Key publications

The artificial as an intelligent Indigenous/indigenizing system: the experimental art and artifices of r e a

Dr r e a Saunders has co-written an article for Visual Anthropology Review - A non-profit, educational publication of the Society for Visual Anthropology - that is currently being reviewed for publication in American Anthropology … on Machine Learning; emphasising the difficulty in fracturing or dislodging the western canon of the white male gaze in the digital space of machine learning!

[The artificial as an intelligent Indigenous/indigenizing system: the experimental art and artifices of r e a; by Jennifer Biddle, Lily Hibberd and r e a.]

From the Uluru Statement, lessons in online activism and advocacy

Addressing the roadblocks of constitutional change through mobilising Indigenous voices online

APPRISE Indigenous-led Research Study Final Report (December 2021)

Using Systems Thinking to Better Understand Risks and Protective Factors for Urban Indigenous Peoples during COVID-19

Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Dr Sue McAvoy, Professor James Ward, Troy Combo, Shea Spierings, Agnes Toth-Peter, Dr Abraham Bradfield

About the Project: This innovative, systems thinking study was conducted at the University of Queensland and was funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence (NHMRC CRE), the Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Disease Emergencies (APPRISE, AppID 1116530) through a donation from the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

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Seeking to be heard: The role of social and online media in advocating the Uluru Statement from the Heart and constitutional reform in Australia

Building a Stronger Evidence Base to Support Effective Outreach Strategies

Building a Stronger Evidence Base to Support Effective Outreach Strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students: Increasing Impact and University Participation.

NCSEHE Equity Fellowship Final Report by Dr Katelyn Barney, the University of Queensland.

This Equity Fellowship has focused on outreach programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and examines “what works” and what could be improved in these programs. Most universities are running outreach initiatives for Indigenous high school students. Many of these programs involve week-long, intensive camp experiences that bring school students onto university campuses for information sessions, workshops and events that attempt to demystify university culture and cultivate a sense of belonging to build and sustain student engagement. The theoretical case for these initiatives is strong, as much data exists about the barriers Indigenous students face in entering university. However, before this Fellowship occurred, the research and evidence base for these equity programs remained largely underdeveloped and limited (Bennett et al., 2015; Gore et al., 2017b).

Read the full report.