As I said earlier, the Prof's conference in Kal was supposed to be about regional futures.
Here's the official dope as per the Kalgoorlie Miner (6th December).
(Again you may have to click on this image to read it):
So I'm going to have to ask Crispin what the hell Gramscian Epistemology -- whatever that is -- has to do with KalKultur.The items below from the same issue of the Miner appear to me to give us a better clue as to this mysterious phenomenon:

Doesn't Constable Nieuwenhuis live an interesting life?And don't you love that wording, "a spent conviction"?
Sledge
