Tag: Cultural heritage
The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage
Image: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the...
Electronic cities: between COVID and gentrification, dance music is struggling to find its groove again
Image: Shuttlestock
Electronic music is the fifth-most-popular music genre globally. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the electronic music industry. Its estimated value fell from US$7.3 billion in...
Stuck in the past: why Australian heritage practice falls short of what the public expects
Picture: Kelly Barnes/AAP
Knowledge of local heritage protection measures and support for these are often lacking, according to a recent Heritage Council of Victoria report. The...
‘Destruction by a thousand cuts’: the relentless threat mining poses to the Pilbara cultural landscape
Picture: Alan Porritt/AAP
Just as the parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters was reconvening in Canberra, another culturally significant site was damaged at...
Juukan Gorge inquiry puts Rio Tinto on notice, but without drastic reforms, it could happen again
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On the eve of Reconciliation Week this year, news broke that Rio Tinto had destroyed ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia to expand one of its...
Notre Dame: how a rebuilt cathedral could be just as wonderful
The spire collapses while flames are burning the roof
of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Ian Langsdon/EPA
The destruction of Notre Dame cathedral is lamentable....