Arts & Culture
Digital ‘history machines’ are never politically neutral
As library, museum and other heritage collections go online, we need to consider who is creating these collections and why, says University of Melbourne expert.
Ancestral ties to the Kabayan ‘fire’ mummies is driving research to save them
A family link to the Philippines’ Kabayan mummies inspired University of Melbourne research into environmental changes in the mountain caves that house them.
Why children’s stories are full of orphans, evil stepmothers and boarding schools
While ideas of family are changing, from Dickens to Rowling, absent parents are an enduring element of kid's books says University of Melbourne experts.
Quiz: 100 years of Disney vs Warner Bros.
As two giants of Hollywood’s culture-defining studios turn 100 – Warner Bros and Disney – test your knowledge in this University of Melbourne quiz.
Remembering and forgetting the dead
Halloween was a day to mark the dead. Modern rituals of death continue this tradition, both remembering and letting go, say University of Melbourne experts.
Homicide on Hydra
A new book by a University of Melbourne expert explores the more-or-less forgotten crime novels of one of Australia’s most successful authors, George Johnston.
The rebirth of ‘The Doll’ at its theatre of origin
History and future come together with a new staging of the iconic play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll at the new Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne
Working to preserve cultural tradition through technology
Ngarluma man and University of Melbourne PhD Andrew Dowding’s research fuses innovation and heritage in digital mapping to empower Indigenous Australians.
Sharing the universal language of music
University of Melbourne composer Melody Eötvös wrote her first composition at age eight. Now, her latest piece ‘Hun Tur’ is set to captivate audiences in Asia.
Art can be anywhere
A ten-year-long global exhibition program explores the where and when of art outside the traditional exhibition circuits, says a University of Melbourne expert