#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Much ink has been spilled over the phenomenon of partisan politics. These authors discuss, and debate, the hyper-factional nature of modern political discourse and propose some different ways of being.
Presented by The University of Queensland
#Artist
Graeme Turner
Graeme Turner is Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland. He is one of the founding figures in media and cultural studies in Australia and a leading figure internationally. He has been writing books about Australian media, culture and society for many years, with a continuing focus on the idea of the nation. He has published thirty books, including Making it National (1994), Ending the Affair: The decline of Australian television news and current affairs (2005), Reinventing the Media (2016) and John Farnham's Whispering Jack (2021). His most recent book is The Shrinking Nation: How we got here and what can be done about it.







