A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
MOD.’s Open Lab is a dedicated space for engaging the public in relevant research, art and current events. With pop-up residencies, experiments and investigations changing often. Over the last month, the Open Lab has hosted an exhibit exploring the First Nations Voice to Parliament referendum that we will vote on later in the year. The […]
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Over the course of a week, three of us work experience students (Layla, Zeenath and Noah) have studied a few artists that we thought the public should put under the spotlight. We tried to focus on artists who aren’t currently very famous but have the potential to do amazing things and inspire many young Indigenous […]
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What do climate change, evolution and upcoming referendum on The Voice to Parliament all have in common? Their opponents often use similar sorts of rhetorical tactics to create doubt and confusion. John Cook is a behavioural scientist who has studied the kinds of arguments used in climate denial over decades. His FLICC framework is […]
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MOD. hosted its second Ethos event of the year in May to discuss the million dollar question: should you be able to inherit wealth? May’s event considered the ethics of inheriting wealth including questions about equitable distribution of inheritance more broadly. Ethos aims to foster a culture of ethical questioning amongst students, researchers, and the […]
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Over the 2022-2023 Summer period, MOD. in collaboration with the The Australian Research Centre for Virtual and Interactive Environments at UniSA hosted a Vacation Student project with IT student Xuan Tien Pham. You can see the result of the project on display now with the interactive video animation he created visible as you enter the […]
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MOD. hosted its first Ethos event for 2023 to consider the ethical implications of human interaction in space – including questions about living, working, and mining the moon, and space more broadly. Ethos aims to foster a culture of ethical questioning amongst students, researchers, and the public. April’s gathering delved into the ethics of space […]
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Do you like presenting research to the public? Or are you looking for an avenue to sharpen your communication skills? MOD. holds a number of events involving public engagement throughout the year, and we are hoping to grow our network of hosts and science communicators. We currently have opportunities for chairing panels and hosting events […]
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MOD. is currently recruiting people to join our Casual Moderator team for our current exhibition FLEX. About the Role: Our Moderators are responsible for providing a positive and safe experience for our visitors by ensuring exhibits are operating as designed, providing additional information about the science and research behind the exhibits, reporting faults and incidents, […]
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MOD. is looking for people to join our Youth Board in 2023. Youth Board is a program for young people who are interested in testing, prototyping, and co-designing concepts, exhibitions, events, and experiences. We’re recruiting for new members now if this sounds like you. Who you are: You are between 15 and 25 years of […]
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By Dr Sarah Moulds During October and November 2022 I was part of the MOD Open Lab Residency program which gave me an opportunity to share my research on the way the community engages with their parliaments. Trust in democracy is pretty fragile in Australia, and many people feel disconnected from things like politics and […]
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