research

I am currently a PhD student in Transforming Cultures at the University of Technology, Sydney.

My research project is tentatively titled Capturing memories and moments in different spaces; an examination of private, public and institutional collections of zines.

Papers & presentations

Archiving the underground: zine anthologies (upcoming) | BCLA 'Archive' Conference

Archiving materiality; everyday zine practices and the archive | The Archive and Everyday Life Conference 2010

Open Fields Sydney | University of Technology, Sydney & Serial Space

Collection Management seminar | State Library of NSW

Zine collections: An Australian perspective | Research Applications in Information and Library Studies 2009

Challenging the archive from the inside and out | AERI 2009

Previous projects

The Ideal Menstruating Girl: Normalisation and the Menstrual Taboo | 1999

The Octapod Zine Collection: Developing a Preservation & Access Strategy | 2008