Monash University’s Creative Directions Festival is returning with a program of topics on the changing role of media and cultures in thriving communities.
The rise of generative AI, drag as a cultural force, comedy as an agent of change, the intersection of sport and climate change and more will be discussed today and tomorrow at Monash University’s Caulfield Campus.
Run by Monash University’s School of Media, Film and Journalism, Creative Directions is an annual festival of ideas and industry know-how exploring critical issues shaping the contemporary media, cultural and communications industries.
Creative Directions director and lecturer in communications and media studies, Whitney Monaghan, said this year’s festival is centralised around one of the biggest questions of our age: what does it mean to thrive in our rapidly changing world?
“Our diverse line up of Monash experts, industry representatives and students will provide thought-provoking discussions around emerging technologies like generative AI, the intersection of culture with politics, and journalism for the public good, among other topics,” she said.
“Ultimately all these discussions culminate in the hypothesis of what role media and culture has in imagining ‘the good life’ and fostering happy, resilient and flourishing communities.”
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