Submitted by Kathryn Locke, Curtin University Back in the early days of the #Covid-19 crisis, researchers at the Curtin University Centre for Culture and Technology started working on a Vision Australia research project to highlight the importance of smartphones for people with low vision or blindness. Conducted on the precipice of the coronarvirus pandemic, it […]
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Evidence that open knowledge is central to the future of higher education
By Associate Professor Lucy Montgomery – co-lead Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI) project. At a time when universities across the world are re-examining their operation and structure as a result of the impacts of the virus, it is COVID-19 that also points a way forward – elevating the esteem for university research and showcasing the […]
Here are 5 ways to flatten the climate change curve while stuck at home
TASS/Sipa USA Author: Sky Croeser, Curtin University After the horrors of the last bushfire season, climate action in Australia seemed to have new momentum. But then coronavirus struck. All of a sudden, the public was preoccupied by a different catastrophe. But one positive has emerged from the devastation wrought by coronavirus: our ability to radically […]
Slow living and the art of home maintenance: East Asian vloggers celebrate the domestic space
해그린달 haegreendal/YouTube Author: Crystal Abidin, Senior Research Fellow & ARC DECRA, Internet Studies, Curtin University For many of us who are used to working regular hours in an office, home-based isolation and lockdown is a novel and even unnerving experience. However, East Asian home vloggers (video bloggers) have been documenting their days of “hanging out at […]
