Wed 9 Dec · 6pm
BRUNSWICK BALLROOM, MELBOURNE · Brunswick
a thought-provoking night rethinking the nuclear family
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It’s clear that children need a safe haven to grow well. It’s less clear that the nuclear family does that job
Every culture works out their own version of family life: paradoxically, each version is seen as perfectly ‘natural’ and ‘good’. Tonight we’ll be exploring radical challenges to our ideas about family, probing where the ideal of the nuclear family came from, and wondering what future families might look like. Amid heated debates around population, fertility and parenting, we’ll ask what role the state should play in legitimating families, if any. The Indigenous scholar Tyson Yunkaporta, the artist and theatre director Samara Hersch, and the professor of anthropology and sociology Sonja van Wichelen will provoke, unsettle and liberate some of our deep assumptions about what families are for, and what we might hope from them at their best.
This event will be hosted by broadcaster and journalist Natasha Mitchell, and is presented in partnership with ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas.
ABOUT SOPHIA CLUB
Everyone has a stake in philosophy; its vitality can be drawn out and re-energised through conversation, with each other, and the arts. The Sophia Club creates a space for people to come together, ponder big questions, encounter new perspectives, and appreciate the rich connections between thought, emotions and artistic expression.
We call this space Live Philosophy.
The Sophia Club is the latest venture from Aeon Media, the publisher of Aeon and Psyche magazines. To be the first…
Quick answers
When is SOPHIA CLUB?
Wed 9 Dec 2026, 6pm.
Where is it?
BRUNSWICK BALLROOM, MELBOURNE, Brunswick, VIC.
How much are tickets?
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Is there an age limit?
Yes, it is 18 and over.
Where do I get tickets?
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