Highs:
- getting out of Sydney and being away from the office - conferences are hard work but the change of scenery was a real pleasure
Here’s Brian and I having fun in Lygon Street.
- the lovely accommodation in Melbourne, eating delicious food (eating out and being catered for is such a luxury!) and the chance to get to know some of my own colleagues from the University of Sydney much better!! Sadly, with the frantic, packed -full, daily grind, we don’t spend much time just talking to each other, so the chance to talk over breakfasts, lunches, dinners, on the plane, etc etc etc was great.
Here’s Brunetti - a coffe shop / cake house in Lygon Street, Melbourne, and here’s a close-up of the display case full of amazing works or art:
- meeting and talking with new people who were really engaging with my ideas and who were very generous in their kind words (a special hello to Claire if she sees this!!)
Here’s Brian at the beginning of our presentation.
- being inspired and stimulated by the ideas of others - after all, this is what conferences are designed for!
Wei’s talk about intertextuality was really stimulating!
Lows:
- There were a few things that didn’t work so well that disappointed me. They were kind of out of my control but in post-conference reflections with one of my colleagues from Sydney later we have already thought of ways to alleviate those problems and improve next years conference (we’re planning to hold this conference annually)
- Having somebody dismiss my work as trivial! (I’m not saying any more about that!)
Aha!! Yes the trivial thing. That will be the pop culture choice of Sex and the City. We who pay attention to popular culture will always have that. But we are doing very important work; the person who thinks it is trivial is missing a key point about popular culture. It is very important because it is popular and it is very important as it pervades our culture. Simple really.
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