Do you want to join the flock of Tay Tay’s white, lithe besties or kick her off the stage Kanye style? Why is she such a clear exemplar of what’s going on in social media right now?

The Notebook made losing your memory romantic but we all know life isn’t that simple… or is it?

Jonathon Hutchinson and Amee Baird answer these questions and more when they shake up and wake up your synapses in the final Nerd Nite of the year!

Come Tuesday 21st November and stuff yourself full of knowledge and beer to keep you going over the Christmas break.

Can music bring you back from dementia?

Amee Baird | MQU | Clinical Neuropsychologist

Most of us know the experience of hearing a song and being transported back in time to a specific event, a time in our lives, or a special person. We now know that this powerful effect that music has on memory can be used to help people with dementia. I’ll share examples of how people with severe Alzheimer’s dementia can still play their musical instrument, learn new tunes and remember their high school sweetheart after hearing their special song. You might also experience a few music evoked memories of your own…

Creating unsocial media in a social media world

Jonathon Hutchinson | USYD | Online and Social Media Communication

The contemporary social media environment invites us to take part and stay connected. It even encourages us to create media and share the stage with those once sacredly labelled ’the producer’. However, amongst all the positive enabling forces of social media, there is a dark anti-social movement emerging that encourages hate speech, vitriol and is threatening lives. As a reaction, people are questioning their presence on social media and even deleting their profiles. Or are they? This presentation looks at some of the current patterns emerging across social media as un-social media, and uses Taylor Swift as a case in point.

WHEN: Tuesday 21st of November. Doors open at 6:30 for a 7pm start.

WHERE: Friend In Hand Pub 58 Cowper Street, Glebe.

WE THINK. WE DRINK.

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