A tribute to Ian Barry
Ian Barry was a postgraduate student in the School of Culture and Communication who tragically took his own life in February 2007. Much-loved by students and staff, and a gifted scholar, he was completing a PhD on technological change in the printing industry in the post-World-War II era, to add to a growing body of work in Publishing Studies.
This page exists as a tribute to Ian and an archive of his work, which promised to make considerable contribution to the discipline of publishing studies. It includes downloadable pdf files of his MA thesis and the Introduction to his PhD thesis, both of which contain a wealth of useful argument and information for scholars working in the area, and which include especially useful bibliographies.
Ian also left behind a considerable research archive comprising the data referred to in the bibliographies of his MA and PhD chapters, which his family have requested be made available for public access. Should you wish to access these materials, please contact us.
Mark Davis
Jenny Lee
'Report For The 'History Of Printing In Australia' Project And Annotated Bibliography' [1.26MB PDF]
'This report and annotated bibliography is part of the 'History of Printing in Australia' Project (HoP) of the National Centre for Australian Studies (NCAS) and the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, Australian Scholarly Publishing and Heidelberg Printing Australia. . . . [It seeks] to identify and analyse as many extant texts and other source material in the libraries of Monash University and the State Library of Victoria and . . . is designed as a database of information that can be augmented with further research. . . . From this initial research a tentative chronology of major events and printers has been constructed . . . '
'The social and cultural implications of technological advancements in the Australian printing industry, 1950-1970.' [983KB PDF]
'The central objective of this thesis is to critically examine the Australian printing industry and discover what it tells us of the relationships between culture and technology, specifically communications technology.'
'The period from 1950 to 1970 was chosen primarily because the Australian industry began introducing many technological changes that would have major repercussions for the industry and its workers. In particular, the growth in popularity of the offset lithographic printing process and the introduction of photocomposition, or 'cold type' typesetting, will be examined, as they both challenged the traditional dominance of previous technologies, such as the letterpress process, work practices and, to a certain extent, the workplace. How did the industry, workers and their unions respond to these new technologies and do these illustrate or reflect general cultural trends and concerns, or signify a broader cultural transition in Australian society? And, should this analysis of Australian printing history discover inherent and reciprocal links between communications media and culture, a cycle of self-perpetuation, would this inform or alter our current perspectives and attitudes to new media and communications technologies?'
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