A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
Cultivating Futures Thinking in Museums provides examples of the active and diverse roles that museums are taking to expand futures thinking in communities, including developing capabilities to envision and enact more prosperous, equitable and sustainable futures. Edited by Director of MOD. Dr Kristin Alford, the book presents 21 examples that demonstrate how museums are cultivating […]
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Applications for 2025 are now open! We’re looking for people to join a MOD. Youth Board. It’s a program for young people who are interested in testing, prototyping, and co-designing concepts, exhibitions, events, and experiences. Who you are: You are between 15 and 25 years of age You may be a student at UniSA, but […]
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Ethos: the ethics of health and safety in the workplace
How do we know if we are thriving or merely surviving at work? Ethos hosted its final event for 2024 by exploring the ethics of health and safety in the workplace. Ethos Community of Practice aims to foster a culture of ethical questioning amongst researchers and the public. Led by ARC Laureate Professor Maureen Dollard, […]
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Leaders, designers, and communicators from science centres in the Asia-Pacific Region gathered in Seoul, South Korea, in early September to share practices and exchange ideas. I was fortunate to be awarded an ASPAC Fellowship to attend so we could share some of our work on futures-oriented museums and how science centres might think about the […]
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Field Trip to Yundi: A Journey of Nature, Culture, and Connection This October, MOD. hosted a Nature Festival event alongside John Fargher and Mark Koolmatrie at Yundi Nature Conservancy. A group consisting of children and grandparents, locals, visitors and newly arrived residents, professors and students, vegetation experts and complete beginners joined us for the fieldtrip. Together […]
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Jake Dunagan is an experiential futurist, political system designer, and teacher. He is director of the Governance Futures Lab at the Institute for the Future (IFTF), a non-profit education and research organisation based in California, and teaches foresight in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at UT-Austin. He joined us in June-July as our […]
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Work experience placements at MOD. give high school students an introduction to workplaces, ideally in their areas of interest. These opportunities allow students to research directions for their futures, and connect them with diverse domains, organisations, and people. This year, we were happy to welcome eight year 10 and 11 students to MOD., and share […]
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On January 16, 2024, MOD. opened a new kind of polling agency. Instead of gauging the political opinion of humans, the agency sought to evaluate the attitude of trees. Under the guidance of experimental philosopher and artist Jonathon Keats, the agency evaluates changes in stress level by monitoring changes in canopy cover. (Under greater stress, […]
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The unbe-leaf-able reality of Indigenous native foods and how this affects past, present, and emerging Indigenous intellectual property rights.
It is the 1960’s. A Kangaroo Apple is seen growing on a shrub. Before reaching full ripeness, an Indigenous Woman is seen picking said Kangaroo Apple, and consumes it. A non-Indigenous man watches on, intrigued. This fruit stops pregnancy. Extracts from Kangaroo Apple are one of the ingredients of the contraceptive pill. This Indigenous Cultural […]
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Win a nights stay at Sofitel Hotel. As part of BROKEN party MOD. is pleased to partner with Sofitel Hotel to offer discounted accommodation and the opportunity to win a night’s stay at the beautiful 5-star CBD hotel. How do I enter the competition? Follow @mod_museum on Instagram Tag a friend in the comment […]
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