News
CDRC Directors in the Cook Islands
CDRC Directors Tom Murray and Bronwen Neil were recently conducting research in the Cook Islands. Bronwen is leading a scholarly research program investigating comparative eco-cosmologies, and Tom is leading a 360 degree 3D film project for Te Fara Natura Museum in Moorea, French Polynesia. Both projects investigate the role of the Vaka (traditional double-hulled canoe) as cultural symbol, and the Indigenous Polynesian resource management concept of Ra’ui as sustainable ecological approach. Read more about their journey to the island of Mangaia on the Cook Islands Vaka Waa'Qab in the Cook Islands News.
Peter Doyle's new book and exhibition Suburban Noir
Suburban Noir: Crime and mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney (NewSouth), a new book by CDRC member and Honorary Associate Professor Peter Doyle, has just been published. The brilliant artworks Peter created for his book are on exhibition at Rogues Pop-up Gallery in Redfern until 27 November 2022. More information here.
Listen to Peter Doyle in conversation with Sarah Kanowski on the ABC's Conversations: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/peter-doyle-suburban-noir-crime-1950s-1960s-kingsgrove-slasher/14087438
'The Women Who Made Australian TV' wins award
The Women Who Made Australian Television, a series of online multimedia stories by CDRC Manager, Jeannine Baker, has won the 2022 Media Award from Oral History Australia. Read the judges' comments.
Ablaze shortlisted for 2022 NSW Premier's History Award
The documentary film Ablaze, directed by Tiriki Onus and CDRC member Alec Morgan, has been shortlisted for the Digital History Prize.
According to the judges, Ablaze "represents a powerful and moving contribution to the telling of histories of Indigenous resistance, creativity and activism — a historical task of great urgency in this country.''
The NSW Premier's History Award winners will be announced on 2 September 2022.
The Women Who Made Australian TV
The final article in the five-part online multimedia series The Women Who Made Australian Television, by CDRC Centre Manager Jeannine Baker, has been published by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. 'At Home With Rosemary Eather' tracks the career of daytime TV personality Rosemary Eather ,and her special bond with her audience, though her rich personal collection, now held at the NFSA.
Grant success for CDRC member Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley
Professor Griffen-Foley (MCCALL) has been awarded $34,452 under the 2022 Macquarie University Research Acceleration Scheme (MQRAS) for her project ‘The ABC, its Archives and its Audiences’.
This project aims to understand the role of the ABC in the lives of its listeners and viewers. It will uncover and interpret archival records of ABC Advisory Committees over five decades, show how our national broadcaster established systems for identifying and distributing expert knowledge, and reveal how it perceived and interacted with audiences. It will analyse ABC historiography and help develop a research program in the lead-up to the ABC’s centenary in 2032. The project will produce an innovative audience-centred approach to the ABC and its history, and a new research base for scholars of the media.
New essay by Kate Rossmanith
CDRC Deputy Director Kate Rossmanith’s latest essay, ‘'From Here to There', has recently been published in the Sydney Review of Books.
Kate’s last essay for the SRB, ‘Ditching the New Yorker Voice’, was syndicated by the prestigious US site ‘Public Books’
It was the most viewed essay on the Public Books site in June 2022.
The UK's Lit Hub daily newsletter also listed it as one of the best essays around the world in May!
Creative practice-led research and the ERA framework
In Campus Review, CDRC directors Bronwen Neil, Karen Pearlman, Kate Rossmanith and Tom Murray make the case that research assessment within the ARC’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) process is not fit for purpose in the 21st Century. They propose that major NTROs should be comparable to books within the ERA assessment process. This would more accurately represent the research value of major works of creative-arts scholarship. Read more here.