Category: Public Addresses & Presentations

ARCHIVAL CHATS – Series of Chapbooks exploring the UON’s Special Collections & Archives

November 26, 2020

Archival Chats A Series of Chapbooks exploring the University of Newcastle’s Special Collections & GLAMx Lab Archives By Jasmin Thompson Jasmin Thompson is an emerging writer passionate about poetry, zines and experimental non-fiction. Her work often focuses on Australian culture with particular emphasis on the trivial details that make our individual experiences so unique. This … More ARCHIVAL CHATS – Series of Chapbooks exploring the UON’s Special Collections & Archives

Reliving the Victory – 1945- 2020 Reconstruction

October 29, 2020

This rare 16mm colour film of Newcastle (Australia) celebrations during Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day in 1945 was originally silent footage. In 2020 the entire soundscape to accompany the silent footage was created. This newly created audio and reconstruction has turned this historic silent film to what you now hear in this video. Implementation … More Reliving the Victory – 1945- 2020 Reconstruction

ANZAC@HOME 2020

April 24, 2020

How did you observe ANZAC Day @ home 2020? We are documenting people’s participation in Anzac Day @ HOME in the Hunter Region during the COVID-19 Lock-down 2020. Given this year’s public Anzac Day ceremonies have been banned across the nation, many communities have responded by deciding to more-or-less democratise the commemoration of Anzac Day. … More ANZAC@HOME 2020

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“A breath of fresh air in more ways than one” Inspirations from the National Digital Forum, NZ 2019

January 24, 2020

From the 18 to 24 November 2019 I was afforded the wonderful opportunity to briefly escape the Australian bush fires and choking smoke, and travel to the the windy city of Wellington in New Zealand to clear the lungs and mind and speak at the National Digital Forum. All the presentations from the National Digital … More “A breath of fresh air in more ways than one” Inspirations from the National Digital Forum, NZ 2019

Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) ‘Designing the Archive’ International Conference 2019

January 15, 2020

  On 21-25 October 2019, the ‘Designing the Archive’ Conference was held in Adelaide, South Australia. It was joint international conference bringing together archivists, librarians, records specialists and GLAM professionals from across the Asia-Pacific and around the globe, representing 176 countries under the auspices of the International Council on Archives (ICA) Australian Society of Archivists … More Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) ‘Designing the Archive’ International Conference 2019

GLAM to the power of “x”: The Future of Memory

December 3, 2019

GLAM to the power of “x”: The Future of Memory By Gionni Di Gravio [This presentation originally debuted as an address at the annual Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Societies ADFAS Lecture held on Remembrance Day, Monday 11 November 2019, Hunter Theatre, Hunter School of the Performing Arts Lambton Rd, Broadmeadow NSW. A shorter version … More GLAM to the power of “x”: The Future of Memory