Talks
Fiona is regularly invited and sponsored to speak at regional and national events and conferences. Audiences hear honest, positive and challenging insights into desert life, cross-cultural experiences and Aboriginal cultures. Some recent talks are indicated below. Her preference is to co-present with Aboriginal colleagues, if this option is available.
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Fiona or Fiona and colleagues offer challenging, informative and passionate talks on topics of interest to regional and national audiences.
Opening Keynote address, Australian Entomology Conference 2018
‘Caterpillars as big as mountains: the ecology and cultural significance of caterpillars in the modern day’ Invited and sponsored by Australian Entomology Society to give the opening keynote address (45 minutes).
WOMAD 2017
Planet Talks - Valuing Indigenous Knowledge. Fiona was an invited panelist with Lewis O’Brian, Veronica Dobson and Zacchariah Fielding hosted by Miriam Corowa. Adelaide, March 2017
Northern Territory Writers Festival 2017
Fiona was invited to speak with Veronica Perrurle Dobson on the topic ‘The writing and work of two lives crossing’. Fiona also invited to lead a section of ‘Crossing Country: A storied walk along a sandy river’.
Recent conference proceedings, seminars and selected presentations
Walsh, F and Veronica Perrurle Dobson (2018) ‘Caterpillars as Big as Mountains: The Ecology and Culture of Four Totemic Caterpillars of Alice Springs’, Keynote opening to Australian Entomological Society Conference 23-26 September 2018 (invited and sponsored 45-minute keynote)
Walsh, F (2017) The bright and the dark of River red gums and fire, Invited presentation to commanders and senior staff meeting, NT Fire and Rescue Services, NT Police, NT Bushfires, 9 June 2017
Walsh, F (2017) The bright and the dark of River red gums and fire, Invited presentation to Alice Springs Rotary, 7 June 2017
Walsh, F and others (2017) Crossing Country: A storied walk along a sandy river, NT Writers Festival, 21 May 2017, Alice Springs http://ntwriters.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WritersFestival_ProgramPlanner_eversion.pdf
Dobson, Veronica, Walsh, F and Douglas, J (2017), The writing and work of two lives crossing, NT Writers Festival, 20 May 2017, Alice Springs
Walsh, F. (2017) Invited panel speaker for Indigenous Knowledge and Environmental Science, Planet Talks Series, WOMAD Adelaide 2017 with Lewis Yerloburka O'Brien, Veronica Perrurle Dobson, Zaachariaha Fielding and Miriam Corowa (facilitator)
Walsh, F (2016) Digging into archives and memories: People’s stories, songs and cultural knowledge of Bilby, invited presentation to National Indigenous Ninu (Bilby) Festival, Kiwirrkurra, Western Australia, 20-23 June 2016
Walsh, F. (2016) Caterpillars that are mountains: Opportunities and challenges in relation to Aboriginal people's knowledge and the Atlas of Living Australia.in Atlas of Living Australia Science Symposium. ALA, Perth, Western Australia.
Walsh, F and V Perurrle Dobson (2016) Learning from elders where country is the classroom. Yitpi Foundation invited seminar presentation, 24 February 2016, University of Adelaide
Walsh, F., G. Catt, and D. Wells (2015) Aboriginal people choose new media for an old practice: Video for fire management, Australian Rangelands Conference Proceedings, 13-17 April 2015
Walsh, F., J. Davies, S. Lander, M. Carmody, R. Hill, M. Mooney, A. Sparrow and Ltyentye Apurte Rangers (2015), Understanding climate science supports adaptation in indigenous rangeland management, Australian Rangelands Conference Proceedings, 13-17 April 2015. Presented by S. Lander, C. Lechleitner
Walsh, F. (2015) Our videos on people, plants and landscapes in central Australia Invited presentation to Alice Springs Field Naturalists Group March 2015
Invited and sponsored panel presenter WA Museum and Perth International Festival ‘Spaced 2 Recall - Filmic interpretations of regional Australia’ January 2015 with Dr Glen Stasiuk, Tyson Mowarin, Curtis Taylor, and Lily Hibberd (facilitator).
Catt, G and Walsh, F. (2014) Rapid trends of change and major challenges in the practice of fire management on Aboriginal lands in the Western Deserts, Outback Australia Ecological Society of Australia 15 min
Walsh, F. and Robertson, R. (2014) Street-side Ecology in Alice Springs. Paper presentation, Connecting people and nature in cities and urban contexts, Ecological Society of Australia 15 min
Invited panel member for 'Conservation Management of Big Landscapes' at Ecol Soc Aust conference, Nov 2014
Walsh, F and G. Catt. (2013) Fire management in the Western Desert, Rangeland Ecology Seminar series, Alice Springs
Walsh FJ. 2012 Handing back the past: the purpose and presentation of a video on the return and repatriation of old photos and records about plants, animals and country to Martu people, Rangelands Ecology Seminar Series, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs.
Walsh, F. (2012) ‘Handing back the past…’: How the making of a documentary by Fiona Walsh and David Nixon unfolded, 45 min presentation to Lens Flair, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs, 26 Aug 2012
Walsh F. (2012) 60 min background and presentation of 'Handing back the past: a journey to Martu country'. In: Comparative Wests UWA - Stanford University Symposium Organisers D. Bird and P. Veth 13 Aug 2012, Perth, The University of Western Australia.
Walsh F. (2012) Burning and learning: Supporting ways for old and young Martu to share traditional knowledge about burning and bush foods, 2012-2013. In: Comparative Wests UWA - Stanford University Symposium Organisers D. Bird and P. Veth 13 Aug 2012, Perth, The University of Western Australia
Walsh F., Davies J., May T. and Grice T. (2012) Weeds on Aboriginal lands: Central Australian case study. Invited presentation to Northern Territory Weeds Advisory Committee. 40 min presentation. 3 Sept 2012, Alice Springs Desert Park
Walsh FJ. 2010. Commercial Aboriginal harvest of bush foods from central Australia to 12th International Congress International Society of Ethnobiology, Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Walsh FJ, Dobson VP. 2010. Interrelationships between people, plants, laws and all things): Arrernte values in landscapes and iconic bush food species. to 12th International Congress International Society of Ethnobiology, Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Bartlett J, Brown G, Dobson VP, Douglas J, King L, Smith G, Walsh FJ. 2010. Talking together: intergenerational conversation about indigenous ecological knowledge, culture and lives in central Australia. to 12th International Congress International Society of Ethnobiology, Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Walsh FJ. 2009. Traditional knowledge framework based on inter-relations between species, people, country and Altyerr.in invited presentation to MERI program logic and traditional ecological knowledge project workshop, Central Land Council. February 2009
Earlier presentations not identified