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Mike Jones

I am for an archive [#blogjune 9]

For International Archives Day, inspired by Claes Oldenburg’s I Am for an Art (1961). I am for an archive that is political, emotional and social, that is an activist in the world, that does something other than sit on its arse… Continue Reading →

Solitary Sunday evening [#blogjune 8]

After being out and about on Friday night, I am having a solitary weekend. Yesterday I didn’t leave the house. Today, I went out into the world shielded by dark glasses and headphones. I went to some galleries alone and… Continue Reading →

Obsolete formats [#blogjune 6 and 7]

I missed a #blogjune post yesterday. After an intense time at work I rushed home, had a quick snack, packed up some records and compact discs, and headed to the Rainbow Hotel in Fitzroy to DJ for four hours with… Continue Reading →

Travel Plans [#blogjune 5]

Posting every day for #blogjune means occasionally I’m going to need to resort to a bit of self-indulgence. This is one of those occasions, so I’ll keep it short. In March 2014, when I first heard the news Kate Bush was performing… Continue Reading →

Drinking about digital humanities [#blogjune 4]

All the work I’m involved in is collaborative. But day to day, working in a large institution on funded projects, sometimes under-resourced, often working toward tight deadlines, it’s rarely easy to find the time for just catching up with a cross-section… Continue Reading →

From Thaemlitz to Duchamp and back again [#blogjune 3]

This post comes with a soundtrack. [Or at least, it used to but the link is now broken. Please look up a Terre Thaemlitz track on YouTube, Spotify, or another music service and listen as you read – Mike Jones, 2… Continue Reading →

Musings on collections [#blogjune 2]

I spent most of today in a large meeting room, running a workshop for a few members of a large government department. We were talking about how to get control of your records, resources, documents, files – or, to use… Continue Reading →

#blogjune

I have made a last minute decision to throw myself into #blogjune and see what happens. My primary motivation, true to the #blogjune intention, is to try and get into the habit of blogging more frequently by taking the ‘daily… Continue Reading →

Am I an archivist?

After several years of vacillating, last week I finally joined the Australian Society of Archivists as an Associate member. The decision not to apply for Professional Membership immediately was partly financial and partly because I see Associate Membership as a… Continue Reading →

Sex and the wiki

I spent my walk home thinking about an article I read just before leaving the office: How can Wikipedia woo women editors? Unlike some of the comments (yes, I read them) I don’t think the problem has arisen because women… Continue Reading →

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