[ecrea] The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 7.1 – Special Issue: GLAM

Intellect is delighted to announce that the new issue of /The 
Australasian Journal of Popular Culture/ 
<https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=3459/>is now 
available.


This Special Issue of AJPC focuses on popular culture across galleries, 
libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) with a focus on Australia.


Articles within this issue include (partial list):


Looking in on a special collection: Science fiction fanzines at Murdoch 
University Library 
<https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=25389/>

Authors: Jessie Lymn

Page Start: 23


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, Lymn presents 
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 the author calls 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.



<https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=25394/>

The curation of ancient Egypt in the twenty-first century: How should 
the present engage with the past? 
<https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=25394/>

Authors: Caroline Hubschmann

Page Start: 75


This article examines how museums and archaeologists present ancient 
Egypt to the public. For archaeology, the role of the museum is 
extremely significant as it is the most popular forum through which 
non-specialists interact with the discipline. But how often do 
archaeologists and Egyptologists consider the manner in which the public 
consumes antiquity? There is a persistent and continuing tension to 
develop a balance between the popular and accurate notions of ancient 
Egypt. Museums are a voice of authority and legitimacy; when ancient 
Egypt is exhibited and interpreted it must satisfy the curious 
fascination, while also allowing for the development of archaeological 
literacy. The former ensures people will visit the exhibition while the 
latter allows them to understand the content on a contextual and 
cultural level. Archaeologists must care how their discipline is 
perceived so that the audience can comprehend the fruits of the labour 
beyond that which is popularly ‘known’. The contemporary and future role 
of museology and Egyptian antiquities will also be discussed concerning 
the risk heritage places face in a world beset by conflict.


Souveniring paradise: Popular culture and creative identity at the Gold 
Coast <https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=25387/>

Authors: Virginia Rigney

Page Start: 169


This article reflects on the intersections between popular culture and 
contemporary art through the prism of curatorial and artistic practice 
presented within one small museum institution – Gold Coast City Gallery 
in Queensland, Australia. The purpose is to share the importance of the 
kinds of understandings that artists brought to the contemporary culture 
of the city and the way in which the museum, through collections, 
programmes and placing this work in critical dialogue with the 
community, sought to value a reading of popular culture for what it 
revealed about the city’s history and to make a contribution towards the 
ongoing wrestling of its evolving identity.


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