Who we are & what we do
We are engaged in a wide variety of collaborative projects funded by governments and nongovernment organisations to address particular problems of the moment (e.g. housing, engagement, cultural education for service providers, communication, plant biosecurity, language, & linguistics).
We work collaboratively from the ground-up, understanding the problem from a variety of perspectives, taking seriously the knowledge and authority of both government workers and Aboriginal elders, designing solutions to day-to-day emerging problem in such a way as to subtly change practice on the ground, and thus change the understandings and practices of all concerned groups (including our own as researchers).
Impact
Researchers have worked closely with Aboriginal knowledge authorities on collaborative research to explore Aboriginal knowledge, workforce, government, language and cultural practices and applied these processes to supporting change in policy development and implementation and education programs
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Our websites
- Indigenous Researchers Initiative
- Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages
- Groundup
- Yolŋu Aboriginal Consultants Initiative
- Indigenous Knowledges and Resources Management in Northern Australia (IKRMNA)
- Teaching from Country
- Yolŋu Studies and Research
- New Ways for Old Ceremonies: An Archival Research Project
- Aboriginal Cosmology: What This Means for Women and Gender Public Policy
- Building Resilience in Indigenous Communities through Engagement: A Focus on Biosecurity Threats