Received this email this morning from Elizabeth Burns Coleman from Monash University:
I would appreciate it if you could forward the notice below to members of your organisation who may be interested in attending.
Many thanks
Elizabeth Burns Coleman
Postdoctoral Fellow
English, Communications and Performance Studies
Monash University
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*APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS*
*REGISTRATION NOW OPEN*
*SYMPOSIUM ON TRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW*
15 December 2008
Monash Conference Centre
Level 7
30 Collins St, Melbourne
9.00 – 5.00 pm
Intellectual property law was initially developed on the basis of a
simple binary between ‘creative’ art and ‘copies’. Folk art and
indigenous art became part of the ‘public domain’. Hybrid art forms such
as world music, advertising, tourism and new age religions have all made
use of traditional cultural expression for financial gain, without
recognising protocols for use, or even acknowledging the originators of
this material. In recent years there has been increasing recognition of
the need to protect indigenous symbols, music, stories and performances
from exploitation. This symposium brings together international
copyright experts, Aboriginal artists, and humanities and social science
researchers to discuss the World Intellectual Property Organisation
draft protocols for the protection of traditional cultural expression.
This protocol has the potential to change the shape of the public
domain, and to secure indigenous rights against the appropriation of
their art. Yet, it is unclear what rights should be acknowledged, and
the extent of these rights.
Speakers include:
* Professor Rosemary J. Coombe,
* Professor Johanna Gibson
* Richard J. Frankland
* Vicki Couzens
* Dr Maryrose Casey
* Dr John Bradley
* Dr Luigi Palombo
* Professor Peter Drahos
* Professor Christoph Antons
Registration:
$70 waged
$50 unwaged
Please register online by 8 December
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/symp ... xpression/Conveners: Elizabeth Burns Coleman and Christopher Arup
Supported by: English, Communications and Performance Studies, and
Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Arts Department of
Business Law and Taxation, Faculty of Business and Economics Monash
University
