National Museum of Australia – Audio on demand program
Forums, talks, symposiums, conferences and other events held at the National Museum of Australia, exploring Australia's land, nation and people.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 468
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
Native Hawaiian experience
Date recorded: 7 May 2018.
Edward Halealoha Ayau talks about the importance of appreciating the spiritual guidance of the ancestors in approaching the repatriation of remains. He discusses the impor…
00:32:48 |
Wed 28 Aug 2019
Ainu experience: Interpretation by Jeffry Gayman
Date recorded: 7 May 2018.
Elders of the Ainu of Hokkaido in northern Japan, Yuji Shimizu and Tsuguo Kuzuno describe the Ainu experience of having ancestral remains stolen and their fight to have th…
00:44:37 |
Wed 28 Aug 2019
General discussion
Date recorded: 7 May 2018.
The Long Journey Home: Repatriation symposium ends with a general discussion among the forum’s speakers.
00:15:02 |
Wed 28 Aug 2019
Tracking Apollo: 50 Years since the Moon Landing panel discussion
Date recorded: 19 July 2019.
Andrew Tink, author of Honeysuckle Creek: The Story of Tom Reid, a Little Dish and Neil Armstrong’s First Step, and a panel of Apollo trackers tell the story of how a li…
Thu 01 Aug 2019
National Endangered Skills and Trades seminar
Date recorded: 13 July 2019.
At the Endangered Skills and Trades seminar, artisans share their stories of the joys and challenges of preserving rare skills and trades. Learn how bookbinders, taxide…
Mon 29 Jul 2019
Over the Rainbow: the other world seen by animals
Date recorded: 26 May 2019.
Atomic, molecular and optical physicist, Dr Charles W Clark demonstrates invisible light and discusses how ultraviolet influences the science of physics, astronomy and c…
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Defining Moments: Fire
Date recorded: 23 May 2019.
ABC RN’s Big Ideas presenter Paul Barclay and expert panel examine how fire has shaped Australia for hundreds of thousands of years and how our relationship with it has …
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Historical Expression of Chinese Art
Date recorded: 29 March 2019.
Visiting curator Yan Zheng shares valuable insights into the Emperor Qianlong’s Southern Inspection Tour scroll from the exhibition The Historical Expression of Chines…
Thu 30 May 2019
Beyond buildings and sites
Date recorded: 24 April 2019.
Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy discusses what it would mean if Australia ratified the 2003 UNESCO Convention.
Tue 23 Apr 2019
Ancient DNA and the origins of Pacific peoples
Date recorded: 20 February 2019.
Professor Matthew Spriggs talks about the ancient DNA ‘revolution’ and how it is rapidly changing our understanding of past human movements.
Wed 13 Mar 2019
A dialogue of objects: Implications of Islamic art
Date recorded: 5 July 2018.
Lecturer in art history and visual culture at Charles Sturt University, Dr Sam Bowker outlines some of the complications that situate 'Islamic' art as a challenging and …
00:58:15 |
Wed 13 Mar 2019
Future-proofing: literature and art
Date recorded: 23 February 2018.
This session from the Living Songlines symposium explores the relationship between Indigenous storytelling and the ancient stories of other cultures, and the potent…
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Future-proofing: through technology
Date recorded: 23 February 2018.
This session from the Living Songlines symposium explores the possibilities of digitising the Dreaming and how songlines work virtually through digital storytelling…
00:59:33 |
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Songlines symposium: conversation
Date recorded: 23 February 2018.
The Living Songlines symposium ends with a Question and Answer session between panellists and the audience that teases out the key themes and issues of the day’s di…
00:49:47 |
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Future-proofing: retelling story case studies
Date recorded: 23 February 2018.
This session from the Living Songlines symposium begins with the Songlines/em> exhibition and its relationship to future-proofing songlines, and continues to explor…
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Penicillin to wi-fi and beyond: how Australia shapes the world
Date recorded: 10 October 2018.
ABC RN’s Big Ideas presenter Paul Barclay and the panel discuss Australia’s inventive past and imagine its innovative future.
Tue 26 Feb 2019
The Plain of Jars, Laos
Date recorded: 21 November 2018.
Associate Professor Dougald O’Reilly shares insights from his research on the Plain of Jars in central Laos.
00:59:30 |
Mon 18 Feb 2019
In conversation with Michelle Simmons, Australian of the Year 2018
Date recorded: 25 November 2018.
Quantum physicist and science advocate Professor Michelle Yvonne Simmons reflects on her time as Australian of the Year.
Tue 12 Feb 2019
Scott Rankin: Cultural justice and the right to thrive
Date recorded: 15 November 2018.
Scott Rankin is an award-winning writer, director, cultural activist and founder of Big hART, a charity which uses the arts to bring about social justice. As Tasman…
Tue 12 Feb 2019
Global security through nuclear weapons?
Date recorded: 17 October 2018.
Expert panellists examine the current situation on global security. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Black Mist Burnt Country.
Mon 17 Dec 2018
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