Mariko Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3615511 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mariko Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mariko |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Museum |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4680-8083 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Unsettled exhibition
The Australian Museum's exhibition Unsettled opened in May 2021 (following COVID-19 pandemic-related delays) as the museum's response to 2020's 250th anniversary of Lieutenant James Cook's HMB Endeavour voyage along the east coast of Australia. In responding to this historical event that continues to have ramifications today, curators and community consultants framed the exhibition as an important opportunity for truth-telling led by First Nation…
Creative histories’ and the Australian context
This article brings together a group of history practitioners who, prompted by their experiences of creative approaches to the theory and practice of history, are exploring how the term ‘Creative Histories’ might apply within the Australian context. While the term and practice of Creative Histories has gained international currency in recent years, little has been done to consider its development and relevance in Australia. Here we develop a work…
'Who controls the past… controls the future'
Ultimately, dialogical memorialisation is a way to promote critical thinking and engagement with these old statues, moving away from viewing them as nineteenth-century memory culture relics and transforming them into more dynamic parts of society which more accurately reflect the many different people now residing in it
The Man behind the Images
‘Mervyn Bishop’, an Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition, presented in collaboration with the National Film and Sound Archive, 5 March 2021 to 1 August 2021. Entry: $13 adult, $10 conc
Setting the Scene
This article provides an outline of the current statue wars in Australia, England, America, New Zealand and Eastern Europe before reviewing the many of the acts of public history making these contestations have inspired among both protestors and protectors. Commencing with the unveiling of the contested statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's Hyde Park in 1879, the authors trace the connections and contestations between past and present history …
Nawi—Exploring Australia's Indigenous Watercraft
This paper describes the Australian National Maritime Museum's Indigenous watercraft project, conceived by its curators due to the lacking presence of Australia's first mariners and their vessels in cultural institutions and academic scholarship. The Nawi project aims to align with best-practice in Indigenous Australian museological policy to better facilitate strong Indigenous cultural futures, rather than dwell in an Indigenous past. Nawi parti…
Creative histories’ and the Australian context
This article brings together a group of history practitioners who, prompted by their experiences of creative approaches to the theory and practice of history, are exploring how the term ‘Creative Histories’ might apply within the Australian context. While the term and practice of Creative Histories has gained international currency in recent years, little has been done to consider its development and relevance in Australia. Here we develop a work…
Nawi—Exploring Australia's Indigenous Watercraft
This paper describes the Australian National Maritime Museum's Indigenous watercraft project, conceived by its curators due to the lacking presence of Australia's first mariners and their vessels in cultural institutions and academic scholarship. The Nawi project aims to align with best-practice in Indigenous Australian museological policy to better facilitate strong Indigenous cultural futures, rather than dwell in an Indigenous past. Nawi parti…
'Who controls the past… controls the future'
Ultimately, dialogical memorialisation is a way to promote critical thinking and engagement with these old statues, moving away from viewing them as nineteenth-century memory culture relics and transforming them into more dynamic parts of society which more accurately reflect the many different people now residing in it
The Man behind the Images
‘Mervyn Bishop’, an Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition, presented in collaboration with the National Film and Sound Archive, 5 March 2021 to 1 August 2021. Entry: $13 adult, $10 conc
Setting the Scene
This article provides an outline of the current statue wars in Australia, England, America, New Zealand and Eastern Europe before reviewing the many of the acts of public history making these contestations have inspired among both protestors and protectors. Commencing with the unveiling of the contested statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's Hyde Park in 1879, the authors trace the connections and contestations between past and present history …
Creative histories’ and the Australian context
This article brings together a group of history practitioners who, prompted by their experiences of creative approaches to the theory and practice of history, are exploring how the term ‘Creative Histories’ might apply within the Australian context. While the term and practice of Creative Histories has gained international currency in recent years, little has been done to consider its development and relevance in Australia. Here we develop a work…
The Unsettled exhibition
The Australian Museum's exhibition Unsettled opened in May 2021 (following COVID-19 pandemic-related delays) as the museum's response to 2020's 250th anniversary of Lieutenant James Cook's HMB Endeavour voyage along the east coast of Australia. In responding to this historical event that continues to have ramifications today, curators and community consultants framed the exhibition as an important opportunity for truth-telling led by First Nation…
Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Conversation (3 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Artistic and Creative Research (2 works)