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Shifting Points of View

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When: 30 August & 7 September

Venue: TVNZ Festival Club, the Arts Centre

Price: $20 per session; $115 Shifting Points of View pass, on sale 22 June


Buy tickets:Click here


In a world of reality TV shows and light entertainment, where issues are reduced to convenient soundbites, WORD Christchurch, in association with Christchurch Arts Festival, is proud to provide a platform for relevant, in-depth, stimulating — and yes, also entertaining — discussion. For the curious and inquisitive, for lovers of books and current affairs, Shifting Points of View is a series of events designed to present new ways of looking at the world, with an exciting line-up of local and international writers and commentators, who just might change your mind.

TICKETS ON SALE 22 JUNE, 2015

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PROGRAMME

Sunday 30 August

10am On Belonging: Patricia Grace and Paula Morris

12pm Imaginary Cities: Fiona Farrell, Anna Smaill, Hamish Clayton, Hugh Nicholson, chaired by Lara Strongman

2pm The Struggle for Sovereignty: Margaret Wilson

4pm On North Korea: Inventing the Truth: Suki Kim, chaired by Paula Morris

6pm On Perversion: Jesse Bering

Monday 7 September

6pm On Effective Altruism: Peter Singer, chaired by Eric Crampton

8pm Crimes of Passion: Sarah Waters, chaired by Carole Beu

 

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Shifting Points of View



SPV_Banner_960x400

In a world of reality TV shows and light entertainment, where issues are reduced to convenient soundbites, WORD Christchurch, in association with Christchurch Arts Festival, is proud to provide a platform for relevant, in-depth, stimulating — and yes, also entertaining — discussion. For the curious and inquisitive, for lovers of books and current affairs, Shifting Points of View is a series of events designed to present new ways of looking at the world, with an exciting line-up of local and international writers and commentators, who just might change your mind.

TICKETS ON SALE 22 JUNE, 2015

Slider1 Slider2 Slider3

PROGRAMME

Sunday 30 August

10am On Belonging: Patricia Grace and Paula Morris

12pm Imaginary Cities: Fiona Farrell, Anna Smaill, Hamish Clayton, Hugh Nicholson, chaired by Lara Strongman

2pm The Struggle for Sovereignty: Margaret Wilson

4pm On North Korea: Inventing the Truth: Suki Kim, chaired by Paula Morris

6pm On Perversion: Jesse Bering

Monday 7 September

6pm On Effective Altruism: Peter Singer, chaired by Eric Crampton

8pm Crimes of Passion: Sarah Waters, chaired by Carole Beu

 

CAF_Hero_blue (3)

 

Back to Events

When: 30 August & 7 September

Venue:TVNZ Festival Club, the Arts Centre

Price:$20 per session; $115 Shifting Points of View pass, on sale 22 June


Buy tickets:Click here


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