Who’s afraid of WikiLeaks? @ Sydney Writers Festival

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Cassie Findlay

The Recordkeeping Roundtable are off on an outing! If you are interested in WikiLeaks, this is an impressive panel & worth a look. Let us know if you’re going, it would be great to all catch up for a chat afterwards.

Who’s Afraid of WikiLeaks?

  • Friday May 20
  • 6.00 – 7.30pm
  • Sydney Town Hall
  • Tickets $20/$15

A political movement or a media organisation? A risk to national security or the open government we need? Is Julian Assange a hero or a traitor? Suelette Dreyfus is the author of 1997 book ‘Underground’, an investigation of the hacking world researched by Assange himself. Guy Rundle has covered WikiLeaks since the beginning. UK journalist Barbara Gunnell zeroes in on Assange’s role as whistleblower. Robert Manne uncovers the high-minded ideals and anarchist influences on Assange and WikiLeaks. In his brand-new book, Andrew Fowler tracks how Julian Assange became “the most dangerous man in the world”. They dissect the Assange myth, the role of WikiLeaks in our democracy, and ask what we’ve got to be so afraid of. Chair: Paul Barratt.

Detail: http://www.swf.org.au/component/option,com_events/Itemid,124/agid,2467/task,view_detail/

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Report on ‘After WikiLeaks is it all over for The Archives’ now available

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Cassie Findlay

On March 23 in Sydney, new recordkeeping and archives discussion group The Recordkeeping Roundtable, in conjunction with the NSW Branch of the Australian Society of Archivists hosted ‘After WikiLeaks, is it all over for The Archives? WikiLeaks and the future of recordkeeping in a connected world’. Continue reading →

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After WikiLeaks, is it all over for The Archives? – Podcasts

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Cassie Findlay

The Recordkeeping Roundtable in conjunction with the NSW Branch of the Australian Society of Archivists presented ‘After WikiLeaks, is it all over for The Archives? WikiLeaks and the future of recordkeeping in a connected world’ on March 23 at the Australian Technology Park, Redfern.

L-R: Anne Picot, Cassie Findlay, Linda Tucker, Barbara Reed, Stephen Gillies Photo: Louise Trott

What can the archives/records profession learn from WikiLeaks and from the connected world more generally? And what are our users’ expectations now and in the future? Indeed, who are our users? How do we translate our theories and models into this new environment? What can we contribute?

What is the future for ‘The Archives’ in a post WikiLeaks, connected world?

In this panel discussion and Q&A session, speakers explored questions of trust, authenticity, secrecy, access and uses of records/archives in a Web 3.0, post WikiLeaks world.

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