Projects

This ARC project explores Melbourne as Australia’s premier ‘music city’, with popular music a key component of its contemporary identity and cultural economy. As governments and civic leaders around the world increasingly look to music cultures as drivers of economic development and cultural status, the project offers a timely evaluation of the utility of this cultural and economic strategy. The project team includes Dr Catherine Strong (RMIT), A/Prof Shane Homan (Monash), A/Prof Seamus O’Hanlon (Monash), Dr John Tebbutt.

This Symposium aims to critically explore the effects of the pandemic on media pedagogy, and share how those teaching in the media disciplines are innovating in response to these challenges. In particular, the Symposium will provide an opportunity for us to share the range of ‘workarounds’ (e.g. through online networks, technologies and interfaces) that have been effectively deployed in response to the pandemic, and consider how such innovations are transforming both the 'what' and 'how' of teaching in the media and the creative industries.

The AFI Research Collection is a specialist film and television industry resource open to the public. The Collection has materials encompassing cinema and television from the world over (with particular strengths in screen theory and history and in Australian cinema). The AFIRC Research Fellowship provides an opportunity for scholars wishing to undertake research that utilises the Collection’s resources and promotes the AFI Research Collection (AFIRC).

RMIT supported the 2019 Melbourne Women in Film Festival, a not-for-profit festival aimed at celebrating and supporting the work of women filmmakers and creatives – from directors, writers and producers to cinematographers, sound designers and editors. This annual festival promotes the many talented Australian women who work within all areas of screen production, exhibiting works of all styles and genres by women filmmakers and showcasing the diversity of women’s perspectives through storytelling and conversation.

The ACMI + RMIT Audience Lab brings together filmmakers, moving image artists, game developers, tech wizards and individual creators who want your feedback on their projects. From augmented and virtual reality to video games and video art, each month there is engaging new work and projects to explore and discover.

The eco_media’s steering panel invites proposals for papers that sit at the nexus of theory, philosophy, empirical research, and creative practice. The aim of the eco_media project is to understand how environmental issues, questions, and concerns are communicated through media forms, and to play at the borders of disciplines including media and environmental studies, philosophy, and communication theory.

After opening in 1924, the Capitol Theatre has become one of Australia's most iconic landmarks for cinemagoers. Screen & Sound Cultures is excited to be involved with this wonderful space, and we will continue to create Learning and Teaching opportunities for both staff and students, from co-designed research and mentoring programs, through to internships, hosting events, paid employment and volunteer positions.

This wide-ranging project examines the methodologies, epistemologies, and theories surrounding the areas of queer identity, community, performance and queer screen production research in Australia. We are working to create a knowledgeable, educated community of practice around queer screen production. These research activities investigate through and for practice what it means to engage in queer screen production research, including examinations of the inherent collaborations, co-creations, and self-reflections.

Supported by RMIT, the AFIRC Research Fellowship has been setup as to provide an opportunity for scholars wishing to undertake research that utilises the Collection’s resources and promotes the AFI Research Collection (AFIRC). The fellowship has been designed to showcase the unique holdings of the AFIRC, which include special collections, film stills, newspaper clippings and other significant artefacts from the Australian film and television industry.