The future is arguably the defining concern of progressive politics.  We strive for a better future, and believe the present is insufficient. It is fundamentally conservative to su...

Growing up, I was obsessed with science fiction. For one glorious, youthful summer I read nothing but science fiction from the 1960s. I’ve seen Starship Troopers  at least 18 times...

In the aftermath of the 2009 Urumqi Riots in Xinjiang, I realised at the age of 10 what the Chinese label of the event meant; merely four simple characters: ‘hit, smash, snatch, bu...

“If I had planned it, I should never have made the sun at all… And if there were only the moon there would be no reading and writing.” A metaphor is a sign of weakness she says the...

Julianne Schultz and Brendan Gleeson (eds), 2016. Griffith Review 52: Imagining the Future , Text Publishing, Melbourne. Available online:  https://griffithreview.com/editions/imag...

Most relationships are not without conflict or worry, and navigating these issues is entirely normal and healthy. That said, some factors may be beyond the control of those within ...

Increasingly, in the books I’m reading and the conversations I’m having—about climate change, about automation and the future of work, about the many current and coming crises—the ...

This is the text of a talk given in Canberra on 15 February 2017 for a ‘Philosophy in the Pub’ event at Smith’s Alternative . The brief for tonight’s event was to talk about philos...

“Shame on you!” That was one of the many slogans yelled and used often over the past few years at protests held by thousands of people in Washington against the International Monet...

–  Claire Gardner   interviewed by   Odette Shenfield   Claire Gardner is a recent graduate from the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society. She spent her Honours year r...

It’s a beautiful place a lot of Americans are eyeing like the Martians in  War of the Worlds, to layer over with silos; end of the world condominiums where lighting is utmost to co...

What obligations, if any, do we owe future generations? This question lies at heart of some of the most important debates in contemporary society. What are we to do about climate c...

Broken Hand Series  is a collection of photos by Chloe Tredrea, which explore the daily routine ...

With the election of Donald Trump, the vote for Brexit and the rise of right wing populism, we have supposedly entered the post-truth era. Truth is not only under suspicion, it is ...

The following notes respond to a prompt asking legal academics at ANU to write a short message to law students who chose to study law because they cared about justice.  For such st...

New Age spirituality is a sociological mystery, and as a subject of academic enquiry, incredibly difficult to analyse. Participants engage with a variety of practises that originat...