Dr Anthony Moore - Researcher Profile

Anthony Moore

Address

Faculty of Arts
Monash University, Clayton

Biography

Dr Tony Moore joined the Communications and Media Studies Program as a Lecturer in February 2009, following careers in book publishing and as a program maker at ABC Television. Tony completed his doctorate in Australian cultural history at the University of Sydney, and writes regularly on communications, history and politics in the press and scholarly publications. Through his journalism and publishing projects Tony maintains close industry links with professionals working in the media and policy sectors, which are drawn upon to enhance the vocational depth of the Communications and Media Studies Postgraduate program.

Tony has taught at the University of NSW and the University of Sydney. He believes that postgraduate coursework in communications should equip students with the skills and knowledge to think critically and creatively throughout their professional careers.

Tony’s research interests include cinema, independent media and creative industries, public broadcasting, popular music, radical political movements and their use of media, youth subcultures and artistic bohemia. Tony’s doctoral thesis examined Australia’s bohemian tradition, a century-long history of creative iconoclasts spanning Marcus Clarke to Nick Cave, Dulcie Deamer to Germaine Greer. His first book, The Barry McKenzie Movies, analysed the cultural significance of the ‘Ocker’ cinema genre of the 1970s. In 2007 Tony was awarded the NSW History Fellowship to research and write Death or Liberty, a history of political prisoners transported to the Australian colonies in the convict era, to be published in 2010. Tony’s scholarly articles have been published in the Journal of Australian Studies, History Australia and Meanjin.

Tony’s professional engagement with the media extends back to the mid 1980s when he was NSW community representative on the ABC National Advisory Council. In nine years as an ABC program-maker he worked on seminal feature length documentaries as a researcher, writer, associate producer and later a producer/director. His documentary credits include Nobody’s Children, The Devil You Know, Lost In Space, So Help Me God and Bohemian Rhapsody. As a journalist producer in ABC Current Affairs Tony worked at Four Corners, 7.30 Report and Foreign Correspondent. Combining his journalistic skills and scholarly research Tony is a commentator in the print and electronic media, including the Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald and ABC Radio.

For over a decade from the late 1990s Tony was publisher for Pluto Press, where he commissioned titles in the areas of political science, history, economics, cultural studies and media. These include important works by scholars such as Ghassan Hage, McKenzie Wark and Judith Brett, and by policy leaders such as Lindsay Tanner. He has been especially committed to working with young emerging writers and postgraduates to get their research published. Most recently Tony was academic Commissioning Editor for Cambridge University Press, for whom he edits an issues series.

Tony is committed to channelling innovative research and theory through a variety of media to challenge orthodox thinking, stimulate creative public debate, and provide evidence for policy reform. This notion of ‘ideas entrepreneurship’ connects his careers in academia, broadcasting, journalism and publishing. As an historian he believes knowledge of our cultural traditions enables critical engagement with present problems and opportunities.

Qualifications

PHD ARTS
Institution: University of Sydney
Year awarded: 2008
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Institution: University of Sydney
Year awarded: 1984

Publications

Books

Moore, A.B., 2012, Dancing with Empty Pockets: Australia's Bohemians Since 1860, Murdoch Books, Millers Point, NSW, Australia.

Moore, A. (ed), 2010, Australian encounters with the ALP, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, Australia.

Moore, A.B., 2010, Death or Liberty: Rebels and Radicals Transported to Australia 1788 - 1868, Murdoch Books, Millers Point NSW Australia.

Moore, A. (ed), 2010, Encountering Australian journalism, Cambridge University Press, Australia.

Moore, A.B. (ed), 2009, Reclaiming Patriotism Nation-building for Australian progressives, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.

Moore, A.B., 2005, The Barry McKenzie Movies, Currency Press, Sydney.

Book Chapters

Moore, A.B., 2012, Bohemians in the street: Bohemiam writers, politics and cultural activism in the 1890s, in Literature and Politics: Pushing the World in Certain Directions, eds Peter Marks, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, United Kingdom, pp. 46-60.

Moore, A.B., 2010, A real education revolution, in All That's Left What Labor Should Stand For, eds Nick Dyrenfurth and Tim Soutphommasane, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 135-154.

Moore, A.B., 2008, The art of risk in an age of anxiety or in praise of the long lunch, in Making Meaning, Making Money: Directions for the Arts and Cultural Industries in the Creative Age, eds Lisa Andersen and Kate Oakley, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne UK, pp. 111-126.

Moore, A.B., 2006, 'Urban Iconoclast', in The Best Australian Essays, eds Robert Dessaix, Black Inc, Melbourne, pp. 96-106.

Moore, A.B., 2003, 'Hawke's Big Tent: Elite Pluralism and the Politics of Inclusion', in The Hawke Government: A Critical Retrospective, eds Susan Ryan and Troy Bramston, Pluto Press Australia, Australia, pp. 112-127.

Journal Articles

Moore, A.B., 2008, A new vision for ABC tv, The Sydney Papers, vol 20, issue 2, The Sydney Institute, Sydney, pp. 78-87.

Moore, A.B., 2007, Does the left need a sense of humour?: satire and politics down under, The Sydney Papers, vol 19, issue 3, The Sydney Institute, Sydney, pp. 44-57.

Moore, A.B., 2005, 'Urban iconoclast. New light on Marcus Clarke', Meanjin [P], vol 64, issue 1-2, Meanjin Company Ltd, Carlton, Victoria, pp. 204-213.

Moore, A.B., 2004, 'Australia's bohemian carnival', History Australia-Journal of the Australian Historical Association [P], vol 2, Monash University Press, Australia, pp. 11-1-11-17.

Other

Moore, A.B., 2009, A dose of libertarianism would enhance our democracy, The Australian, News Ltd, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2009, Lets look beyond elite, The Australian - Arts Section, News Ltd, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2008, A real education revolution: revised, Insight- online journal, Centre for Policy Development, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2008, From culture war to culture democracy, Insight- online journal, Centre for Policy Development, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2008, Larrikin streak, The Weekend Australian: Review Section, News Ltd, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2008, Your ABC board should be sacked not stacked, Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2007, Tony Moore on leftie laughter, The Weekend Australian: Review Section, News Ltd, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2006, Election for all board members, Insight- online journal, Centre for Policy Development, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2006, True blue, The Weekend Australian: Review section, News Ltd, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2004, Cultural cringe keeps our history out of the picture, Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2004, Managers are stifling our creativity, Sunday Morning Herald, Fairfax, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2004, Privatisation of the ABC, Counterpoint, ABC Radio, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2004, Pub hero can do the job, Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax, Sydney.

Moore, A.B., 2003, When a bazza spray had its day, Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, Fairfax, Sydney.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Ecosystems for innovation: A look into the workings of Hackerspaces..
Supervisors:
Gibson, M (Main), Moore, A (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
King tide: emotional impacts of life saving in Australian surf.
Supervisors:
Moore, A (Main), Burke, J (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Of trolls and protestors; how Anonymous culture and the internet hate machine became a global force for?something .
Supervisors:
Gibson, M (Main), Moore, A (Associate).