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SUMMARY:Book launch: Social relations and the Cuban health miracle 
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Book Launch: Social Relations and the Cuban Health
 Miracle</strong></p>\n<p><span>by </span>Elizabeth Kath\,&nbsp\;Global
 Cities Institute\, RMIT University</p>\n<p><br />With special
 introductions by Professor Paul James\, RMIT University\,&nbsp\;and Dr
 Adrian Hearn\, University of Sydney.</p>\n<p>Followed by mojitos\, light
 refreshments\, Cuban music and a spot of dancing.</p>\n<p>When:
 6pm-8:30pm\, 9 September 2010.</p>\n<p>Where: &lsquo\;East
 Berlin&rsquo\; side of the Berlin Bar. 16 Corrs Lane\, Melbourne (off
 Lonsdale St).</p>\n<p>Cost: Free. All Welcome.</p>\n<p>RSVP to
 <span>elizabeth.kath@rmit.edu.au</span></p>\n<p>Space limited &ndash\;
 Best to arrive on time</p>
LOCATION:‘East Berlin’ side of the Berlin Bar. 16 Corrs Lane\, Melbourne
 (off Lonsdale St).
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SUMMARY:Community Sustainability Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:<strong>Community Sustainability Seminar</strong><br /><br
 />The Community Sustainability Program of the Global Cities Institute is
 pleased to invite you to the 6th session in their seminar series for
 2010\, to be held on Wednesday 15 September 2010. &nbsp\;<br /><br
 />These seminars are open to researchers interested in the issues of
 community sustainability in global cities.&nbsp\;<br /><br />DATE:
 &nbsp\; &nbsp\;15 September &nbsp\;2010&nbsp\;<br />TIME: &nbsp\;
 &nbsp\; 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM&nbsp\;<br />VENUE: &nbsp\;Meeting Room\,
 Level 5\, Building 37\, RMIT.&nbsp\;<br /><br />Dr Yaso Nadarajah\,
 Senior Research Fellow of the Globalism Research Centre &amp\; Global
 Cities Research Institute will be presenting a brief overview of a
 national study on The Practice of Polygamy in Malaysia and Community
 Wellbeing.&nbsp\;<br /><br />Abstract&nbsp\;<br />This seminar will
 discuss a large nationwide study on the practice of polygamy that was
 undertaken by an NGO Sisters in Islam (SIS) together with five key
 university researchers in Malaysia in late 2008. Yaso Nadarajah was
 invited to be a key investigator on this project. Though sanctioned by
 Islam\, polygamy is a critical issue for Malaysia's Muslims\, who make
 up nearly two-thirds of the country's 28 million people. Under Malaysian
 law\, it is legal for Muslim men to marry as many as four wives\,
 although they must obtain permission from an Islamic\, or Syariah Court
 to marry more than one. Women&rsquo\;s groups say it has become easier
 for men to obtain permission to take multiple wives in recent years\; a
 development which they claim coincides with a rise in Islamic
 conservatism in Malaysia. The impetus for this research arose from
 Sisters-in-Islam&rsquo\;s dealings with people\, especially women and
 children in critical financial or domestic violence situations due to
 polygamous arrangements. First public presentation in July 2010 in
 Malaysia from initial 2000 surveys and 70 in-depth interviews has opened
 up fresh debates about Syariah Law\, family law and community
 well-being. This study is currently being written up as a special
 journal edition as well as an edited book collection.&nbsp\;<br /><br
 />Please RSVP to lakshmi.venugopal@rmit.edu.au&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Meeting Room\, Level 5\, Building 37\, RMIT
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SUMMARY:Interrogating Australia’s Regional Interventions
DESCRIPTION:<p>The Human Security Program of RMIT&rsquo\;s Global Cities
 Research\nInstitute is hosting a one-day workshop to examine and
 problematize Australia&rsquo\;s\napproach to intervention. The workshop
 will be held on <strong>Friday</strong> <strong>12<sup>th</sup>
 November\n2010 </strong>in the University Function Room at RMIT&rsquo\;s
 city campus in Melbourne. Interested\npeople are invited to attend this
 thought-provoking workshop at no cost. <strong></strong></p>\n<p>The
 workshop will open with a keynote presentation by\nInnovation Professor
 of Human Security Heikki Patom&auml\;ki. During the morning\,\npanels of
 experts from RMIT and elsewhere will debate the key
 conceptual\nquestions of: &ldquo\;<em>what constitutes
 an\nintervention?</em>&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;<em>when are
 they\njustified?</em>&rdquo\; In the second half of the day\,
 researchers with field\nexperience will present a series of
 site-specific case studies of Australia&rsquo\;s\ninterventions\,
 responding to the question of &ldquo\;<em>how could the intervention
 have occurred otherwise and how could it be\ndone better?</em>&rdquo\;
 Throughout the day there will be ample opportunity for\nattendees to
 engage in discussion with panel members and presenters.</p>\n<p>A more
 detailed program and list\nof participants will be circulated closer to
 the date of the workshop.</p>\n<p>For further information and to
 register interest please\ncontact Blythe McLennan on <a
 href="mailto:blythe.mclennan@rmit.edu.au">blythe.mclennan@rmit.edu.au</a
 >&nbsp\; or (03) 9925-5227.&nbsp\;</p>
LOCATION:University Function Room\, Level 2\, Building 8\, RMIT City
 Campus
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SUMMARY:Workshop on A New Era in Australian Multiculturalism?
DESCRIPTION:<p><span>Workshop on A New Era in Australian
 Multiculturalism?</span></p>\n<p>The Migration and Mobility Research
 Network of the Community\nSustainability Program is organising a
 workshop on A New Era In Australian\nMulticulturalism? on 19-20 November
 2010 at The State Library of Victoria\,\nSeminar Room 1.</p>\n<p>A
 symposium 'A new era in Australian multiculturalism?' is\ntaking place
 on 19-20 November 2010 in the State Library of Victoria\, convened\nby
 Val Colic-Peisker. The workshop is part of the activity of the
 RMIT-based\nMigration and Mobility Research Network (MMRN). MMRN
 operates under the\numbrella of the Community Sustainability Program\,
 which is also sponsoring the\nsymposium. &nbsp\;</p>\n<p><a
 href="http://shortcourses.rmit.edu.au/keysearch.php?show_public_course=1
 &amp\;select_course_type_code=S365053&amp\;cbs=5a80793422333615852299bf1
 cd25f39" title="Registration">Web registration is now
 open</a>.</p>\n<p>Full registration is $90\, student concession
 $55.</p>\n<p>The workshop runs from Friday lunchtime to
 Saturday\nlunchtime and features 12 papers by established Australian
 scholars in this\narea\, and a focused specialised audience in order to
 secure a high-level\ndebate. Workshop papers will be published in a
 special issue of the Journal of\nIntercultural Studies in 2011.</p>
LOCATION:State Library of Victoria\, Swanston Street\, Seminar Room 1
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