This seminar introduces the First Nations Collaborative Research Web (the Web), an innovative network of the CCCR developed to raise awareness of the need for collaborative research with First Nations peoples. The key aim of the research and the projects engaged in it is to build and grow this research web in a way that centres First Nations knowledge, people, and practices. Recruiting other First Nations researchers to conduct research is a guiding principle of the web.
Wendy is a Jerrinja woman employed as the inaugural First Nations Research Fellow with the CCCR. She graduated with a degree in Heritage Management then undertook her honours and PhD, all at UC. She teaches through the Indigenous Studies Minor and is also the curator of the FAD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts and Artefact Teaching Collection which she uses in her teaching. She researches with a group of First Nations and non-First Nations women from UC, Edith Cowan University and the University of Wollongong.
The other members of the First Nations Collaborative Research Web are Dr Lisa Fuller, Ashley van den Heuvel, Andraya Stapp-Gaunt and Delephene Fraser.
The Web was recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Research or Enterprise award at UC’s 2024 Research Excellence Awards.
This presentation was accompanied by slides. To view the slides head to WendySomerville_Presentation.pptx