Paul Collis is a Barkindji man. His early life was informed by Barkindji and Kunya and Murawarri, and Wongamara and Nyempa story tellers and artists, who taught him Aboriginal Culture and Law. This background informs Paul’s work on the Story Ground project, running workshops to elicit creative writing on Country. Novelist, poet and Director of Indigenous Engagement in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra, Paul was awarded Elder Uncle of the Year at the All First Nations Awards for 2024.
Paul Magee is Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research (CCCR) at the University of Canberra. He writes poetry, and has also published extensively on the history, ethnography and philosophy of poetic composition, the links between orality and writing, and the relationship between creativity and traumatic thought. Paul’s long involvement in socially-impactful deployment of Creative Arts for wellbeing and repair includes his decade-long role as a Co-Investigator on the Defence ARRTS Programme and his work with Indigenous communities as a member of the Story Ground team.
Jen Crawford is a poet with an interest in collaboration. Her critical and creative work focusses on the poetics of place and cultural engagement. Jen was Chief Investigator on the major ILA project, Story Ground: Using Oral and Written Story to Engage Indigenous Community Members with University Study, and is a part of the ongoing Story Ground team, working with Indigenous communities in Barkindji, Nyempa, Ngunnawal, Ngamberi and Yuin lands.
This presentation was accompanied by slides. To view the slides head to Writing on Country.pptx