About
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I am a researcher, practitioner, and consultant. I have a background in art history, and fifteen years of experience working with the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) on digital, archival, museum, and public history projects.
Since completing my History PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2019 I was appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University (2019–2023), becoming Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Deep History in 2021. As of March 2023 I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow—Indigenous and Colonial Histories at the University of Tasmania. My research interests include: the relationality of collections and knowledge; the history of museums and archives; historical and contemporary collections documentation systems and practice; digital humanities approaches to history and archives; deep history and deep time; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and collections; and the history of anthropological and ethnographic archives and collections. Through all this work runs a continuing commitment to utilising the potential of relational archival thinking and digital technologies to support the preservation and dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of communities and the general public. In addition to my academic and professional life, I am a classically trained pianist who has played rock, blues, funk and other styles with various Melbourne bands; an occasional photographer of bands, people and other things that take my interest; and a DJ who used to play everything from indie and electro to goth, industrial and EBM. Though rarely spotted in the wild these days, I'm now more likely to be found spinning vinyl soul, funk, blues, rockabilly, and rock 'n' roll. Email: info@mikejonesonline.com Mastodon: @mikejones@mastodon.social Twitter: @MikeJonesPhD |
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Education
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December 2014–December 2018
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PhD, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
Documenting Artefacts and Archives in the Relational Museum. Funded by the McCoy Scholarship.* Conferred: April 2019, minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/items/932658ef-afc3-53ce-86fe-e5355bc5093b |
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October 2001–September 2002
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MSc (Research) - Art History, The University of Edinburgh
Impurity and Disgust: The Politics of Californian ‘Figurative Assemblage’ in the 1950s and 1960s. |
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1995–1999
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Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours), The University of Melbourne
Majoring in Fine Arts/English. With honours in: Art History |
* The McCoy Scholarship is part of the McCoy Project, a joint initiative between the University of Melbourne and Museum Victoria, which fosters innovative and high impact research projects that leverage the strengths of the two partners. The University of Melbourne and Museum Victoria have a history of collaboration that stretches back to the mid-1850s. At the heart of this history is the remarkable and controversial Sir Frederick McCoy (1823-1899), polymath, professor and museum builder.
Work
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March 2023–present
July 2019–January 2023
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Postdoctoral Fellow—Indigenous and Colonial Histories
School of Humanities, College of Arts, Law and Education University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Rediscovering the Deep Human Past Laureate Program/Research Centre for Deep History School of History, Research School of Social Sciences The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (November 2021—appointed Deputy Director, Research Centre for Deep History) |
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February 2019–June 2019
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Research Assistant
Indigenous Data Network The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
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December 2014–June 2019
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Consultant Research Archivist, University of Melbourne
Research Associate, Museums Victoria Freelance Collections Consultant
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May–August 2018
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Sessional Academic, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University
Instructor - Convergence and Cultural Institutions |
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July 2008–December 2014
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Senior Research Archivist, eScholarship Research Centre, The University of Melbourne
Various research and project work, with responsibilities including:
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Prizes & awards
- 2021 Mander Jones Awards (Australian Society of Archivists) — Category 1B: Publication making the greatest contribution to the archives profession in Australia, written or edited by a person in their own right, for Artefacts, Archives, and Documentation in the Relational Museum, Routledge, 2021; and Category 6: Best article or chapter about archives written by an Australian in a journal or newspaper or within an anthology / monograph not primarily intended for archivists or records managers, for "The Temple of History: historians and the sacrilisation of archival work," History Australia, Vol, 18, No. 4, 2021, pp. 676–693.
- 2020 Allan Martin Award (Australian Historical Association) — for the project "Culture, common law, and science: representing deep human history in Australian museums"
- 2020 Highly Commended: Ann Curthoys Prize (Australian Historical Association) — for the unpublished article "The Temple of History: historians and the sacrilisation of archival work"
- 2018 Best Paper Award: Best Paper of CIDOC 2018 Conference — International Council of Museums International Committee for Documentation (ICOM CIDOC), for the paper entitled "Collections in the expanded field: relationality and the provenance of artefacts and archives." Presented in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 29 September–5 October 2018.
- 2018 Mander Jones Award (Australian Society of Archivists) — Category 5: Best article or chapter about archives written by an Australian in an archives, library, museum or records management journal or within an anthology / monograph, awarded to Michael Jones for “From Catalogues to Contextual Networks: Reconfiguring Collection Documentation in Museums”, Archives and Records, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2018, pp. 4-20.
- 2016 Mander Jones Award (Australian Society of Archivists) — Category 5: Best article or chapter about archives written by an Australian in an archives, library, museum or records management journal or within an anthology / monograph, awarded to Michael Jones and Richard Vines for “Cultivating Capability: The Socio-Technical Challenges of Integrating Approaches to Records and Knowledge Management” Records Management Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2016, pp. 242-258.
- 2016 Sharman Award, Australian Society of Archivists.
- 2015 Mander Jones Award (Australian Society of Archivists) — Category 6: Best article or chapter about archives written by an Australian in a journal or newspaper or within an anthology / monograph not primarily intended for archivists or records managers, awarded to Michael Jones for "Joining the Dots: Building Connections within GLAM Organizations" in Juilee Decker (ed.), Collections Care and Stewardship: Innovative Approaches for Museums, Rowman & Littlefield, Maryland and London, 2015, pp. 91-98.
- 2015 Wyselaskie Scholarship in History, awarded to the student with the best performance in the first year of the PhD.
- 2013 Mander Jones Award (Australian Society of Archivists) — Category 3: Best finding aid to an archival collection held by an Australian institution or about Australia, awarded to Rebe Taylor, with Michael Jones and Gavan McCarthy, for Stories in Stone: an annotated history and guide to the collections and papers of Ernest Westlake (1855–1922).
Peer reviewer
- ACH2019 - The Association for Computers and the Humanities
- ANU Historical Journal
- Archivaria
- Archival Science
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Cambridge University Press
- Canadian Geographer
- History Australia
- Information & Culture: A Journal of History
- International Digital Humanities conference (annually, 2015-present)
- Journal of Knowledge Management
- Museological Review
- Museum History Journal
- Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria
Supervision, mentoring, teaching, marking
- Guest lecturer, Managing digital data, HUM407 Research Methods (Honours), University of Tasmania, 2024
- Guest lecturer, Theories of Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University (2023-2024)
- Guest lecturer, Museums and the Digital, University of Sydney (2022)
- Mentor, History Postgraduate (PhD), Australian National University (2022)
- Mentor, Bursary Program, Australian Historical Association (2021/2022)
- Guest lecturer, Key Issues in History, Australian National University (2022)
- Guest lecturer, Indigenous Heritage Management and Debates in Digital Heritage, Australian National University (2021)
- Reviewer, Masters Thesis, History, Australian National University (2021)
- Co-convenor, Advanced Historiography, School of History, Australian National University (2020–2021)
- Guest lecturer, Craft of History (HDR Intensive), School of History, Australian National University (2020-2021)
- Teaching module review, Museum Archives, Charles Sturt University (2021)
- Marking, Conservation and Preservation, Curtin University (2019)
- Reviewer, Masters Thesis, Master of Information Management, Curtin University (2019)
- Marking, Archives Concepts and Practice, Curtin University (2019)
- Guest lecturer, Documentation and Display, The University of Melbourne (2014–2018)
- Tutor, Libraries, Archives, Records & Information Science, Curtin University (2018)
- Practicum mentor, Department of Information Studies, Curtin University (2016)
Conference and event organising
- Committee Member, Australian Museums and Galleries Association: AMaGA 2024 Programming Committee (2023-2024)
- Co-convenor (with Dr Ben Silverstein and Professor Paul Lane), Returns and Reconnections Seminar Series, Australian National University/University of Cambridge (September 2021/March 2022)
- Co-convenor, Decolonising Digital Research in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, The University of Melbourne (27 November 2019)
- Committee Member, VALA 2020 Conference Committee (2018-2019)
- Co-organiser, International Museums Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, ACMI-X (18 May 2018)
- Committee Member, ASA 2017 National Conference Committee/Conference Program Committee (2016–2017)
Appearances, training, and other activities
- Radio interview, Weekends, ABC Hobart/Northern Tasmania (2 December 2023)
- Radio interview, David Astle, ABC Radio Victoria (3 April 2023)
- Radio interview, Dom Knight, ABC Radio NSW/ACT (3 April 2023)
- Radio interview, Maddy Buckley, The Daily, 2SER (17 March 2023)
- Radio interview, Simon Marnie, ABC Drive NSW/ACT (6 January 2023)
- Radio interview, David Astle, ABC Radio Victoria (17 January 2023)
- Panel member, Deep Conversations: Space, Data, Place (23 August 2022)
- Consultancy—Presentation and Workshop/Seminar Discussion, Tate Gallery (10-12 May 2021)
- Moderator, The Palace Letters and the public right to access records [webinar], Australian Society of Archivists (15 June 2020)
- Panel member, Networking: Not one size fits all, AMaGA Emerging Professionals National Network (30 April 2020)
- Panel member, New GLAM-er: An Event for those in their Early Career in the Cultural Sector, UTS (5 March 2020)
- Workshop facilitator, Sounds complicated: preservation, presentation, and possibilities, ALIA Information Online 2019 — Infinite Possibilities, Sydney, Australia (12 February 2019)
- Panel member, Communicating History, History Capstone Opening Conference, The University of Melbourne (27 July 2018)
- Panel member, Communicating your research: Reaching new and expanded audiences, Researcher@Library Week, The University of Melbourne (31 May 2017)
- Plenary panel, Data Management, Faculty of Arts PhD Intensive, The University of Melbourne (2016, 2017)
- Panel member, History in the Media, History Postgraduate Association (23 March 2017)
- Radio interview, Evenings with Melanie Tait, 936 ABC Hobart (11 March 2016)
- Guest presenter/panel member, Social Media Masterclass, Professional Historians Association Victoria (2015)
- Developed and presented Research Data Management for the Humanities (UpSkills), The University of Melbourne (2011-2014)
Current positions held
- ASSEMBLY Advisory Group, Australian Museums and Galleries Association/ANU/Monash (December 2023– )
- Research Advisory Group Member, Community Data Lab, Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) (August 2023– )
- Convenor, Research and Education Special Interest Group (REDSIG), Australian Society of Archivists (October 2020– )
- Co-Director, Humanities Networked Infrastructure (January 2020– )
- Editorial Board Member, Provenance Journal, Public Record Office Victoria (2018– )
Past positions held
- Member, Archive Digitisation Expert Advisory Group, Australian Academy of Science (2020–2021)
- Councillor, National Council, Australian Society of Archivists (September 2018–September 2020)
- Honorary Fellow, eScholarship Research Centre, The University of Melbourne (July 2019–June 2020)
- Member, VALA2020 Conference Committee, VALA: Libraries, Technology and the Future (September 2018–June 2019)
- Ordinary Member, Victorian Branch Committee, Australian Society of Archivists (August 2018–June 2019)
- Committee Member, VALA: Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc. (July 2018–June 2019)
- Co-Convenor, Victorian Branch, Australian Society of Archivists (August 2017–August 2018)
- Judge, Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Awards (April–May 2018)
- Convenor, Victorian Branch, Australian Society of Archivists (October 2016–August 2017)
- Member, Executive Committee, Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (2015–2022)
- Research Associate, Museums Victoria (January 2015–2021)
- Ordinary Member, Victorian Branch Committee, Australian Society of Archivists (December 2014–October 2016)
Current memberships
- Australian Historical Association (April 2017– )
- International Council of Museums (January 2017– )
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association (November 2015– )
- Australian Society of Archivists (April 2014– )
- International Council on Archives (January 2014– )
Past memberships
- VALA — Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc. (July 2018–July 2020)
- Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (December 2013–2022)
- International Association for Social Science and Information Science Technology (IASSIST) (May 2010–June 2013)