UC EVENTS

Speaker: Dr. Wendy Somerville

Date\Time: Thursday 6 February 2025, 12:30-13:30

Location: Building 1 Level A Room 1A21, University of Canberra (NB Room 1a21 is accessed from the foyer joining Building 1 and Mizzuna café); 

or Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95029077504

Abstract

This seminar introduces the First Nations Collaborative Research Web (the Web), an innovative network of the CCCR developed to raise awareness of the need for collaborative research with First Nations peoples. The key aim of the research and the projects engaged in it is to build and grow this research web in a way that centres First Nations knowledge, people, and practices. Recruiting other First Nations researchers to conduct research is a guiding principle of the web. 

All are welcome!

Bio

Wendy is a Jerrinja woman employed as the inaugural First Nations Research Fellow with the CCCR. She graduated with a degree in Heritage Management then undertook her honours and PhD, all at UC. She teaches through the Indigenous Studies Minor and is also the curator of the FAD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts and Artefact Teaching Collection which she uses in her teaching. She researches with a group of First Nations and non-First Nations women from UC, Edith Cowan University and the University of Wollongong.

The other members of the First Nations Collaborative Research Web are Dr Lisa Fuller, Ashley van den Heuvel, Andraya Stapp-Gaunt and Delephene Fraser.

The Web was a recipient of a Research Excellence Award 2024.

The Culture and Creativity Seminar Series is hosted by the Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR), Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra. To discover upcoming seminars, please follow us on Facebook @uccccr, or Instagram and Twitter @uc_cccr. Alternatively, join our mailing list by emailing cccr@canberra.edu.au.

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