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The future of museum multimedia
Carol Cartwright, Nicole Ma, Michael Hill and Tikka Wilson
26 August 2010
This forum, sponsored by Museums Australia ACT branch, outlines the multimedia used in the National Museum of Australia’s Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route exhibition as part of a broader discussion on the future of museum multimedia.
The Age of Stupid – film screening and discussion
Julian Cribb, Julian Cribb and Associates Science Communicators, and Professor Will Steffan, Australian National University
10 April 2010
Dr Jenny Newell hosts a public screening of Franny Armstrong’s drama documentary about climate change, The Age of Stupid. This audio consists of her introductions and the ensuing discussion led by a climate change scientist and a science communicator.
Bendable learnings
Don Watson, writer
Weekend of Ideas, 20 March 2010
Don Watson looks at the triumph of modern management-speak and how those who favour the deliberately obscure and the falsely scientific are driving us all nuts.
Birds on the wire: Colin Simpson and the emergence of the radio documentary feature
Tony MacGregor, Arts Editor, ABC Radio National
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 18 November 2009
Tony MacGregor examines the 1948 ABC radio feature about the Expedition both as a remarkable contemporary account and as a media object of an emerging form – the radio documentary feature.
Hidden for 60 years: The motion picture films of the American–Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
Josh Harris (paper read by Mark Jenkins)
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 18 November 2009
Josh Harris describes the rediscovery in the archives of The National Geographic Society of 12,000 feet of film shot by Howell Walker during the 1948 Expedition and the in-depth steps that were taken to preserve and bring the footage back to life.
Unpacking the testimony of Gerald Blitner: An Indigenous perspective on the Arnhem Land Expedition
Martin Thomas, University of Sydney
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Gerald Blitner served as a guide and translator for the Expedition. Here, Martin Thomas explores his oral testimony alongside archival evidence, including observations recorded by the Expedition party, to unpack their intercultural exchanges.
Force for good: how Indigenous Australians have enriched football
Che Cockatoo-Collins, Dr Sean Gorman, John Harms, and Dr David Headon
15 September 2009
This is a forum on how Indigenous Australians have enriched Australian Rules football, and the social significance of their participation. Speakers include players, academics and sports commentators.
