Cultural Conversations 4: ideas, practice, networking.

TheHumanities Research Centre(HRC) was established in 1972 as a national and international centre for excellence in the humanities and a catalyst for innovative and interdisciplinary humanities research within the Australian National University and beyond. As one of Australia’s prime gateways to humanities scholarship throughout the world, the HRC promotes advanced research in and across the humanities through an annual Visiting Fellowship Program and a range of conferences, workshops, seminars, and public lectures.

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Cultural Conversations aims to create space for deeper connections between museum professionals, academics, and students in the ACT.

RSSS Room 1.23, RSSS Building (#146) The Australian National University

Presented in partnership between the <a href="https://www.amaga.org.au/australian-capital-territory" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) ACT </a>and the Humanities Research Centre (HRC) at the Australian National University. The last two years have brought about huge challenges for the Galleries Libraries Archives and Museum (GLAM) sector. As institutions closed the doors to their physical sites, cultural institutions large and small relied on digital platforms to engage their audiences. Digital transformation was already a big part of the sector’s focus - projects of mass digitisation, the rapidly growing impacts of social media on everything from marketing to user experiences of in-person exhibitions, to name but two. In some cases, the arrival of Covid-19 and widespread lockdowns sped up an embrace of the digital realm, and of growth already in progress, but it also revealed huge gaps in capacities and funding for many institutions. This made visible a digital divide and perennial challenges of accessibility that continue to face museum audiences. This conversation will engage with digital practices of museums generally, how GLAM organisations responded to the pandemic, and what is required of the sector to ensure relevance and future sustainability. S﻿peakersDr Keir Winesmith, Head of Digital, National Gallery of Australia
Alison Dellit, Assistant Director-General, Collaboration Branch, National Library of Australia
Dr Erica Seccombe, Senior Lecturer, ANU School of Art &amp; Design
Craig Middleton, Senior Curator, National Museum of Australia
Dr Katrina Grant, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Digital Humanities Research, ANU
About the series: Cultural Conversations aims to create space for deeper connections between museum professionals, academics, and students in the ACT to share ideas and practice relating to the museums and galleries sector.

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