Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Alison Wain trained as an archaeological conservator before discovering a passion for large technology conservation. She worked on the development of the Scienceworks campus of Museum Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, moved to Canberra to head up the Large Technology Workshop and Small Objects laboratory at the Australian War Memorial, and undertook a PhD exploring the ways in which people value, use and care for large technology heritage. She is now Assistant Professor and Discipline Lead in Cultural Heritage at the University of Canberra teaching materials conservation and heritage practice. Her research is focused on the challenges of preserving and interpreting engineering, industrial and science heritage, and in particular on the importance of recognising the intangible heritage of culture, skills and changeability connected with and embodied in machinery heritage.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Australian National University
Award Date: 19 Jul 2013
External positions
Campus Visitor, Australian National University
10 Feb 2020 → 10 Feb 2023Fingerprint
Network
Projects
- 3 Finished
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MEP: Molonglo Radio Telescope Education Plan
Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales)
1/08/18 → 26/04/19
Project: Other
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Molonglo Radio Telescope: a Heritage and Education Partnership - LHSP Project Plan
31/05/18 → 30/04/19
Project: Other
Research Output
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Changeability, Variability, and Malleability: Sharing Perspectives on the Role of Change in Time-based Art and Utilitarian Machinery Conservation
Wain, A. & Sherring, A., Dec 2020, In: Studies in Conservation. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cultural Materials Conservation in Australia: critical reflections and key issues in the twenty-first century
Sloggett, R. & Wain, A., 2020, In: AICCM Bulletin. 41, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access -
The Molonglo Radio Telescope – a science, heritage and education partnership
Wain, A., Apr 2020, p. 131-142. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to conference (non-published works) › Paper › peer-review
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Connecting the Nation: A short thematic history of Australian civil aviation
IRELAND, T., WHITELAW, M., Wain, A., Ashton, P. & Keaney, J., 2017, Sydney: UTS ePRESS. 140 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Economy and fashion: Analysing the use of simulated leather upholstery in a nineteenth century Australian coach
Ison, N., WAIN, A. & HOOGEWERFF, J., 2017, In: Heritage Science. 5, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
- 1 Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Mind the Gap
Alison Wain (Participant)
1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...