HADES 2026 Seminars

Through 2026 the HADES community practice have been subverting power structures in climate education while exploring emotional geographies of the urban forest. The resistance through the Australian Wars was a deep dive into counter mapping, followed by a critical approach to digital critique.

  • March 2026 Seminar

    Subverting power structures in Climate Education: Learning from SWISP’s Living Lab inside DISTRACTION with A/Prof Kate Coleman

  • May 2026 

    Emotional geographies the urban forest: insights from an email-a-tree initiative with A/Prof Jenny Atchison, Dr Catherine Phillips, Ms Kim Doyle and Dr Elizabeth Straughan

  • June 2026

    Counter Mapping: Australian Wars and Resistance through Critical Cartography with Dr Bill Pascoe

  • July 2026 

    Critiquing digital critique with Dylan Chng

    Resources are available in the Critiquing Digtal Critique padlet.

  • Resources are available in the Learning Matters padlet .

    Learning Matters:  Universal Learning Design and Data Viz with Amanda Belton

    Data visualisations use text and image to communicate and understand data. When it comes to teaching data visualisation then Universal Learning Design principles can ensure all learners can access and participate in meaningful learning opportunities.

    This talk aims to subvert the old standards for learning and bridge the spaces between data visualisation design and universal learning design (ULD). Communicating research visually - just like learning design - uses multiple means of representation to be more accessible to diverse audiences. This is not about adding accessibility after the central design work is done. This is a fundamental shift to design for the differences in human perception. This is aiming for learner and viewer agency.

    Join us as we discuss universal learning design applied to learning data visualisation for business analytics. This will touch on the ULD guidelines for engagement, representation and action & expression. Along the way we consider the AI fluency framework for a worked example of using GenAI in data visualisation to anticipate and plan for challenges.

    Finally, we will reflect on the Community of Inclusive Learning’s support for educators wanting to learn and adopt more inclusive practices.