Recent Talks:
Representative seminars and presentations are listed below. Various other talks and interviews that I do within the community can be found by topic in the menu e.g. adoption, skateboarding, Asian Australian and general. This includes doing volunteer talks, workshops and seminars at schools, ethnic community events, community education programs, festivals and more.
2023
Panel 1 – 21 April: The Stoke Sessions: A Conference on the Culture, History and Politics of Skateboarding and Surfing, (2023) San Diego State University, USA. Panel: ‘Skateboarding and Change-Making: Women and Non-Binary Skaters in the Olympics and National Competitions, Industry and Community’ Amelia Brodka, Yulin Olliver, Di’orr Greenwood and L Brew. Co-chairs: Dr Indigo Willing and Anthony Pappalardo. April 20-23, 2023. https://surfskate.sdsu.edu/conference/info
Panel 2 – 22nd April: The Stoke Sessions: A Conference on the Culture, History and Politics of Skateboarding and Surfing, (2023) San Diego State University, USA. Panel: ‘Grey Spaces: Skateboarding in the Anthropocene’ Prof. Brian Glenney (Norwich University), Chris Giamarino (UCLA), Prof Paul O’Connor (Exeter University), Dr Indigo Willing and Dr Ben Duester (Griffith University). April 20-23, 2023. https://surfskate.sdsu.edu/conference/info
Book Talk – 23 April: Sunday, San Diego (early evening – more details tba). Meet the co-authors Dr Indigo Willing and Anthony Pappalardo, illustrator Adam Abada and some of the contributors for the upcoming book Skateboarding, Power and Change (released May, Palgrave Macmillan)
2022
‘Panel in the Park: Research and Well Being Talking Circle’ (2022), We Skate QLD 6th Annual Spring Jam Event, Fairfield Skatepark, Co-Moderated by Professor Simone Fullagar and Dr Indigo Willing, Panel Co-hosted by We Skate QLD and Griffith University with speakers Dr Adele Pavlidis (also panel facilitator), Timothy Lachlan, Evie Ryder, Brianna Palmer and Professor Allison Waters, 12 November 2022. Panel – https://weskateqld.wordpress.com/2022/11/27/panel-in-the-park-mental-health-and-wellbeing-talking-circle-2022/ Event – https://weskateqld.wordpress.com/2022/10/20/we-skate-qld-spring-jam-program-2022/
Associate of Collegiate of Schools of Planning Conference (2022) – ‘Walk Your Wheels in the Dismount Zone: Hostile designs, skateboarding, and (dis)affordances and (multi)stabilities on university campuses in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia’ Paper presented Christopher Giamarino (UCLA on behalf of all co-authors), Dr. Paul O’Connor (University of Exeter) and Dr. Indigo Willing (Griffith University), Track 15 – Urban Design Session: 15.4: Mobility in Public Spaces, held at ACSP, Toronto, 3 November 2022: https://www.acsp.org/page/ConfAllAbout2022
Harvard Bookstore Event (2022) Hosted talk with Erika Hayasaki about her book Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity and the Meaning of Family, and Dr Indigo Willing discussing Vietnamese adoption. 18 October, Harvard University, Boston, US: video here and archive: https://www.harvard.com/event/erika_hayasaki/
KISMIF (Keep it Fast, Make is Simple) (2022) – Satellite event Brisbane/broadcast to Portugal (2022), Skateboarding panel talk, co-hosted by KISMIF and Griffith University, 13-16 July, 2022. Brisbane program tba: https://www.kismifconference.com/
Melbourne Design Week MPavillion (2022) ‘Kick, Push, Coast to a Better Future’, panel featuring Kirby Clark of Decks for Change, Nick Hayes from First Nations Skate Tour and Spinifex skate brand, sociologist Dr Indigo Willing from Consent is Rad/We Skate QLD and skatepark creator Wade Travean from EastbyWest and The Skate School. 26 March 2022. Melbourne. Podcast recording here – https://mpavilion.org Event overview here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca6vXhOJgNS/
2021
Safe and inclusive public spaces: UN Sustainable Development Goal 11, Target 7 Seminar (2021) ‘Subcultures in Public Spaces: A Case Study of Skateboarding’ Paper presented by Dr Indigo Willing, Griffith University and Chris Giamarino, UCLA, held at Griffith University South Bank campus, Australia November 2021.
The Goodpush Summit, Skateistan (2021) ‘Pushing Against Racism’ panel chaired by Denia Kopia, Skateism, with speakers from Impact Skate Club, Poseidon Skateboarding, Surf Ghana, Fro Skate, Apache Skateboards and Consent is Rad. 22nd September, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZlcNhXPO6o / https://www.goodpush.org/node/1260
‘Play On’ project guest lecture (2021) invited by International Olympics Committee Young Leaders Program recipient Jemima Montag, Online workshop series on gender inclusion and sport, my talk uses a case study of skateboarding, 18 September.
Griffith University Safe Campuses, (2021), Panelist, ‘Be An Influencer: Sexual Consent and Sexual Violence Awareness Week’, 5 May, 2021
Skate Like A Girl, (2021) Guest speaker for ‘Virtual Hang Outs’ Q and A session, 22 February (as part of their covid-safe Virtual programing) https://www.skatelikeagirl.com/virtualprograms.html
2020
October. Barbier, M and Willing, I (2020), ‘Beyond the Gender Binary: Skateboarding and the Olympics’, Skateboard, de la rue à l’olympisme Conference, Rouen University, 29 October, 2020. https://webtv.univ-rouen.fr/videos/skateboarders-the-olympic-games-and-re-thinking-and-resisting-the-gender-binary-indigo-willing-et-emanuele-barbier/
September 2020. ‘Q and A Session for Sport: The State of Play’, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Genders and Sexualities Thematic Group. Chaired by Dr Barrie Shannon. Panel: Dr Ryan Storr, Dr Madeleine Pape, Dr Adele Pavlidis and Dr Indigo Willing. Posted 11 September, 2020. Web: https://tasags.tumblr.com/?fbclid=IwAR15JXtBiYMF1EbDDYkG5x7pUGDAmagFhqJAAgwaXoA4E3XvoReNc2LDv_c
September 2020. ‘Everything Sport, Gender and Sexualities’, talk as part of Gender and Sexualities in Sport: Theorising the State of Play. For Social Sciences Week. Dr Adele Pavlidis and Dr Indigo Willing. Filmed by Bevan Bache at Griffith University. Hosted by The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Genders and Sexualities Thematic Group: Posted 7 September, 2020. Web: https://tasags.tumblr.com/speakers and YouTube Video
August 2020. Sport and Violence Prevention: making change through action, activism and research. Convened by Pavlidis, A., The Sport and Gender Equity Network, Griffith University, Australia. Panel Talk: From Rape Culture to Consent Culture – also on panel: Mate Bystander, Our Watch, National Rugby League and Government representatives. 18 August, 2020. YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=705&v=n5P9t5-cg9Y&feature=emb_logo
The Skate Witches x Vans Collaboration (2020). Depth of Field Series. Edited by Shari White. Co-writer Kristin Ebeling. Online workshops on photography, videography and writing. Featured on the writing team of instructors (screens from 5 August). YouTube video and URL: https://www.vans.com/skate-witches.html
SBS Viceland and SBS News Story by Ravik, Naveen. (2020) SBS News, Australia. Facebook SBS Video – https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=538795626720912 & Twitter Short SBS Video here
Archive:
Note the table below is best viewed on computer screens rather than phone devices. Also see Skateboarding page in the menu for more talks, podcast interviews and videos within that community.
| Date | Conference details | Representative Papers and Talks |
| September 2019 | Racism, Sport and Genders: Moving Together and Beyond Binaries. Event Co-Convened by Willing, Indigo and Pavlidis, P., Griffith University, Australia | ‘Skateboarding and Social Inclusion’ (Co-Convener and Panelist) – Sandy O’Sullivan A/P, Adele Pavlidis, Indigo Willing OAM, Laura Rodriguez Castro and Diti Bhattacharya |
| September 2019 | Women in Sport Symposium 3. Griffith University, Australia | ‘Community Engagement and Social Change through Sport’ (Panel Speaker) – Simone Fullagar, Adele Pavlidis, Indigo Willing |
| August 2019 | Pushing Boarders, International Skateboarding Conference, Malmo, Sweden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2PtBfpq8dw&t=307s | ‘The University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic’ (Invited Panel Speaker / Sponsored) – Willing, Indigo, Abulhawa, Dani, Adelina. Ong, Cianciotto, Luke Chaired by Holsgens, Sander and Maclure, Stuart |
| November 2018 | Women in Sport Symposium 2. Griffith University, Australia | ‘Skateboarding, Diversity and Identity’ (Group panel featuring Girls Skate Brisbane and She Slays Gold Coast Skateboarding Representatives) – Willing, Indigo, Ryder, Evie, Day, Summer and Waldren, Tora |
| October 2017 | Asian Australian Identities 6 Conference: Hosted by Asian Australian Studies Research Network, Melbourne Immigration Museum | Exploring Diversity and Asian Diasporic Identities in Skateboarding (Plenary and Sponsored Speaker) |
| August 2016 | Cosmopolitanism Symposium: Post-national, mobilities and identity, University of Western Australia | Cosmopolitan Encounters: Approaches and Insights from an Australian Case Study – Willing, Indigo, Plage, Stefanie, Woodward, Ian and Skrbiš, Zlatko |
| March
2016 |
Sosiologipäivät Jyväskylässä (Annual Sociology Conference, Finland), Jyväskylä, Findland | Lone Wolves or Sisterhood: Female Participation in Male Dominated Cultures – Malin Fransberg and Indigo Willing |
| Nov. 2015 | The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Annual Conference, Cairns, Australia | Conceptualisations of Place, Otherness and Cosmopolitan Encounters in Tropical Australia – Willing, Indigo, Plage, Stefanie, Woodward, Ian and Skrbiš, Zlatko |
| Nov. 2015 | Histories of Youth Cultures Symposium, Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University, Australia | Skateboarding and Ageing in an Historically Alternative Youth Culture (Invited talk) – Willing, Indigo, Bennett, Andy, Piispa, Mikko |
| Sept.
2015 |
Seminar, Finnish Youth Research Network, Helsinki University, Finland | International Perspectives on Social Research: Issues and Communities on the Margins (Invited talk) |
| Aug. 2015 | Societas Ethica’s 52nd Annual Conference, Linkoping, Sweden | Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in the Australian Context’ – Plage, Stefanie and Willing, Indigo |
| Aug.
2015 |
European Sociological Association, Prague, Czech Republic | Contradictions and Challenges in Cosmopolitan Encounters – Plage, Stefanie and Willing, Indigo |
| June 2015 | Finnish Youth Research Network Summer School, Helsinki, Finland | Researching Under-Explored Actors, Places and Perspectives: Current Projects and New Possibilities (Invited Plenary Talk) |
| Dec. 2014 | The Australian Sociological Association conference, University of South Adelaide | ‘Cosmopolitanism in Australia: Encounters in Context’ – Woodward, Ian and Willing, Indigo |
| July 2014 | ‘Inequality in a Global World’ conference, International Sociological Association, Yokohama, Japan | Cosmopolitanism, Place and Spatiality: Encounters in Context’ – Woodward, Ian and Willing, Indigo |
| May 2014 | Culture Club Seminar Series, Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University South Bank campus, Australia | Diverse Voices and Representations of Community Support for Skateboarding -Willing, Indigo, Shearer, Scott |
| July 2013 | The CosmopolitanIdeal: Challenges and Opportunities, Roehampton, University, London, UK | The Study of Everyday Cosmopolitan Encounters: Contexts, Frames and Strategies |
| March, 2012 | Mapping Adoption: Histories, Geographies, Literatures, Politics – ASAC 4th International Conference, Claremont College, CA, USA | Chinese Transnational Adoption – Willing, Indigo, Ballard, Bert |
| Dec.
2011 |
The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Newcastle, NSW, Australia | Unlikely Cosmopolitans: Family Farmers who are Globally Engaged – Cheshire, Lynda, Willing, Indigo, Skrbiš, Zlatko |
| November 2011 | Asian Australian Film Forum and Asian Australian Studies Research Network and The University of Melbourne | Event Co-host and Co-convener: Asian Australian Film Forum 2 Day Event |
| Sept. 2010 | The International Adoption Summit, Toronto, Canada | Sociology of Transnational Adoption |
| 2007 | Adoption Conference, University of Pittsburgh USA | Celebrity Adoptions Paper |
| 2007 | Asian Australian Occasion Film Festival, University of Queensland, Brisbane | Welcome and Concluding Remarks as Event Convener |
| 2002/2003 | Rockefeller Research Fellowship in the Humanities, UMASS, Boston | Vietnamese Adoptees in the Diaspora Project Reports |
| 2002 | Yale University South East Asian Students Association, New Hampton, USA | Vietnamese Adoptees: A Study |
| Date | Conference details | Representative Papers and Talks |
| September 2019 | Racism, Sport and Genders: Moving Together and Beyond Binaries. Event Co-Convened by Willing, Indigo and Pavlidis, P., Griffith University, Australia | ‘Skateboarding and Social Inclusion’ (Co-Convener and Panelist) – Sandy O’Sullivan A/P, Adele Pavlidis, Indigo Willing OAM, Laura Rodriguez Castro and Diti Bhattacharya |
| September 2019 | Women in Sport Symposium 3. Griffith University, Australia | ‘Community Engagement and Social Change through Sport’ (Panel Speaker) – Simone Fullagar, Adele Pavlidis, Indigo Willing |
| August 2019 | Pushing Boarders, International Skateboarding Conference, Malmo, Sweden | ‘The University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic’ (Invited Panel Speaker / Sponsored) – Willing, Indigo, Abulhawa, Dani, Adelina. Ong, Cianciotto, Luke Chaired by Holsgens, Sander and Maclure, Stuart |
| November 2018 | Women in Sport Symposium 2. Griffith University, Australia | ‘Skateboarding, Diversity and Identity’ (Group panel featuring Girls Skate Brisbane and She Slays Gold Coast Skateboarding Representatives) – Willing, Indigo, Ryder, Evie, Day, Summer and Waldren, Tora |
| October 2017 | Asian Australian Identities 6 Conference: Hosted by Asian Australian Studies Research Network, Melbourne Immigration Museum | Exploring Diversity and Asian Diasporic Identities in Skateboarding (Plenary and Sponsored Speaker) |
| August 2016 | Cosmopolitanism Symposium: Post-national, mobilities and identity, University of Western Australia | Cosmopolitan Encounters: Approaches and Insights from an Australian Case Study – Willing, Indigo, Plage, Stefanie, Woodward, Ian and Skrbiš, Zlatko |
| March
2016 |
Sosiologipäivät Jyväskylässä (Annual Sociology Conference, Finland), Jyväskylä, Findland | Lone Wolves or Sisterhood: Female Participation in Male Dominated Cultures – Malin Fransberg and Indigo Willing |
| Nov. 2015 | The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Annual Conference, Cairns, Australia | Conceptualisations of Place, Otherness and Cosmopolitan Encounters in Tropical Australia – Willing, Indigo, Plage, Stefanie, Woodward, Ian and Skrbiš, Zlatko |
| Nov. 2015 | Histories of Youth Cultures Symposium, Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University, Australia | Skateboarding and Ageing in an Historically Alternative Youth Culture (Invited talk) – Willing, Indigo, Bennett, Andy, Piispa, Mikko |
| Sept.
2015 |
Seminar, Finnish Youth Research Network, Helsinki University, Finland | International Perspectives on Social Research: Issues and Communities on the Margins (Invited talk) |
| Aug. 2015 | Societas Ethica’s 52nd Annual Conference, Linkoping, Sweden | Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in the Australian Context’ – Plage, Stefanie and Willing, Indigo |
| Aug.
2015 |
European Sociological Association, Prague, Czech Republic | Contradictions and Challenges in Cosmopolitan Encounters – Plage, Stefanie and Willing, Indigo |
| June 2015 | Finnish Youth Research Network Summer School, Helsinki, Finland | Researching Under-Explored Actors, Places and Perspectives: Current Projects and New Possibilities (Invited Plenary Talk) |
| Dec. 2014 | The Australian Sociological Association conference, University of South Adelaide | ‘Cosmopolitanism in Australia: Encounters in Context’ – Woodward, Ian and Willing, Indigo |
| July 2014 | ‘Inequality in a Global World’ conference, International Sociological Association, Yokohama, Japan | Cosmopolitanism, Place and Spatiality: Encounters in Context’ – Woodward, Ian and Willing, Indigo |
| May 2014 | Culture Club Seminar Series, Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University South Bank campus, Australia | Diverse Voices and Representations of Community Support for Skateboarding -Willing, Indigo, Shearer, Scott |
| July 2013 | The CosmopolitanIdeal: Challenges and Opportunities, Roehampton, University, London, UK | The Study of Everyday Cosmopolitan Encounters: Contexts, Frames and Strategies |
| March, 2012 | Mapping Adoption: Histories, Geographies, Literatures, Politics – ASAC 4th International Conference, Claremont College, CA, USA | Chinese Transnational Adoption – Willing, Indigo, Ballard, Bert |
| Dec.
2011 |
The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Newcastle, NSW, Australia | Unlikely Cosmopolitans: Family Farmers who are Globally Engaged – Cheshire, Lynda, Willing, Indigo, Skrbiš, Zlatko |
| November 2011 | Asian Australian Film Forum and Asian Australian Studies Research Network and The University of Melbourne | Event Co-host and Co-convener: Asian Australian Film Forum 2 Day Event |
| Sept. 2010 | The International Adoption Summit, Toronto, Canada | Sociology of Transnational Adoption |
| 2007 | Adoption Conference, University of Pittsburgh USA | Celebrity Adoptions Paper |
| 2007 | Asian Australian Occasion Film Festival, University of Queensland, Brisbane | Welcome and Concluding Remarks as Event Convener |
| 2002/2003 | Rockefeller Research Fellowship in the Humanities, UMASS, Boston | Vietnamese Adoptees in the Diaspora Project Reports |
| 2002 | Yale University South East Asian Students Association, New Hampton, USA | Vietnamese Adoptees: A Study |
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