Susan Luckman

So long, and thanks for all the fish - joining the jump to the other place with bluer skies, same handle: @SusanLuckman

Congratulations to #CP3Creative's own Team Leader: Craft and Design @guykeulemans - winner of the inaugural Australian Council of the Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA) Distinguished Innovation in Creative Arts Award! ddca.edu.au/awards/ @UniversitySA

Excited that images of crafty textile producers from the ARC Project: 'The value of craft skills to the future of making in Australia' are to be featured as part of the Imagine Circular Fashion Pop-Up as part of Adelaide Fashion Week. rundlemall.com/whats-on/event…

Huge congratulations @amandatink and Jess White for bringing this event together. Great to see this ARC project showcasing what more inclusive scholarly practices can be and do while championing important scholarship and storytelling.

Back on the road again undertaking interviews with artisanal makers. This week central-western Victoria: Oxford chairs, ceramics, shoes and leather bags, beer, cheese, gin, whiskey and spun metal. Thanks to all the makers who have shared their stories with us!

While The Guardian has recently picked up on the rise of construction workers as social media stars, this 2022 (open access) article outlines some reasons about why we're seeing increased interest in screened making, and what is at stake in its visibility: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

A fabulous and timely collection, look forward to reading it!

Diversity in Creative Industries, Methods and Practices, 12th New Materialisms Conference, August 26-28, 2024, Maynooth, National University of Ireland. For more information: intersectionalhuma.wixsite.com/newmaterialisms Online conference attendance is available

🌟 IN SITU project is happy to announce the Summer School “Place-based creative solutions for cultivating caring and sustainable communities”, hosted by Kultura Nova Foundation, and held in Zlarin on 20-24 September! Applications tinyurl.com/ytffr6wk photo Gojko Vukov Colić

Out now! Our @AFSJournal special issue on 'Wealth' edited by @AdkinsProf. How is #wealth a feminist issue? Read it here: tinyurl.com/yc4dz7zt #wealth #gender #inequalities #money #feminism

Fabulous to get the chance to see the fabulous facilities and makers at the Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades, Ballarat

Excited to be in Ballarat to speak at the UNESCO Creative Cities - Crafts & Folk Art Subnetwork meeting this weekend.

Beautiful brisk day in Hobart, ideal for interviewing local artisanal makers and manufacturers for Michelle Phillipov and my ARC Project: unisa.edu.au/research/creat…

And this is why I've been thinking it's definitely now time to update my 2013 article ‘The Aura of the Analogue in a Digital Age’ (Cultural Studies Review, 19(1): 249-270). Today's Exhibit A: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/u_F-Cvl1o9H7…

“AI shouldn’t be used to automate the tasks people want to do, there is enough drudgery in the world – let’s leave the fun “dream jobs” for people to aspire to.” Apple iPad ‘crush’ ad shows why we fear AI afr.com/technology/app…

🌟 Very proud to announce the new IN SITU report “State of Cultural Policies for CCIs in Non-urban Areas”! 📍 This highly insightful work was developed by the IN SITU research team of the University of Hildesheim (SUH) 🔗 Read the complete report at: tinyurl.com/4xxb99af

South Australia’s pioneering policewoman Kate Cocks was born on this day in 1875. On Tuesday, Aussie bookstores will receive advance copies of my cosy crime inspired by her life. @HachetteAus is calling it #DoraDay. Yay! The Death of Dora Black is out on 28 Aug.

👊 Join @INSITU_Culture and the @EnccOffice in this interactive virtual forum to discuss, exchange ideas and discover good practices, with contributions from experts, researchers and practitioners from across Europe! 📌Register at: shorturl.at/enpw4