From critical criminologists to critical animals

The second semester is shaping up to be an interesting one from a conference perspective. I'll be presenting at Critical Criminologists in July then later at Critical Animals:

http://criticalanimals.org/

Critical Animals is described as:
" ... the creative research arm of This is Not Art, a festival held in Newcastle, NSW, every October. It's a symposium on creative/critical praxis, a chance for conversation between practising artists engaged in critical thinking (institutionally or otherwise). CA is interdisciplinary and unthemed – an opportunity to present research material and creative work, in particular that which engages with creative research, challenges medium or reflects upon practice."


This is Not Art (TiNA) runs this year 29 September to 3 October: 


http://thisisnotart.org/


And coincides with the announcement of the 2011 Newcastle Poetry Prize, National Poetry Symposium and the National Young Writers' Festival. I guess there is also ElectroFringe, Crack Theatre and Sound Summit ... Sounds like Newcastle is the place to be over the October long weekend.