Think West 2017

Think West is a community festival dedicated to enhancing our emotional intelligence through the exploration of philosophy and culture. Produced by @TSOLMelb

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"As humans, our natural state is love" @kon_k @the_wdp #welcomedinner

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The extraordinary @Kon__K telling stories of food, culture and connection @ThinkWest

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Closing the Festival with hearts (and bellies) full. Thank you @The_wdp #thinkwest2016

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"Our natural state is love" @kon_k @the_wdp

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The view for tonight's Think West Welcome Dinner! Can't wait to meet everyone and hear stories from @Kon__K @ThinkWest @ASRC1 @TSOLMelb

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Thank you to our panel for leading us through this discussion on politics, poetry, community and social change #ThinkWest2016

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There is a strange dissonance between Australia's political apathy and our growing volunteerism #ThinkWest2016

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The internet has allowed us to form groups around much more niche interests and experiences #ThinkWest2016

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The concept of intersectionality is a global one that through the online community has now found a place in the west #ThinkWest2016

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The locus of community in the west can also be shared experiences, like the refugee experience #ThinkWest2016

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The sense of localness in the West is multi-ethnic. The only people who aren't locals are those who have moved here with gentrification

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Bobby Kennedy in Indianapolis https://t.co/hqQwXKyOqB #ThinkWest2016

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When Martin Luther King was shot and killed, Bobby Kennedy turned to poetry for consolation and empathy #ThinkWest2016

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Paul Keating described leadership at the combination of courage and imagination #ThinkWest2016

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The purpose of Keating's Creative Nation policy, was to allow the arts to help create a national identity of our modern multicultural nation

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A lot of the national symbols we have, the flag and our currency, are exclusionary. Artists can help us shift our symbols #ThinkWest2016

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Nationalism and national identity is not bad if you use it to build a welfare state and not for exclusionary purposes says @TimWattsMP

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Art helps @TimWattsMP empathise. To engage with the fundamental human desire to share yourself and be understood #ThinkWest2016

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When an idea is thought, written and spoken it becomes real, and that is the power of poetry says @aliagabres #ThinkWest2016

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Storytelling is the core of the political profession according to @TimWattsMP it is driven by narratives and passions #ThinkWest2016