Rethinking Interculturalism through an analysis of AusStage: What can

Digital Tools Tell us?

Joanne Tompkins

University of Queensland

Women’s Intercultural Performance

by Julie Holledge and

Joanne Tompkins

John Howard (1939-)

• 25th Australian Prime Minister

• Served 1996-2007

• Known for policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers

• Reduced currency of multiculturalism

Franco Moretti

BEGINNINGS OF A ‘DISTANT READING’

OF AN AUSTRALIAN SUBSET

AusStage: www.ausstage.edu.au • Australian performing arts database covering numerous

genres, made and presented in Australia, including:

– Australian productions of works written by international authors

– productions from international companies touring Australia

– some performances by Australian artists and companies presented in venues overseas.

• Coverage: 2001 to the present. Retrospective data entry reflects the extent of performing arts collections and the research interests of the AusStage community.

AusStage: The Statistics

• 72,000 Events: a distinct happening defined by title, date and venue.

• 105,000 Contributors: an individual who contributes to creating, performing or producing an event.

• 11,600 Organisations: a group or company involved in creating, performing or producing an event.

• 7,100 Venues: a place where an event happens, a building or a geographic location.

• 52,600 Resources: reviews, programmes, photographs, videos, books, articles, collections that relate to events.

• 11,400 Works: the abstract conception of an event, typically a play script or score.

Adelaide Festival Sydney Festival Perth International Arts Festival Melbourne Festival Brisbane Festival OzAsia Festival (Adelaide)

Australian Festivals on which our analysis is based (2012-2014)

Ong Keng Sen’s Desdemona

This production premiered at the Adelaide Festival in 2000.

Festival imports: country of origin

Larger Scale Image: Imports from Europe

Australia’s Top 10 two-way trading partners, 2013 (A$ million) (DFAT)

Based on ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database, ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.004 and unpublished ABS data.

Rank

Total two-way

trade

Goods Services Total % share

523,054 124,769 647,823

1 China 141,959 8,960 150,919 23.3

2 Japan 66,455 4,298 70,753 10.9

3 United States (d) 36,333 18,381 54,714 8.4

4 Republic of Korea 29,766 2,321 32,087 5.0

5 Singapore 18,595 8,492 27,087 4.2

6 New Zealand 14,797 6,757 21,554 3.3

7 United Kingdom 10,055 9,830 19,885 3.1

8 Thailand 16,303 3,243 19,546 3.0

9 Malaysia 14,761 3,128 17,889 2.8

10 Germany 13,363 2,759 16,122 2.5

Demographics (2011 Census; ABS) Country of birth Persons Proportion of all

overseas-born

Median age Sex ratio(a)

'000 % years

United Kingdom 1 101.1 20.8 54 101.7

New Zealand 483.4 9.1 40 102.8

China(b) 319.0 6.0 35 79.8

India 295.4 5.6 31 125.2

Italy 185.4 3.5 68 104.7

Vietnam 185.0 3.5 43 84.6

Philippines 171.2 3.2 39 60.6

South Africa 145.7 2.8 39 96.9

Malaysia 116.2 2.2 39 83.5

Germany 108.0 2.0 62 90.6

Born elsewhere

overseas

2 183.8 41.2 44 95.6

Total overseas-born 5 294.2 100 45 96.1

Sponsorship

• Cities, institutes (eg Goethe Institute), universities, embassies

• Media (radios, newspapers) • Airports/airlines • Business: Deloitte, ANZ bank, Honda • Hospitality: Yellowtail (wine) and Rekorderlig

(cider) • Mining/fossil fuel companies (Chevron, Rio Tinto,

Woodside) – this last category is the largest

Spirit by Bangarra Dance Company

Closing the Gap

The Closing the Gap strategy was developed from then PM Kevin Rudd’s 2008 apology to indigenous Australians

The strategy is to “reduce Indigenous disadvantage with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood education, educational achievement, employment outcomes” within 25 years.

http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/closing-the-gap/key-facts/what-is-closing-the-gap

Nick Enright’s The Boy from Oz, about the life of Peter Allen, starring Hugh Jackman

Stephan Elliot’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Map of Priscilla Tour, 2008-present

ADT’s Be Your Self

ADT tours, 1964+ (including international tours since 1968)

Barrie Kosky Australian theatre and opera director. He is currently the

Artistic Director of Komische Oper Berlin.

Australian Artists Working Internationally

Robyn Archer Benedict Andrews