Centre for Creative and Cultural Research
11 Kirinari Street
Bruce ACT 2617
cccr@canberra.edu.au
Higher Degree by Research enquiries:
artsanddesignhdr@canberra.edu.au
About the event
Thursday 28 – Friday 29 September 2023
Ann Harding Conference Centre, Building 24
University of Canberra, Bruce Campus
This symposium will be of interest to all academics and students involved in Higher Degree Research (PhD and Masters by Research), as well as prospective students.
This is a free event and there will be catering.
Overview
This in-person symposium showcases First Nations Australian perspectives on, and experiences with, Higher Degree by Research study in Australian Universities.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Tracey Bunda, will open proceedings with a keynote address.
Across the remainder of the 2 days (September 28-29), there will be presentations, panels and yarning sessions that discuss research and supervision in the First Nations Australian space.
The final afternoon will include a Ngunnawal Cultural Tour (numbers are limited).
Topics to be covered include:
- Navigating cultural obligations;
- Culturally appropriate research methods and modes of thesis writing/production;
- Research temporalities;
- First Nations Australian ways of ‘being’ a researcher; and,
- Reflections on supervision and supervisory relationships.
Travel support: There are a limited number of travel bursaries available for travel for First Nations HDR students. Please contact the organisers at cccr@canberra.edu.au to register your interest in applying for the bursary.
Organising committee: Dr Wendy Somerville (Convenor), A/Prof. Bethaney Turner and Annie McCarthy
This event is supported by the Higher Degree Research Portfolio in the Faculty of Arts and Design, and the Centre for Creative & Cultural Research, University of Canberra.
Keynote address
The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Tracey Bunda. Tracey Bunda is a Ngugi/Wakka Wakka woman and the UQ Professor of Indigenous Education. She has an extensive three decade career in the university sector as a leader of Indigenous Higher Education. Her research and scholarly interests address the value of storying as methodology, power inequities in white institutions and Indigenous women’s leadership. Her most recent co-authored book with Louise Phillips is Storying Social Movement/s.
Thursday, 28 September
9:00–9:20 Tea and Coffee on Arrival
- 9:20 Opening remarks
- 9:25 Welcome to Country: Delephene Fraser
- 9:30 Keynote: Tracey Bunda
10:30–11:00 Morning tea
- 11:00 Doing HDR study First Nations Australians’ ways
Lisa Fuller, Ashley Harrison and Wendy Somerville
Discussant: Bethaney Turner - 12:00 Navigating cultural obligations in HDR study
Wayne Applebee and Paul Collis
Discussant: Andi Stapp-Gaunt
12:45–1:45 Lunch
- 1:45 Reframing HDR Study: Ethics, temporalities and culturally appropriate research
Chair: Annie McCarthy. Papers to be presented: - Mapping Creative Research through Shifting Supervisory Relationships to see Yuin Country
- Culturally appropriate methods of data collection - Supporting Indigenous boarding school students to amplify their lived experiences
- Aboriginal Advisory Groups; Ethics and support
3:00–3:30 Afternoon tea
- 3:30 Yarning Session: Wendy – Kind Regards style
4:30 Close
Friday, 29 September
9:00–9:25 Tea and Coffee on Arrival
- 9:25 Opening remarks
- 9:30 First Nations Australian and non-Indigenous co-researchers: Forging cross-cultural collaborations
Maria Williams and Kerrianne Markulin
Discussant: Bethaney Turner
10:30–11:00 Morning Tea
- 11:00 Investigating First Nations and non-Indigenous student/supervisory relationships
Tony Eaton, Lisa Fuller, Bethaney Turner and Wendy Somerville
Discussant: Kerry McCallum - 12:00 Closing Reflections
12:30–1:30 Lunch
1:30 Close
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Getting to the University of Canberra
Travel support: There are a limited number of travel bursaries available for travel for First Nations HDR students. Please contact the organisers at cccr@canberra.edu.au to register your interest in applying for the bursary.
This is a free event and there will be catering.
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