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Have you always wanted to try boxing but don’t know where to start? This is the perfect class for beginners or intermediate boxers to put on gloves and start punching the bags. With a mix of cardio and technique-based boxing movements, this class is both fun and challenging! Gloves are provided if you do not have your own. Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 4:45pm-5:30pm.Every Thursday lunchtime: 1pm-1:45pm Open to UCFitx members and casual participants. Members can book through the Technogym App, while casuals can sign up by contacting us in Building 29, by phone (6201 2542) or email (ucfit@canberra.edu.au).

Take a break from teaching or study and join us every Tuesday from 1pm for our lunchtime group fitness!  Power Conditioning is a fun 45min full-body workout, incorporating various strength and conditioning movements, suitable for all levels.  Designed to improve strength, overall fitness, and mobility.  Get ready to lift, move, and sweat! Open to UCFitx members and casual participants. Members can book through the Technogym App, while casuals can sign up by contacting us in Building 29, by phone (6201 2542) or email (ucfit@canberra.edu.au).

Join us for an exhilarating experience that will leave you energised and empowered! Dance Fitness is designed to make fitness fun, all while learning exciting dance moves in a supportive atmosphere. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced dancer, the instructor will guide you through a fusion of Latin-inspired styles and Afro-Caribbean beats. You'll master new moves while grooving to cool beats.Open to UCFitx members and casual participants. Members can book through the Technogym App, while casuals can sign up by contacting us in Building 29, by phone (6201 2542) or email (ucfit@canberra.edu.au). Every Tuesday & Thursday 5:15pm-6:00pm.

Farm-fresh produce right here on campus? Yes, please! Every Thursday, Allan brings a pop-up selection of in-season fruit, veggies, eggs, and honey for you to purchase right here on campus. He accepts both cash or card (noting a $10 EFTPOS minimum). Details:Every Thursday 11am-12:30pm at UCX Student Lounge He even offers pre-ordering, contact Allan on allan@allansfarmfresh.com.au or via SMS to 0409 909 373 by 10am on Wednesdays.*Pop-up subject to Allan's availability and produce varies depending on season.

Dear members and friends,  Culture and Creativity Seminar – Too much? The Aesthetics and Feminist Politics of Sexy Self-RepresentationSpeaker: Dr. Emma PhilllipsDate\Time: Thursday 10 April 2025, 12:30-13:30Location: Building 1 Level A Room 1A21, University of ����ֱ�� (NB Room 1a21 is accessed from the foyer joining Building 1 and Mizzuna café); or Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95029077504 AbstractDigital and social media have fundamentally changed debates about objectification of women. By putting the means of production and distribution of representation into the hands of young women the visible power imbalances between a (male) photographer/distributor and (female) subject of representation have been destabilised. Now young women represent themselves. In this context many young women are representing themselves in sexy ways that disturb journalistic commentators and some academics, who critique them for “self-objectification”. This presentation is based on a research project working with young women who produce sexy selfies for Instagram to co-create representations, using that process and the images produced to think about the discourses employed to criticise young women’s self representation. What institutions of authority, and what associated discourses, are employed in making these critiques? Ultimately, what limits are currently being placed on sexual self-representation, and what limits - if any - should be placed on sexual self-representation? All are welcome! BioEmma Phillips is a photographer and researcher/lecturer in Visual Communication. Her work focuses on the ways that image-making might be informed by classist, sexist and gendered assumptions and uses photographic methodologies which foreground the representational experiences of women and non-binary people. Emma has twelve years professional photography experience in Australian media, design and advertising and eight years experience teaching in photography and visual communications programs across Melbourne, Sydney and ����ֱ��. She completed her PhD on the intersection of sexy-selfies with class and has been a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize. Emma is currently researching the visual cultures of elite women athletes. Supports and fundings: UC DVCRE Cross-Faculty Seed Grant  The Culture and Creativity Seminar Series is hosted by the Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR), Faculty of Arts and Design, University of ����ֱ��. To discover upcoming seminars, please follow us on Facebook @uccccr, or Instagram and Twitter @uc_cccr. Alternatively, join our mailing list by emailing cccr@canberra.edu.au. Any questions and accessibility requests please contact: cccr@canberra.edu.au.

Speaker: Tracy Ireland and Ashley van den HeuvelDate\Time: Thursday 17 April 2025, 12:30-13:30Location: Building 1 Level A Room 1A21, University of ����ֱ�� (NB Room 1a21 is accessed from the foyer joining Building 1 and Mizzuna café); or Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95029077504 AbstractWhile historical and cultural analyses of Australia’s ‘atomic years’ are growing, the materiality of these activities, and their environmental and landscape signatures, has not yet received similar attention. Vast infrastructure sites, artefacts, and landscapes of atomic heritage, many now abandoned and deteriorating, await meaningful archaeological, material-culture and heritage analyses. Our ARC Linkage project, Nuclear Nation, partnering with the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), is setting out to explore Australia’s national engagement with nuclear science and technologies through its material culture and physical infrastructure—from early 20th century radium mining through to contemporary military, industrial, medical, and scientific applications.  Nuclear Nation proposes a multi-scalar methodology which juxtaposes the sweeping scale of these national and transnational data, digitally visualising the geographies of nuclear heritage, against the granularity of object and archival collections, applying contemporary archaeology approaches to derive object stories, alongside First Nations researchers. All are welcome! BioTracy Ireland is an archaeologist and heritage practitioner, Professorof Cultural Heritage, and Lead CI of the Nuclear Nation and the Everyday Heritage Linkage Projects. Tracy’s work on heritage ethics, significance and values, and on ‘everyday heritage’, is internationally recognized for its impact on policy and practice. Ashley van den Heuvel is a lecturer in Culture and Heritage at the University of ����ֱ��. Through her mother, she is descended from Walbunja and other community groups from the Far South Coast of NSW. After majoring in anthropology and psychology, she completed a Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) (Research), at the Australian National University. Her PhD, under the Heritage of the Air Australian Research Council (ARC) project, looks at the aviation heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through the lens of and museum and archival collections and is titled ‘Flight across Country’. Supports and fundings: ARC Linkage Funds The Culture and Creativity Seminar Series is hosted by the Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR), Faculty of Arts and Design, University of ����ֱ��. To discover upcoming seminars, please follow us on Facebook @uccccr, or Instagram and Twitter @uc_cccr. Alternatively, join our mailing list by emailing cccr@canberra.edu.au. Any questions and accessibility requests please contact: cccr@canberra.edu.au.

Speakers: Prof. Damith Herath, Dr. Maleen Jayasuriya, Piumi Wijesundara Date\Time: Thursday 24 April 2025, 12:30-13:30Location: Building 1 Level A Room 1A21, University of ����ֱ�� (NB Room 1a21 is accessed from the foyer joining Building 1 and Mizzuna café); or Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95029077504 AbstractThis presentation explores the dramaturgical potential of human-robot ensemble performance through devised physical theatre methodologies. This work is part of Tthe Robots, Art, People and Performance Laboratory (RAPP Lab), a living laboratory that functions as an experimental sandbox where roboticists and artists converge to explore the untapped possibilities of human-robot interaction through the lens of performance. Born from a spirit of curiosity, experimentation and play, the third iteration—RAPP Lab 03—brought together 10 movement artists from various backgrounds to investigate new theatrical possibilities. Using a UR10 collaborative robot, we examine how Meyerhold's biomechanics and Lecoq's Tréteau theatre frameworks can inform human-robot collaborative performance for dramaturgical storytelling. Our approach uniquely leverages the robot's inherent constraints and capabilities: workspace limitations are reframed through confined performance space principles of Tréteau theatre, while its precise movement control is explored through biomechanical movement structures. Grounded in South Asian sociocultural narratives, this project addresses the underrepresentation of culturally diverse perspectives in technological art.All are welcome! BioProfessor Damith Herath is a roboticist and Professor of Robotics and Art at the University of ����ֱ��, where he leads the Collaborative Robotics Lab. With over 20 years of experience in multidisciplinary and translational robotics research, he's an award-winning entrepreneur who founded Australia's first collaborative robotics startup. Hiswork explores the intersection of roboticsand art, including pioneering collaborations with renowned artists like Stelarc. As lead editor of "Robots and Art: Exploring an Unlikely Symbiosis," he's made significant contributions to human-robot interaction across diverse domains, merging technical innovation with artistic exploration.Maleen Jayasuriya is a Lecturer in Robotics at the University of ����ֱ��, specialising in human-robot interaction. With a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, his research spans robot perception, deep learning, and collaborative robotics. Maleen is passionate about integrating arts with technology, drawing from his experience in theatre, filmmaking, animation, and game development. At the Collaborative Robotics Lab, he explores the intersection of robotics, explainable AI, psychology, and art, bringing a unique interdisciplinary perspective to robotics research.Piumi Wijesundara is a theatre artist specialising in devised theatre and physical performance. She holds an MA in Theatre Directing from East 15 Acting School (UK) and trained in biomechanics at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS). Currently Public Programs Producer at CMAG, she was previously a Program Manager at NIDA and served as Co-Artistic Director of Stages Theatre Group Sri Lanka. She is also a Visiting Lecturer of Applied Theatre at the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo Sri Lanka. Her directorial works include "Awa/Kaawa/Giya" and "Ovaryacting!" with international directing/acting credits spanning Australia, Sri Lanka, UK and Rwanda. Acknowledgements RAPP LAB 03 Devised Workshop Team: Annika Kendall, Chipz Jin, Marlene Radice, Sandy Ma, Molly Yao, Michael Armstrong, Fi Peel, Deni Dominguez, Mia Rashid, Imogen YangResearch Assistant: Yue PengMusic: Dilruk Warnakula, Marlene Radice, Sukitha Bandaranayake The Culture and Creativity Seminar Series is hosted by the Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR), Faculty of Arts and Design, University of ����ֱ��. To discover upcoming seminars, please follow us on Facebook @uccccr, or Instagram and Twitter @uc_cccr. Alternatively, join our mailing list by emailing cccr@canberra.edu.au. Any questions and accessibility requests please contact: cccr@canberra.edu.au. 

Speaker: Sally FarrahDate\Time: Thursday 1 May 2025, 12:30-13:30Location: Building 1 Level A Room 1A21, University of ����ֱ�� (NB Room 1a21 is accessed from the foyer joining Building 1 and Mizzuna café); or Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95029077504 AbstractThis presentation reveals the research process and outcomes for a recent ACT Heritage Festival exhibition, entitled ‘NCDC unearthed: architecture and landscape’, in collaboration with FAD colleagues. A roll call of architects commissioned by the NCDC are some of the best names in Australian twentieth-century architecture: for example, nine of the fifteen architects Robin Boyd promoted in his book, A new architecture(1963), were architects involved with the NCDC project. This research reveals some Australian ‘starchitects’ lesser-known projects, and provides further insight into their ideas and work. By timelining the seven-year cycles of governance, this study starts to reveal the themes and preoccupations evident in the architectural, landscape, and urban works in the post-WWII period.All are welcome! BioSally is a Lecturer (Architecture) at UC. Currently, she is working with several FAD colleagues on an ACT Heritage Grant 2024-25, studying the contributions of the NCDC from 1958-88. In collaboration with other academics, they are working toward a book proposal end of 2025, entitled ‘����ֱ��: the city of total design’. Acknowledgements Supports and fundings: ACT Heritage; Alastair Swayn FoundationCollaborators: ACT Heritage Library; ����ֱ�� Modern; GML Heritage Upcoming exhibition opening event on 16 April 2025NCDC Unearthed: architecture and landscapeArchitecture and Landscape Unearthed The Culture and Creativity Seminar Series is hosted by the Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR), Faculty of Arts and Design, University of ����ֱ��. To discover upcoming seminars, please follow us on Facebook @uccccr, or Instagram and Twitter @uc_cccr. Alternatively, join our mailing list by emailing cccr@canberra.edu.au. Any questions and accessibility requests please contact: cccr@canberra.edu.au.

Join us in a?conversation between leading researchers and practitioners working to strengthen democracy in Australia and beyond.?Each session will feature a conversation and exchange between academic insights and practical experience, exploring innovative ideas, strategies, and solutions for addressing the challenges facing democracies today. The series aims to showcase the latest research insights and inspire practical approaches to strengthening democracy. Hosted by the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, this monthly hybrid seminar series is designed for both professionals and academics working in the fields of democracy and citizen engagement. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how research can enhance democratic practice and vice versa, while exploring current challenges that could benefit from further academic inquiry. All seminars will be recorded and made available on Centre’s YouTube Channel. To receive seminar updates, please join our mailing list by emailing us at delibdem@canberra.edu.au