How to collect coronavirus

As coronavirus transforms the country before our eyes, cultural institutions are trying to record what is happening in real time, as part of a movement towards constructing ‘social histories’. But, as Lauren Carroll Harris reports, Australian museums are hampered by a lack of a national vision for how to conduct arts and culture in the country. Guest: Contributor to The Saturday Paper Lauren Carroll Harris. Background reading: Museums collecting Covid-19 objects in The Saturday Paper See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.