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Dr Payi Linda Ford
Associate Professor Payi Linda Ford
Principal Research Fellow
Dr Kathy (Gotha) Guthadjaka
Dr Kathy (Gotha) Guthadjaka AM
Senior Research Fellow & Elder on Country
Läwurrpa
Associate Professor Elaine Läwurrpa Maypilama
Principal Research Fellow
Gawura Waṉambi
Gawura Waṉambi
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies
Steven Bird
Professor Steven Bird
Professor
Joy Bulkanhawuy
Joy Bulkanhawuy
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies
Professor Michael Christie
Professor Michael Christie
Principal Researcher
Professor Helen Verran
Professor Helen Verran
Senior Researcher 
Anne Lowell
Anne Lowell
Principal Research Fellow
Jennifer Deger
Jennifer Deger
Professor of Digital Humanities
Michaela Spencer
Dr Michaela Spencer
Research Fellow
Jennifer Macdonald
Dr Jennifer Macdonald
CDU-CSIRO Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Tracy Woodroffe
Dr Tracy Woodroffe
Completed PhD
Rachel Groom
Rachel Groom
CDU-AIMS Research Fellowship
Dr Cathy Bow
Vale Cathy Bow
Research Associate 
Dr Jackie Gould
Dr Jackie Gould
Research Fellow
Mat Bettinson
Dr Matthew(Mat) Bettinson
Research Fellow
Emily Armstrong
Emily Armstrong
Research Assistant and PhD Candidate
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Sebastian Lowe
Casual Research Associate
Victoria Coffey
Victoria Baskin Coffey
Casual Research Associate
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Adam Guluŋgulk Waṉambi
Casual Research Associate (Multimedia Officer)
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Emma Murphy
Research Fellow
Rohan Fisher
Research Development Officer
Emily Tyaemaen Ford
Emily Tyaemaen Ford
Junior Research Assistant & Adjunct Research Associate
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Sebastian Lowe

Casual Research Associate

Sebastian Lowe

Casual Research Associate

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Sebastian J. Lowe (Ngā Tāngata Tiriti) is an anthropologist, musician and filmmaker from Aotearoa New Zealand. He has an interest in sound worlds, particularly ngā taonga puoro (traditional Māori instruments), creative research methods, community research and research ethics.

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