Arts & Culture
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‘Finding an Indigenous voice’
The second volume of the truth-telling initiative, Dhoombak Goobgoowana, shares the steps, and missteps, on the road to finding an Indigenous Voice at the University of Melbourne
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‘How we bring Indigenous knowledges into the academy is as important as the knowledge itself’
A new truth-telling book shines a light on the past, present and future of the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous cultural collections
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Taylor Swift is filling a ‘blank space’ in academic research
A new book explores how Swift studies is bringing the cultural phenomena of Taylor Swift into academia
After 250 years, Mount Vesuvius exhibit erupts back into life
A model of Mount Vesuvius erupting, designed in 1775, has been rebuilt by engineering students for a new exhibition at the University of Melbourne
Analysis
Friendship as a radical act
Engaging in friendship can be an act of resistance, where we choose to create worlds together, instead of pursuing self-interest
Opinion
Navigate MIFF without losing your mind – or missing a masterpiece
The Melbourne International Film Festival program can be overwhelming, so here’s a few tips to help you find your way through Australia’s premier film fortnight
Analysis
The complex cultural politics of writing fiction in ‘someone else’s language’
The work of author Ian Hideo Levy, the first Westerner to write literature in Japanese, questions the links between language, nation and ethnicity
Under the Microscope
The journey of a master dyer
The tradition of Bhutanese organic dyeing is gradually disappearing. But master dyer, Kencho Dekar, is working with the Grimwade Centre to preserve the vibrant colours and stories in Bhutanese textiles
Research
Yes, there’s such a thing as zombie porn
The porn industry has been smuttying up pop culture for decades, and zombie porn just reflects our weird appetites