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SUMMARY:Material Histories: Wearable Protest
DESCRIPTION:We live surrounded by material things. Some are mundane and u
 tilitarian\\, others exotic objects of desire\\, but all our belongings h
 ave something to say about who we are and how we live. Objects reflect bo
 th culture and history. Individually and collectively\\, they shape our l
 ives\\, link us to others and connect us to the past. Yet objects are oft
 en strangely absent from accounts of past lives. This seminar series aims
  to unpack some of the stories that objects can tell about the present an
 d about the past.  We also hope to provide a forum for discussion for th
 ose of us interested in material histories. We aim to cast the net widely
 \\, with no limitations on either time or space.\\nFirst speaker:\\nWhy a
 re we dropping Holt on Hanoi? How the creation and wearing of protest bad
 ges underpinned anti-Vietnam protest\\nDr Hannah Viney\\nThe Vietnam War 
 and conscription was one of the most divisive debates during Harold Holtâ
 €™s brief time as Prime Minister\\, so it&#8217\\;s no wonder his name ap
 pears on many creative protest badges from the 1960s. Protest badges have
  been around for a long time\\, but the number exploded during the Vietna
 m War years. This talk will ask why badges became such a popular protest 
 tactic during the war\\, and what studying these badges can tell us about
  the daily realities of activism.\\nDr Hannah Viney is a history consulta
 nt and museum professional who specialises in Australian social and cultu
 ral history\\, with a particular interest in the intersections between Co
 ld War politics and gender history.\\nSecond speaker:\\nSubverting Femini
 nity: Sewing Activist Aprons\\nMargaret Anderson\\nIf we think about wear
 able protest\\, many of us will think first of t-shirts. Now produced in 
 huge numbers\\, t-shirts with political slogans are created in support of
  a bewildering range of causes\\, across the entire political spectrum. M
 any are gender neutral. But there is an older history of protest garments
 \\, dating to the early-twentieth century in Australia. Some\\, like prot
 est aprons\\, were everyday\\, feminine garments\\, recast as activist ob
 jects. In this guise they both challenged and subverted traditional gende
 r roles.\\nMargaret Anderson is Director of the Old Treasury Building. A 
 public historian\\, she researches and writes on Victorian history\\, wom
 en’s history\\, the history and demography of the family and the practi
 ce of public history.\\nMaterial Histories is presented by Old Treasury B
 uilding in partnership with Deakin University and Australian Catholic Un
 iversity.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/asia-aus/australia/melbourne/events/ma
 terial-histories-wearable-protest-2026-09-11
LOCATION:oldtreasurybuilding.org.au
URL:https://www.gayout.com/asia-aus/australia/melbourne/events/material-histories-wearable-protest-2026-09-11
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