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14 July, 2015

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A Pencil in Every Knapsack: Digger Poetry of WWI

Date/Time: Friday, 1 May 2015 - Friday, 31 July 2015

Location: Rare Books & Special Collections, Level 1, Barr Smith Library

Cost: Free - All welcome

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In the nine months of the campaign almost half a million Allied troops were deployed at Gallipoli, many of them decimated by death, disease and injury.

The Anzac legend, forged from the deeds of Australian soldiers at Gallipoli, signified for many the birth of Australian nationalism.

In the public imagination the idealised Anzac soldier was fearless, tough, inventive, loyal and gallant and a bit undisciplined, with a healthy disrespect for the British officer.

Tall and lean, a typical 'bushman' - the Anzac enjoyed a laugh, good company and a beer, but was modest and shy with women.

The Anzac legend was shaped largely by the literature of war, composed not only by war correspondents and poets at home but also on the battlefield.

Such was the extent of Anzac literature that it was held that every soldier had a poet's pencil in his knapsack.

Visit this exhibition of poetry which shaped the Anzac legend, composed on both the battlefield and the homefront and illustrated with contemporary sketches, cartoons and photographs. On display until 31 July during Library opening hours, Rare Books & Special Collections foyer, level 1, Barr Smith Library.

Contact: Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au, Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224


 

Research Tuesdays: Hip-hop saved my life

Date/Time: Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Location: The Braggs lecture theatre

Cost: Free event. All welcome. Registration essential.

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Hip-hop saved my life
How our Indigenous youth are creating and embracing their own brand of hip hop to empower their search for social justice

In recent years, Australian hip-hop acts such as the Hilltop Hoods have achieved significant mainstream success. But it's in the Indigenous community where the US-originated genre appears to be having its greatest local impact.

Indigenous youth have embraced the framework of a hip-hop sub-culture and re-created a culturally appropriate artform that speaks directly to their own issues of social justice.

It's value as a vehicle of expression about the challenges of Indigenous life in contemporary Australia is inestimable, even prompting one young rapper to declare recently, "Hip-hop saved my life".

Drawing on extensive anthropological research and the work of five prominent Indigenous hip-hop artists, this NAIDOC Week presentation will explore how and why this is so.

The presenter
Dr Suzi Hutchings is a sought after research anthropologist, widely published in the areas of Aboriginal heritage, culture and justice. She was instrumental in the conception of the University of Adelaide's Indigenous Knowledges and Society Major, and coordinates its University Preparatory Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Contact: Jessica Douglas, Email: jessica.douglas@adelaide.edu.au, Research Marketing Coordinator, Business: 08 8313 0884