Podcasts about australian centre for public history

History Lab host Dr Tamson Pietsch hands over the mic to Dr Alecia Simmonds, an interdisciplinary scholar of law and history at the University of Technology Sydney. In this bonus episode they dissect how it is the law ‘knows’ and discuss how both history and the law rely on traces from the past to draw conclusions in the present. If truth is uncertain in historical archives - is it even harder to find in the courtroom?Season 3 of History Lab will be taking a short break returning February 4 2020.Episode two 'Making a fortune' is dropping in the new year with Dr Alana Piper from the Australian Centre for Public History.

The second annual GLAM Slam event was held on March 15 at the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney. The keynote speakers for GLAMSLAM 2019 were Julian Meyrick (Flinders) and David Ritter (Greenpeace Australia Pacific).On this episode of GLAMcity, we’re featuring David Ritter’s keynote address titled GLAM Power as Clean Energy? Bring it on! Further Reading:For more information on David’s work at Greenpeace Australia, visit: https://www.greenpeace.org.au/about/organisation/leadership/ You can find David on Twitter @David_Ritter and @GreenpeaceAPFor more information on the School Strike 4 Climate, visit their website.If you’d like to get involved in the work that Greenpeace is doing on climate action, visit their website. You’ll find a full list of presenters on the GLAM Slam 2019 program here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch- GLAMcity@2ser.comMusic: Gunnar Johnsén, Sarah, the Illtrumentalist, Flouw and Christian Andersen* David Attenborough quote thanks to the BBC (Planet Earth II)

In 1817, the Bank of New South Wales opened as the first financial institution in the Australian colonies. But when the first customers arrived for the grand opening, they found someone had already made a deposit. Where did the money come from? Our producers, Jason and Nicole, follow the record trail and discover the uncertain foundations of Australia’s first bank.

In 1817, the Bank of New South Wales opened as the first financial institution in the Australian colonies. But when the first customers arrived for the grand opening, they found someone had already made a deposit. Where did the money come from? Our producers, Jason and Nicole, follow the record trail and discover the uncertain foundations of Australia’s first bank.This episode is a collaboration between the UTS Business School, The Australian Centre for Public History and 2ser Radio in Sydney. We'll have two bonus episodes on banks, trust and money in the coming weeks.Further Reading:Colonial Frontier Massacre Map – (University of Newcastle in consultation with The Wollotuka Institute and AIATSIS)Executive Producer: Tom AllinsonProducer: Jason L'EcuyerCollaborating researcher: Nicole SuttonSound Design: Joe KoningHost: Tamson PietschScript Advisors: Lauren Carroll Harris and Ellen Leabeater

What does it take to make History Lab?This bonus interlude episode lifts the curtain on all that goes into making history for your ears!Executive Producer Emma Lancaster steps out from behind the headphones and asks you to listen hard as she and host Tamson Pietsch discover that in the gap between historians and journalists, great things can happen.The History Lab final episode for Season One 'Fishing for Answers' will be available 25 July 2018.To find out more about the History Lab pitching process head to https://historylab.net/pitch/

In the middle of a mining town in outback Australia, over 400 kilometres from the closest ocean, stands a monument dedicated to the memory of the Titanic.On the surface the story of Broken Hill’s Titanic Memorial can be seen as a simple tale of memory and humanity, one community expressing their sympathy for another.But on closer inspection, the politics of memory starts to unravel and raises questions about the power of remembering and why we do it in the first place.

Ever wondered where the costumes from NIDA’s live performances go? On this episode, Tamson speaks with Ross Bruzzese, Library manager at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). The NIDA archives contains one of Australia’s largest repositories of vintage clothing accessories including pieces from Sophie Van Rood’s Banana Room and the Betty Viazim Hat Collection. The collection also includes records from the Old Tote Theatre Company from 1962 to 1969. For more on the Old Tote Theatre Company, visit Dictionary of Sydney.​For  more information on the NIDA Library and Archive, visit their website here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

" Hands up for those amongst us who think the arts provide a rich and more meaningful life..."On this episode, we go back and listen to our first ever live event-GLAM Slam!Glam Slam was hosted by the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney in early March. Tickets sold out early but you get a second chance to be there.During the day, we held a panel discussion entitled GLAM WTF?! Joining us were Julia Mant (National Institute of Dramatic Art), Maggie Patton (the Library of New South Wales),  Janson Hews (Sydney Living Museums), Marcus Hughes (Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences) and Gionni di Gravio (University of Newcastle Library).This week we listen back to Janson Hews and Marcus Hughes discussing critical engagement and authorship in the GLAM sector.You can see the 3D printed Wedgewood Sugar Bowl Janson discusses here.Listen back to season one to hear Julia Mant on why archives need a shredder and Maggie Patton on how to dissect popular culture. If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show-get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On 15 October 1970, a partially constructed West Gate Bridge  spanning the Yarra River collapsed, killing thirty-five workers. The collapse had major repercussions for the families of the workers and the future of Australia’s safety standards. On this episode of GLAM City, we speak to Historians Elizabeth Humphrys and Sarah Gregson about their research into the bridge collapse and how the event resonates with the modern labour movement.Also, we discuss Work: Past and Present, a monthly seminar series investigating Australian and international labour history through the contemporary moment. The seminars bring together historians, researchers from other disciplines, and those involved in the labour movement.More information on the Work Past and Present Seminar series can be found here.Lastly- What role did labour play in constructing neoliberalism? Elizabeth takes a critical look at dominant narratives of neoliberalism’s rise by the New Right in her forthcoming book How Labour Made Neoliberalism. If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On this episode of GLAM City, we speak to Shirleene Robinson, historian and President of Sydney’s Pride History Group.In November 1992, the Australian government overturned a longstanding ban on gays, lesbians and bisexuals serving in the Australian Defence Force. Transgender service would continue to be banned until September 2010. Serving In Silence, is an exhibition that explores the rich history of LGBTIQ members of the military from WWI through to the present. We discuss Shirleene’s work on the project and some of the stories of those who served.Also- Australia has been lauded internationally for the country’s response to the HIV/ Aids crisis. We talk about the role of volunteers during the devastating time in Australia.Plus, we discuss the Sydney Pride History Group's cool new history app called Parade, which takes you on an virtual audio tour of Sydney’s infamous Oxford Street in it's hay day. The app is available for download on iPhone and Android here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

Welcome to GLAM City Season 2!On our first episode of 2018, we speak to Peter McNeil, an interdisciplinary cultural historian who has been studying queer history for nearly thirty years. We find out what Peter did with all of of those dance party old ticket stubs and  We talk about Sydney’s infamous RAT parties in the 80’s and 90’s. The styles, the music and the expression. Ephemera from the RAT parties is housed at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS).We find out what Macaroni Men are and and why yankee doodle dandy stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni.Peter’s upcoming book, Pretty Gentleman: Macaroni Men in the 18th Century Fashion World will be available through Yale Press. More information on the Unflinching Gaze can be found on the Bathurst Regional Gallery website here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

We think nothing of seeing a celebrity mug shot these days but how about a mug shot that’s almost 150 years old?The practise of photographing prisoners in NSW started in 1871, a few decades after judicial photography was introduced in Europe.Penny Stannard and her amazing team at NSW State Archives and Records digitised over 46,000 files to bring the exhibition Captured: Portraits of Crime to life.The exhibition explores the stories of men, women and children who were incarcerated in NSW gaols from 1870 to 1930.The photographs have already shed light on some hidden family histories and provide an insight into what society thought was a crime at the time, such as homosexuality or being a ‘neglected child’.The exhibition avoids the celebrity criminal instead searching out the ‘ordinary’. The photographs capture a moment in time and some argue perhaps unfairly provide a record of permanence that far outlasts both the prisoner and their crime.Captured: Portraits of Crime is presented through a Western Sydney exhibition, a regional touring exhibition and an online exhibition. Find out more here

This week Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark chat with Holly Williams, co-founder of The Curators Department.They dissect what it means to be a curator in 2017, including how to create a sense of wonder while organising information and generating experience, and consider if it’s the curators job to set the scene in order for artists to deliver stories.Holly tells GLAMcity about a number of exhibitions she has recently worked on, including Creative Accounting, which examines our relationship with money, how bank notes can be an amazing art form as well as government propaganda, and how traditional silver coins morphed into symbols of affection known as ‘love tokens’ used by convicts set for transportation to Australia.She also fills us in on her recent exhibition currently showing at Customs House titled Something Else is Alive, which aims to uncover the secret city of animals that exist in the urban world.

This week Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark spoke with the President of the History Council for NSW, Tanya Evans to find out how #historyweek17 went. They also chatted with the winner of the NSW Premier’s History awards, Peter Hobbins about his award-winning book Stories from the Sandstone, that saw historians and archaeologists team up to unlock the secrets of over 1600 engravings carved into the rocks and walls around the Manly Quarantine Station during its 150-year history.

This week Anna Clark and Tamson Pietsch chat with Michael Harvey from the Australian National Maritime Museum, located in Darling Harbour.The museum was opened in 1991 and its core mission is to share Australia's maritime heritage.Michael's love for maritime history spans both his professional and personal life. He says you can't really understand Australia, including its economy, environments, people, national defence and geopolitics, unless you view it through the lens of its relationships with the seas, oceans and rivers within and around the nation. You can find out what's on at the museum here and you may even be lucky enough to meet Bailey - the newly appointed Assistant Director of Seagulls who just happens to be a rescue Border Collie.