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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
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Projects
- 3 Finished
MEP: Molonglo Radio Telescope Education Plan
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
1/08/18 → 26/04/19
Project: Other
Molonglo Radio Telescope: a Heritage and Education Partnership - LHSP Project Plan
31/05/18 → 30/04/19
Project: Other
Research Output
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
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
Open Access
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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
Open Access
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The Importance of Movement and Operation as Preventive Conservation Strategies for Heritage Machinery
Wain, A., 3 Apr 2017, In : Journal of The American Institute for Conservation. 56, 2, p. 81-95 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Treating the Untreatable in Art and Heritage Materials: Ultrafast Laser Cleaning of "Cloth-of-Gold"
Kono, M., Baldwin, K., WAIN, A. & Rode, A., 3 Feb 2015, In : Langmuir. 31, 4, p. 1596-1604 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Citations
(Scopus)