Multivocal knowledge weaving and human origins
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, a multidisciplinary group of researchers from over twenty universities and partner organisations from Africa, Arabia, Europe, America, Asia and Australia, were hosted at Griffith University in the beautiful Brisbane Southbank Parklands. The event set an ambitious task to weave together interdisciplinary scientific research and local community and Indigenous Knowledges on human origins from around the world.
The workshop connected researchers and international guests from:
- The Smithsonian Institution
- The Saudi Heritage Commission
- King Saud University
- The National Museums of Kenya
- The Chinese Academy of Sciences
- The Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
- KAUST
- The University of Cape Town
- The Bandung Institute of Technology
- The Spanish National Research Centre for Human Evolution
- The University of Sri Jayewardenepura
- Queensland Museum
- Griffith University
- The Australian National University
- University of Queensland
- La Trobe University
- University of Adelaide
- University of Western Australia
- Flinders University
- Queensland University of Technology
- Charles Darwin University
- The University of Melbourne
Photography by Mai Naito.