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We're excited to begin this podcast series with a subject that has resonated with a lot of people across the University: print versus online collections. Why are we kicking off our podcast series with this topic? A few months ago, a petition from an RMIT Alumni appeared online asking the library to bring back the historical fashion journals that had been removed from one of the RMIT libraries and put into storage. This sparked off a conversation between the library and staff in the School of Fashion and Textiles about why print is still so valued today in a world where online resources are so prolific. What is it about print that’s still relevant and how is it different to digital resources in the teaching and research space. In this episode we speak with Dr Alexandra Sherlock, a teacher and researcher in the School of Fashion and Textiles, about her thoughts on the topic of print versus online and a whole lot more.
Credits
- Guest: Dr Alexandra Sherlock
- Host: Michelle Matheson
- Music: "Breathing Out" by Mid-Air Machine is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
References
- Reclaim the Void is an initiative by Ngalia elders in Leonora, Western Australia, to transform mining scars into a massive dot artwork made from 4,000 hand-woven rugs, symbolising the sacredness of the land.
- Kelly, L. (2019). Memory craft: improve your memory using the most powerful methods from around the world.Allen & Unwin.
- Neale, M., & Kelly, L. (2020). First knowledges songlines: The power and promise. Thames & Hudson.
- Malinowski, B. (1961). Argonauts of the western Pacific : An account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. Dutton.
- Pels, P. (1998). The Spirit of Matter: On Fetish, Rarity, Fact, and Fancy. In P. Spyer (Ed.), Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces. Routledge.
- Sampson, E. (2020). Worn: Footwear, attachment and the affects of wear. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Sherlock, A. (2022, December 31). Weaving and healing: finding my place in the decolonising narrative. Alexandra Sherlock.
- Sherlock, A. (2023, July 13). Indigenous knowledge provides skills for lifelong learning that AI cannot. Times Higher Education.
- Yunkaporta, T. (2019). Sand talk : How Indigenous thinking can save the world. Text Publishing.
This episode continues our theme of print versus online. In a world where online resources are so prolific, what is it about print that's still relevant, and how is it different to digital resources in the teaching and research space? In this episode, we speak with Dr Laura Gardner, a teacher and researcher in the School of Fashion and Textiles, about her thoughts on the topic of print versus online, from her perspective as a researcher, publisher, writer and teacher.
Credits
- Guest: Dr Laura Gardner
- Host: Michelle Matheson
- Music: "Breathing Out" by Mid-Air Machine is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
References
- Gardner, L. (2020). Mode and mode: tactics for publishing fashion in the margins. RMIT University. Thesis.
- Lema, X. Z. & van Joolen, E. (2022). Our Rags Magazine.be-flux.
- London Collep;ge of Fashion. (2009). Vestoj : the journal of sartorial matters. London College of Fashion.
- modeandmode.com takes the form of a periodical and collaboration between editor Laura Gardner and designer Karina Soraya with each issue singularly exploring a fashion publishing subject.
- ourragsmagazine.com envisions a future where transformation and recycling are the only way forward. Each handmade issue turns discarded garments into paper.
- shanzhailyric.info
- Vestoj
- Viscose Journal.
