowledge Intersections Symposium is an event which brings us together around the central inland region to talk about matters which are important to us. We come here to listen to each other and share about how we learn, what we’ve come to know, and how to pay respect for the knowledge pathways through which we intersect.” 

Quotes attributable to Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BIITE) Associate Professor John Guenther

“The Knowledge Intersections Symposium represents a unique space for researchers and knowledge holders to both share with and learn from each other. The Symposium pitches knowledge at the ‘centre’, highlighting the significance and richness of place, culture, language and innovation that people create from the centre.”