Hmalan Hunter-Xenie
Research Associate - TRaCK and Livelihoods and Policy
Photo credit: Dr. Adam Lieadloff |
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Contact details Email: hmalan.hunter-xenie@cdu.edu.au |
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Research interestsHmalan, who holds connections to the Tiwi/Iwaidja and Kaytej/Warlpiri tribes of the Northern Territory, is a Research Associate at the School for Environmental Research (SER), Charles Darwin University. Hmalan works primarily on projects within the Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRaCK) research consortium and more broadly regarding Indigenous engagement in SER projects. She is coordinator of the Aboriginal Research Practitioners’ Network hosted by SER. She is interested in natural resource management and its connections with top end Indigenous communities. Through her work she has increased her understanding of participatory research tools and their applications within an Indigenous research context. She is interested in supporting and strengthening Indigenous engagement in research. She currently works in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and internationally in New Caledonia.
Current projects
PublicationsSithole, B., Hunter-Xenie, H. and Dunnett, D. 2009. “Research as Opportunities for Aboriginal Engagement: A Case Study of the Aboriginal Research Practitioners’ Network”. International Journal of Learning in Social Contexts, December, pp. 62-85. Garnett, S.T., Crowley, G.M., Hunter-Xenie, H.M., Kozanayi, W., Sithole, B., Palmer, C., Southgate, R. and Zander, K.K.. 2009. "Transformative Knowledge Transfer Through Empowering and Paying Community Researchers." Biotropica 41(5): 571-577. ReportsSithole, B., Hunter-Xenie, H., Dunnett, D., Liddy, M., Campion, O., Yibarbuk, D. and Garnett, S.T. 2007. Belyuen Visioning and Planning Project: A rapid rural appraisal of the situation at Belyuen Community. Charles Darwin University, and the Darwin Indigenous Coordinator Center, Darwin, 90pp. Sithole, B. and Hunter-Xenie, H., with contributions from Williams, L., Saegenschnitter, J., Yibarbuk, D., Ryan, M., Campion, O., Yunupingu, B., Liddy, M., Watts, E, Daniels, C., Daniels, G., Christopherson, P., Cubillo, V., Phillips, E., Marika, W., with contributions from Jackson D., Barbour W., 2007. Aboriginal land and sea management: A community driven evaluation. Report to the Northern Territory Innovation Fund, Northern Territory Government: the National Heritage Trust, Canberra and Land and water Australia, Canberra. CSIRO, Darwin, 164pp. Sithole, B., O’leary, P. and Hunter Xenie, H. 2007. Aboriginal NRM: Articulating the Northern Territory Government perspectives on Aboriginal NRM. Report prepared for the Northern Territory Government, Darwin and The National Heritage Trust, Australian Government, Canberra. CSIRO, Darwin.
PresentationsCollier N, Thomas C, Hunter-Xenie H, Garnett S, Gordon I, Alexandridis K, Campbell B and Douglas M. 2008. Visions of tropical river futures for northern Australia. Presentation at the Coast 2 Coast conference, 18-22 August, Darwin. Hunter-Xenie, H., Sithole, B., Dunnett, D., Garnett, S., with members from the Aboriginal Research Practitioners’ Network. 2008. Participatory Action Research: Experiences from the Aboriginal Research Practitioner's Network. Presentation at the Fire and Biodiversity in New Caledonia project meeting, Noumèa. Hunter-Xenie, H., Andersen, A., with members of the Fire and Biodiversity in New Caledonia project. 2008. Australian Aboriginal people and fire in the Top End, Northern Territory. Presentation at a Kanak stakeholder meeting, Aoupine, New Caledonia. Hunter-Xenie, H., Liddy, M., White, M., White, V., Sithole, B. and Collier, N. 2008. Bringing Aboriginal people into water planning – lessons from the Daly River. Presentation at the River Symposium, Brisbane. Collier, N., Garnett, S., Hunter-Xenie, H. 2008. Exploring scenarios for a tropical river catchment using system dynamics modeling. Presentation at the River Symposium, Brisbane. Sithole, B., Hunter-Xenie, H. and Yibarbuk, D. 2007. Evaluating together, lessons from the evaluation of the land and sea management program in the Top End. Presentation to the joint ANU/CDU seminar series, Darwin. Hunter-Xenie, H. 2007. The Environmental Legacy for Indigenous Youth: Reflections from the Participatory Ranger Evaluation in the Top End. Presentation at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Water Resources NAIDOC week program, Canberra. Hunter-Xenie H and Sithole B. 2007. Developing local capacity for mentoring and evaluation in the NT. Presentation at the annual NT Legislative Parliamentary Conference, Darwin. Saegenschnitter, J. and Hunter-Xenie, H. 2006. Participatory evaluation in the Top End: An emerging prototype. Poster presented at the Australasian Evaluation International Conference, 4-7 September in Darwin. Sithole, B. Saegenschnitter, J. Hunter-Xenie, H. and Williams, L. 2006. Taking back research for Aboriginal people. Paper presented at the 8th Indigenous Research Forum , 25-28 September in Adelaide. Sithole, B., Yibarbuk, D., Jackson, D., Hunter-Xenie, H., Saegenschnitter, J., Williams, L., Ryan, M., Yunupingu, B., Liddy, M., Watts, E., Daniels, C., Daniels, G., Christopherson, C., Cubillo, V., Marika, W. 2006. Can land management pay for itself? Aboriginal perspectives on the viability of land and sea management programs in the Top End. Paper presented at the Sustainability of Indigenous Communities National Conference, 12-14 July in Perth.
OtherHunter-Xenie, H. 2008. The Aboriginal Research Practitioners’ Network fills critical research gap. Kantri Laif, Issue 4, August, p. 13. (View this document on an external link) Sithole, B., Dunnett, D. and Hunter-Xenie, H.2008. Networking for Change: Participatory Action Research. Report to the Northern Territory Department of Education, Employment and Training. CDU:Darwin. 19pp. Collier, N., Thomas, C., Hunter-Xenie, H., Garnett, S., Gordon, I., Alexandridis, K., Campbell, B. and Douglas, M. 2008. Visions of tropical river futures for northern Australia. Presentation at the Coast 2 Coast conference, 18-22 August, Darwin. Sithole, B. and Hunter-Xenie, H. 2007. The Aboriginal Research Practitioner’s Network: a strategic plan. CDU/ ARPNet. Submitted to the NTRIF.
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