A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
On Saturday 14 October, while Australia was voting to reject recognition and voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples in the constitution, MOD. invited people to a field trip down to Yundi Nature Conservancy. Eight willing guests came along as part of programming for the Nature Festival and together we went on a guided […]
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With emerging technology becoming a large part of our everyday lives, our capabilities are more enhanced. Where do we draw the line? What do we feel comfortable with? September’s Ethos event considered the ethics of augmenting humans, including questions about using external technologies – like our phones – to enhance ourselves more broadly. Ethos aims […]
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As you might have seen, for the last few months we have been encouraging our visitors to ask questions about the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum. Our temporary exhibition in our Open Lab has engaged thousands of visitors, but we wanted to know how helpful we have been. What did people learn? Had we actually […]
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Over the last few months, we’ve been displaying a temporary exhibit encouraging visitors to ask questions about the upcoming referendum for the First Nations Voice to Parliament. As a museum focused on engaging 15-25 year olds, we wanted to create a space for caring inquiry. We wanted a place where our young visitors – who […]
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Work experience placements 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 organisations and people. This year, we were happy to welcome ten year 10 and 11 students to MOD., and share our expertise and […]
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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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