The state is ignoring historical, social and moral reasons to keep public housing in Heritage areas of Sydney. Its sell-off will further divide the city between rich and poor and end a rich history.
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Hair has long been modified for aesthetic and other ends. But skewed power structures have meant that women, particularly women of colour, have borne the brunt of stereotyping and prejudice.
An astonishing new museum opened near Ramallah, in the West Bank, on June 1.
An urban explorer-turned-academic explains our fascination with the ruins that lie beneath our cities.
Our past is under threat from “nighthawks” - illegal metal detectorists who go out at night to seek their fortune from protected ancient monuments. A Bristol archaeologist investigates.
In the past few years, many South Africans have come to associate Heritage Day with a good opportunity to have a barbeque, known locally as a braai. But the day is meant for so much more than that.
Using technology to recreate heritage items can help connect nations.
Barely a week after ISIS beheaded Khaled al-Asaad, the Syrian expert who devoted his life to the study of Palmyra, the group is reported to have destroyed a nearly 2,000-year-old temple dedicated to Baalshamin…
Africa needs to protect the Sibudu cave from development.
Archaeology is protected as part of the planning process but the huge wave of planned house building means this is at risk.
Women played a far greater role in designing, commissioning and building country houses, gardens and parklands than was once imagined.
Just as we have become accustomed to two worlds of consumption – online and “location-based” retail (what we used to call “shops”) – the concept of museums and galleries as solely physical repositories…
When Chrissy Amphlett, lead singer of the iconic Australian rock group The Divinyls, passed away as a result of breast cancer in April last year, it was only a matter of weeks before the question of how…
In June, the Western Australian Government released draft amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. This is the legislation that determines what qualifies for heritage protection in the state – and…
For most Australians, mention of China probably does not evoke preserved buildings and landscapes in the way the English countryside does or the Italian centro storico. But a new exhibition, Envisioning…
Glasgow School of Art is one of the few buildings that can lay genuine claim to the word “iconic”, not just for the style of architecture it represents, but for the complex symbolism invested in every…
After a sustained period of slimming down under the previous Labor government it looks like the GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) has still not achieved its target weight. Even before…
This month’s New South Wales fire emergency has again focused attention on the threat to life and property caused by fire. With thousands of hectares of bushland already burnt out, the impact on natural…
Scientists have used a hand-held 3D laser scanner to map the hard-to-reach nooks and crannies of Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa, documenting vital information needed to repair the iconic building if it…
Sites in Western Australia’s Weld Range will be investigated and documented in a new partnership involving Wajarri Traditional…
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Historian and heritage Specialist, Deakin University
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Associate Research Fellow, Heritage Destruction Specialist, The University of Melbourne
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PhD; Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Professor of International Politics, Deakin University
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Architectural HIstory and Theory, UNSW & Honorary Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH), UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Claire Smith is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
