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Prof

Rachel Fensham

Professor Of Theatre Studies
Culture and Communication
audience research
theatre
digital archives
gender
dance
arts collections
visualisation technologies
user interaction
cultural politics
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Rachel Fensham

 
Division
Arts
 
Primary Interest
Digital Humanities
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects from 16 for Rachel Fensham.

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Australian Cultural Data Engine for Research, Industry and Government

2021 - 2024
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Australian Cultural Data Engine for Research, Industry and Government

2021 - 2023
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Australian Cultural Data Engine for Research, Industry and Government

2021 - 2023
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AusStage LIEF 7: The international breakthrough

2021 - 2022
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Creative Convergence: Enhancing Impact in Regional Theatre for Young People

This project aims to understand and enhance the personal, affective and social impact of contemporary theatre for youth audiences in regiona..

2016 - 2022
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Creative Convergence: Enhancing Impact in Regional Theatre for Young People

Enhancing impact in regional theatre for young people. This project aims to understand and enhance the personal, affective and social impact..

2016 - 2022
Completed
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AusStage LIEF 7: The international breakthrough

2021 - 2022
Completed
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AusStage LIEF 7: The international breakthrough

2021 - 2022
Completed
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HASS DeVL Continuity Project Subcontract

2019 - 2020
Completed
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THE LIVING ARCHIVE OF INDIGENOUS COLLECTIONS - MCCOY SEED FUND - PROF RACHEL FENSHAM

2019 - 2019
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Projects

Project Types

9

Research Grant

5

Internal Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

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Scholarly Works

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Rethinking the Rings: Topographical Spaces and Digital Bodies in Circus Oz's Inland Tours

R Fensham, A Fuhrmann, K Stevens

Journal article  |  2023  |  Body, Space and Technology

Emerging from the digital archive of Circus Oz are a multiplicity of visual images, pathways and memories that circulate around pl..

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Post-performance methodologies: the value of memory for theatre with young people

Rachel Fensham, Megan Upton

Journal article  |  2022  |  RIDE-THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE

This paper argues for the value of post-performance workshops in extending the memories of theatre for young people. It examines r..

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The Digital Archives of Queensland Architecture (DAQA) Dataset Codebook v1.0

Trent Ryan, Deborah van der Plaat, John Macarthur

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2022

The digital archive of Queensland architecture offers a wealth of information on the region's design history. The archive was orig..

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The Australian Live Performance Database (AusStage) Dataset Codebook v2.0

Trent Ryan, Julie Holledge

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2022

AusStage provides an accessible online resource for researching live performance in Australia. Development is led by a consortium ..

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Design and Arts Australia Online: Dataset Codebook v1.0

Trent Ryan, Scott East, Joanna Mendelssohn

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2022

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Regional Theatre in Australia

Jennifer Beckett, Rachel Fensham, Paul Rae

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australasian Drama Studies

Reflects upon the increasing regionalisation of arts and cultural activity in Australia, in the context of government investments ..

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FROM BEJEWELLED CRUCIFIX TO MODERN DRESS: 'SHAKESPEARE AND STAGE COSTUME' FROM WILKIE TO BELL

Rachel Fensham

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALASIAN DRAMA STUDIES

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Theory for Theatre Studies: Movement

Rachel Fensham

Book  |  2021

This volume is supported by further online resources including illustrative material, questions and exercises.

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Ecological combustion: the atmospherics of the bushfire as choreography

Rachel Fensham

Journal article  |  2020  |  Ambiances

This paper examines the atmospheres generated by the elemental power of bushfires as embodiment, invention and reconstruction thro..

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Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia's Creative and Cultural Institutions, 2020, no. 248

Rachel Fensham, Paul Rae, Jennifer Beckett

Report  |  2020

A strong Australian cultural sector requires a carefully considered and strong policy foundation in which funding does not leave w..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Performing Arts
Arts
Expanding Knowledge
Art History, Theory and Criticism
Heritage, Archive and Museum Studies
Heritage
Visual Arts
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture, Language and History
Anthropology
Communication and Media Studies

News

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The hidden stories in Australia’s cultural data

Tyne Daile Sumner, Rachel Fensham, Story Producer: Andrew Trounson

The widespread digitisation of art and culture means data science is now being used to reveal fresh cultural stories and connections that w..

May 11, 2022
pursuit Article
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Feather-flowers and photographs

Fran Edmonds, Rachel Fensham, Tom Vasey, Kate Senior, Richard Chenhall, Daphne Daniels, Mitch Mahoney, Maree Clarke

In late 2019, Daphne Daniels, the long-time editor of the independent newspaper, the Ngukurr News, visited Museums Victoria to explore coll..

January 31, 2020
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The demon dance: A modern reimagining

Rachel Fensham

Early modern dance is associated with floating scarves and light leaps and bounds. However, after the First World War those innocent reveri..

August 8, 2017
pursuit Article
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A radical legacy: Trisha Brown's postmodern dance

Rachel Fensham

A retrospective of the work of American choreographer Trisha Brown (1936-) will be presented at the Melbourne Festival this month. In the p..

October 13, 2014
conversation Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2020

Digital Storytelling

Victorian Community History Awards: Nomination
2010

Kathleen Barker Award

Society for Theatre Research
2004

Marlis Thiersch Award

Australasian Drama Studies Association
1980

Brian Fitzpatrick History Prize

University of Melbourne
2012

FRSA - Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor Of Theatre Studies

Culture and Communication

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Monash University

Master of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Graduate Diploma of Movement and Dance

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts with Honours

University of Melbourne

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University of London

United Kingdom