In a world increasingly dominated by digital platforms and ephemeral content, these little plastic figures can remind us that tangible artefacts still matter.
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What should our museums collect from the sea of information and imagery to represent how Australians feel about the referendum?
Through collector Jordan’s fetishistic interest in Asian women, Beef shows the troubling link between collecting artefacts and sexual control.
Following the crucifixion of Jesus, it was common for pilgrims to collect dirt and pebbles from Holy Land sites.
Media coverage of the recent Dr. Seuss controversy are rooted in both a lack of awareness of the challenges and realities of maintaining collections and a false understanding of history.
Tony Albert reassembles items of ‘Aboriginalia’, featuring kitsch caricatures of Indigenous people, with wit, playfulness and serious intent.
Mid-20th century pulp fiction was trashy, tasteless, exploitative and lurid. There’s a lot there to love. You might read pulp as a cultural Freudian slip, loony bulletins from the collective Id.
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Associate Professor of Media, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer of Art History, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Modern History, University of Manchester
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Assistant Director and Associate Professor, Curatorial Studies, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture, Carleton University
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Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in History, specialising in built heritage and material culture, University of the Sunshine Coast
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