'This special issue of The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture focuses on popular culture across galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) with a focus on Australia. Particular emphasis has been given to the academically rigorous exposure of collections within critical cultural institutions. Focusing on unique collections and their contexts the scholarship undertaken for this issue highlights investigations, while simultaneously inviting additional research, into these unique resources and contexts. The articles presented here exploit collections held in cultural institutions resulting in an issue that crosses over into multiple disciplines of relevance to popular culture researchers. Showcasing different voices and styles, this collection of articles reveals the diverse range of scholarly approaches and perspectives in this field of inquiry.' (Rachel Franks, Kylie Budge : Editorial p3)
Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
- Australian rock ’n’ roll gear: From the pubs to museum collections pp. 7-21
Author: McDonald, Damian
- Hybrid spaces: Melbourne Museum’s Jurassic World: The Exhibition
pp. 59-74 Authors: Balanzategui, Jessica; Ndalianis, Angela
- The curation of ancient Egypt in the twenty-first century: How should the present engage with the past? pp. 75-91 Author: Hubschmann, Caroline
- Collaborating and co-curating knowledge: Participatory engagement on Twitter between galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) and education audiences pp. 93-106
Author: Lemon, Narelle
- Encountering people and place: Museums through the lens of Instagram pp. 107-121 Author: Budge, Kylie
- Dried fruits pack a punch: Using gallery, library, archive and museum (GLAM) collections to tell history pp. 123-140 Author: Wishart, Alison
- Dispatches from the front line: A curator’s view of history exhibitions in Australia
pp. 141-152 Author: Hansen, Guy
- A regional romance of the storming of the art museum: Cultural contradictions of The Lionel Lindsay Art Gallery and Library pp. 153-168 Author: Althofer, Jayson
- Souveniring paradise: Popular culture and creative identity at the Gold Coast
pp. 169-189 Author: Rigney, Virginia
Reviews of :
Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane) in Collaboration with Marvel Entertainment, 27 May–3 September 2017
Icons: Highlights from the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, from 15 October 2016
Wonder Woman, Directed by Patty Jenkins (2017) USA: DC Films and Warner Bros. Pictures, 141 mins.
'The material remains of subcultural communities – in this case, fanzines – often present challenges in definition, classification and materiality, and this makes them valuable primary texts and source material for new knowledges and teaching. In this article, I present an argument for the sustained collection of science fiction fanzines within a university Special Collection, drawing on examples from the Murdoch University Library’s significant twentieth-century science fiction fanzine collection. Highlights include consideration of the records of everyday life that feature in the fanzines and the networked communities science fiction fanzines created through postal systems and other exchanges. The article argues that it is the form, content and networks of fanzines – what I call their ‘practices’ – that make them a unique site of research and of national historical significance, and an important part of a university’s special collection.' (Publication abstract)
