Public lecture: Indigenous place and identity in urban areas of Brisbane

Event Details

Date:

Tuesday, 07 May 2013

Time:

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Room:

320

UQ Location:

Steele Building (St Lucia)

URL:

http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=191835&pid=114393

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Abstract: This seminar will present the findings of Kelly’s research, which centres on the recognition of Indigenous people’s place meaning, attachment, identity, ownership and ‘transcending sovereignty’ in Inala, a working class, state-housing based suburb of Brisbane. Based on working with some members of the Inala Indigenous community over several years, she describes how places come to have meaning and value for Indigenous peoples and groups within communities and identify ways in which these meanings are generated fulfilling traditional obligations and a focus on kin and community, despite occurring in new ways and suburban locations.

Bio: Kelly teaches in the School of Architecture and conducts research within its Aboriginal Environments Research Centre at UQ. Her research focuses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban Brisbane, documenting place experiences and attachment, and the importance of architecture, place, family and country for urban Indigenous people. She is currently a team member of the Australian Housing and Urban research Institute’s Indigenous Multi-Year Research Project leading a case study on Logan.