A thesis, glass tubes, a bronze plaque. This is the evidence left to remember world-class atmospheric physicist Jean Laby. She was the first woman to achieve a PhD in the School of Physics in 1956. But on a campus that lacks recognition of historically significant women, this prompts the question: how would Laby have been commemorated if she was a man? In this week's episode, Jade Murray explores the University of Melbourne Parkville campus to search for the forgotten stories of women in science...
Nov 15, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 36
This week on Uncurated, Caitlin Duan and Isabella Vagnoni go on a road trip to learn about the forgotten history of Percy Lindsay. Along the way, they discover stories about the Chinese-Australian experience from the gold rush era to the present day. -- Interviewees: Alyssa Bunbury - Curator of the Grimwade Collection at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne Juanita Kwok - History and Heritage consultant with an interest in local histories in Australia and Chinese communities in ...
Nov 13, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 35
For First Nations people, art has been a vehicle to tell personal and universal stories for over 60,000 years. Ngarrindjeri artist Trevor Nickolls’ story is complex, exploring the history of dispossession and loss, and the hope and beauty of finding a way back to knowing. Breaking free of the assumptions and prejudices placed on First Nations artists by white society, his ground-breaking career inspired artists across the country to express their own identities. This week on Uncurated, Sean Ruse...
Nov 10, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 34
The thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian Tiger, remains one of Australia’s most identifiable animals despite having gone extinct almost 100 years ago. In its time, it was hunted, mishandled and neglected, yet people are still captivated by it today. They desperately hope the animal still exists in hiding, and one scientist at the University of Melbourne is on the brink of a discovery unlike any other...one that could reverse the fate of the thylacine and right the wrongs of the past. This we...
Nov 09, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Our city streets are filled with statues of men who did things, with little permanent reminder of the women who have shaped Australian society. Julia Bella Guérin is one of these women. Famous in her time for her achievements as Australia’s first female university graduate and a noted teacher, writer, orator and political organiser, Guérin has been all but forgotten by the history books. This week on Uncurated, reporter Meghan Dansie sets out on a journey to examine the power of legacy and the p...
Oct 18, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 32
An oil painting lost in a storeroom for decades, a dusty student card, a misplaced animal skull; these are some of the objects in the University of Melbourne's twelve museums. Each was forgotten in a different way. Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey of unforgetting as they ask why some objects—and even people—were lost to history, and what this says about Australia. Uncurated is a new six-part series coming very soon from the Centre for Advancing Journalism. Subs...
Oct 05, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 31
This week's News Bites guest is Jeff Sparrow, who has been writing opinion pieces for the past two decades. His new book, Provocations , brings together his best writing from this period. Over the years, Jeff has written on topics as diverse as geological time and Australia’s history of slavery. He’s also seen countless media outlets close down, making it harder and harder to work as an opinion writer in Australia. He spoke about his craft with The Yarn’s executive producer, Louisa Lim. See omny...
Sep 30, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 30
This week we're launching a new series called News Bites. It spotlights the journalism of staff and students at the Centre for Advancing Journalism. Our first guest is lecturer Jo Chandler, who’s reported extensively on Australia's closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea. It's a place that's hard to report from. Many areas can only be reached by plane or boat. There's also political violence and corruption, with deadly brawls often spilling into the streets during election season Jo's reporting ofte...
Sep 16, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Swarms of animals can wreak havoc. Just think of piranhas swarming their prey or locusts descending on farmland. But sometimes swarming behaviour can be benign, even beneficial. This week, we’ll hear about hordes of animals from both ends of the spectrum. From pests running amok to endangered species swarming to fuel biodiversity. Reporting by Die Hu, Harry Sekulich, and Bec Pridham. These stories were produced for the Science Gallery and were developed with mentors from All The Best. The Yarn i...
Sep 10, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 28
From ants to mice to locusts, we’ve looked at swarms of animals. Now we’re turning our attention to what happens when humans swarm. When our baser instincts take over, we can become irrational, even threatening. Especially en masse. In our three stories this week, we’ll hear from victims, onlookers, and even someone who was part of a menacing horde. Reporting by Chloe Macmillan, Lishan Chen, and Ying Wei. These stories were produced for the Science Gallery and were developed with mentors from Al...
Aug 31, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 27
