Talks & panels · Media & podcasts
Talks & panels
Holcombe-James, I., Chan, S., Russell, K., & Leong, J. (2026, July 2). Launch of Gathering, Analysing and Translating Impact [Toolkit launch]. RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Holcombe-James, I. (2026, June). Working with and in the industry [Presentation]. Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Melbourne), Melbourne, Australia.
Holcombe-James, I. (Moderator), Thelot, R. J., & Cornell, C. (2026, February 11). Internet and digital cultures [Panel discussion]. Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium (FACT 2026), ACMI, Melbourne, Australia.
Holcombe-James, I. (Moderator), Stengel, A., Elmsly, K., Buchanan, S., & Smith, S. (2025, February 12). Future of media [Panel discussion]. Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium (FACT 2025), ACMI, Melbourne, Australia. Watch
Holcombe-James, I. (2024, September 19). Developing a museum research and evaluation strategy in real time: Learnings and next steps [Conference presentation]. Australian Museums and Galleries Association National Conference, Ballarat, Australia. Read the talk
Holcombe-James, I., Hjorth, L., Richardson, I., McGrane, C., & Aslan, J. (2024, September 18). GLAM digital futures [Workshop]. Australian Museums and Galleries Association National Conference, Ballarat, Australia.
Romstad, B., & Holcombe-James, I. (2024, September 17). Social change as exhibition outcome in Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion [Conference presentation]. Australian Museums and Galleries Association National Conference, Ballarat, Australia.
Chan, S., & Holcombe-James, I. (2023, February 14). Current technological capabilities in arts and culture, and the Australian state of play [Keynote address]. Inaugural Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium (FACT 2023), ACMI, Melbourne, Australia. Watch
Chan, S., & Holcombe-James, I. (2022, November 11). From the top: ACMI’s CEO Digital Mentoring Program [Conference presentation]. Museums+Tech 2022, Museums Computer Group, London, United Kingdom.
Featherstone, D., Ormond-Parker, L., Holcombe-James, I., & Ganley, L. (2022, August). Mapping the Digital Gap stakeholder update [Webinar]. ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. Transcript
Holcombe-James, I. (2021, March 24). Building back better: Digital delivery – content in context [Panel discussion]. Public Galleries Association Victoria. [Digital event].
Kennedy, J., & Holcombe-James, I. (2020, December 5–7). Intimate dynamics of inclusion and exclusion: Low-income households, online schooling and COVID-19 [Conference presentation]. Digital Intimacies 6: Connection in Crisis. [Digital event].
Holcombe-James, I. (2020, November 16–20). Session 1: Technologies & creative futures [Panel discussion]. Australian Academy of the Humanities 51st Symposium, At the Crossroad? Australia’s Cultural Future. [Digital event].
Kennedy, J., & Holcombe-James, I. (2020, October 26). Digital ethnographies of digital exclusion: Learning through limitations [Conference presentation]. EPIC 2020. [Digital event].
Lewis, T., Glover, A., & Holcombe-James, I. (2020, October 26). The work of working from home: A COVID ethnography [Conference presentation]. EPIC 2020. [Digital event].
Holcombe-James, I. (2020, October 26). Public programming professional development [Invited talk]. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. [Digital event].
Holcombe-James, I. (2020, October 21). Preserving Indigenous cultural knowledge [Invited workshop talk]. Agency and Google Creative Labs. [Digital event].
Holcombe-James, I., & Kennedy, J. (2020, August 28). Living in with and beyond the smart home [Invited workshop]. Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University. [Digital event].
Holcombe-James, I. (2020, May 22). Digital inclusion in the Australian cultural sector [Conference presentation]. Visitor Research Forum, University of Canberra. [Digital event].
Holcombe-James, I. (2019, December 9–11). Using the methods of the medium: Intimate approaches to digital data [Conference presentation]. Digital Intimacies 5.
Holcombe-James, I. (2019, October 9). The city and safety [Panel discussion]. Creative Directions symposium, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Holcombe-James, I. (2019, April 16–17). Social media, art centres, and Desert Mob 2017: Reporting back [Conference presentation]. Desart 2019.
Holcombe-James, I. (2018, December 5–7). It ‘folds up space’: Cultural platforms and practices of intimate connectivity on Instagram [Conference presentation]. Digital Intimacies 4.
Holcombe-James, I. (2018, November 19–20). The national broadcaster and their digital publics: Examining Twitter as a site for the ABC’s regional and remote digital publics [Conference presentation]. Code 2k18: A Media Conference of Platforms, Devices and Screens, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Holcombe-James, I. (2018, September 11). Thinking about publics: Searching + social media [Presentation]. Victorian Collections Day.
Rennie, E., Yunkaporta, T., & Holcombe-James, I. (2018, August 30). Failures in governance: The case of fight videos [Conference presentation]. SWARM Symposium.
Rennie, E., Yunkaporta, T., & Holcombe-James, I. (2018, June 6). The Cyber Safety in Remote Aboriginal Communities Project [Presentation]. Broadband for the Bush: Indigenous Focus Day.
Holcombe-James, I. (2016). #sosblakaustralia: The politics of online recognition and responsibility [Conference presentation]. International Australian Studies Association conference, Re-Imagining Australia: Encounter, Recognition, Responsibility.
Media & podcasts
RMIT University. (2026, July 14). New toolkit helps cultural organisations turn audience insights into impact. RMIT News. [Quoted] Read
ArtsHub. (2022, June). Views on the future for emerging GLAM professionals. ArtsHub. [Cited] Read
Fairley, G. (2020, November 18). Are we funding this digital pivot the right way? ArtsHub. [Research cited] Read
2SER. (2020, April 15). Remote Aboriginal art centres during COVID-19 [Radio interview]. Breakfast. [Interviewee] Listen
Rennie, E., Holcombe-James, I., & Yunkaporta, T. (Producers). (2019). Disconnect (Season 1) [Audio podcast]. RMIT University. Episodes: Not your mate, The dish, Killswitch, Sky camp, and a pilot episode.
