HADES at University of Melbourne (Humanities and Diverse eResearch Scholars) unite around inclusive, diverse and ethical approaches to digital research in HASS fields, and the crucial link between teaching & research https://go.unimelb.edu.au/x4iphttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3mlaf3bagm22jExplore the emotional geographies of Melbourne’s urban forests. This talk explores how emails to trees express care and challenge anthropocentric assumptions—revealing new ways to think about human–nature commitments and urban forest futures. Mon 25 May https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/emotional-geographies-of-the-urban-forest07 May 2026 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaf3bagm22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3mjj3pwl36c2bFor our April HADES seminar, Dr Bill Pascoe leads an open discussion of digital mapping and its relation to humanities theory and critique - focusing on how and why digital maps are especially useful for truth telling about colonial history. 2pm Monday 27 April, via Zoom go.unimelb.edu.au/byt2 https://go.unimelb.edu.au/byt215 Apr 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjj3pwl36c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3mhhnnpycek2sTo kick off our 2026, we're excited to have @kateycoleman.bsky.social presenting on how arts-based and speculative research methods can disrupt dominant frameworks and open new possibilities for climate learning and systemic change. Mon 30 Mar, 2pm, via Zoom go.unimelb.edu.au/aep2 https://go.unimelb.edu.au/aep220 Mar 2026 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhnnpycek2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3lx6ue66slk2pWhile maps may appear as an objective narrative, the mapmaker is telling a story – using data, design & presentation. In this seminar we'll explore different maps made using the same data and question the stories maps tell – and what we can learn from them! https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/same-data-different-stories-hades25 Aug 2025 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx6ue66slk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3lvzchanwxk2c12 Aug: Claire Loughnan presents Against Erasure – a 3D model of the Manus Island Detention Centre. Preserving collective lived experience & knowledge, the project challenges us to confront state violence and the power of digital tools in education & research https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/against-erasure-hades10 Aug 2025 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvzchanwxk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3lqtggjt4zc2eFor our June HADES seminar, Sebastien Plutnaik will share #archeofrag, software which analyses spatial relationships in archaeological sites, enhancing our understanding of artifacts, sites, and excavation! 10 June, Zoom Register https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/location-in-archaeology https://github.com/sebastien-plutniak/archeofrag [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2025 03:56 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtggjt4zc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3lqe7a4q4p22uLocation in archaeology: How certain are we this thing was there? Sébastien Plutniak presents archeofrag, software to analyse spatial relationships in archaeological sites, enhancing our understanding of artifacts, sites, and excavation! 10 June, Zoom https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/location-in-archaeology30 May 2025 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqe7a4q4p22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3lnyudrbddc2pNext HADES seminar with Jonathan Laskovsky, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, sharing research on border sites beyond the cartographic and sociological, and data use in relation to border surveillance, resistance and transgression. Mon 12 May, 2-3pm, online https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/between-the-space-of-borders30 Apr 2025 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnyudrbddc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3lmydbftzjs24Join Jonathan Laskovsky, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, sharing research on border sites beyond the cartographic and sociological, and how data is used in relation to border surveillance, resistance and transgression. Mon 12 May, 2-3pm, via Zoom Register https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/between-the-space-of-borders17 Apr 2025 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmydbftzjs24https://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3lmedxsslyk2yIn 2025, HADES seminars focus on ‘Place’ Mapping places in digital research charts the prosaic and poetic in visual representations and the stories we tell from data. This data may not be physically located, yet the stories we tell are shaped by the place they occupy. blogs.unimelb.edu.au/hades/ https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/hades/09 Apr 2025 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmedxsslyk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wearehades.bsky.social/post/3lmedron25s2yThe next HADES seminar features Michael Falk, Heather Ford and Francesca Sidoti speaking about the wikihistories project (wikihistories.net), where they uncovered an anthropocentric and neo-colonial bias in English Wikipedia's coverage of Australia 14 Apr, 2-3pm, Zoom Register go.unimelb.edu.au/j6ip https://go.unimelb.edu.au/j6ip09 Apr 2025 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:fpijvaoc3fgos3vsjsgvbtr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmedron25s2y