I recently attended a public lecture at Melbourne University's Object-Based Learning Centre. This moodily lit, formal space is a world-class museum-lab-classroom where students and guests can go look at and handle (with care) physical bits and pieces. Most visitors are students enrolled in museum studies, history and archaeology, but any student can go look and … Continue reading Objective wonder
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Review: Dark Imaginings
Gothic literature can be dramatic, macabre, and weirdly insightful. To my tired eyes some examples of Gothic, like Castle of Otranto are also unintentionally and refreshingly hilarious. Yet Gothic tropes persist in popular culture even as they were interrogated centuries ago, and continue to be. Since it is Rare Book Week in Melbourne I took … Continue reading Review: Dark Imaginings
Review: Syria – Ancient History Modern Conflict
The Ian Potter Gallery at the University of Melbourne is displaying Syria - Ancient History Modern Conflict until the end of August. I took a look because (no surprise at all) I'm fascinated by old things. But also because of a sense of a need to bear witness to archaeological and preservation work that can … Continue reading Review: Syria – Ancient History Modern Conflict
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