Published Jan 25 2021

Culture And Country - What Happens Next? podcast on exploring our history

Susan
Carland
Academic, author and social commentator
Chris urwin
Research Fellow at Monash Indigenous Studies Centre
Lynette russell am
Distinguished Professor, and Laureate Fellow, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Indigenous communities have deep connections to their physical and environmental history, and have been studying and preserving it for tens of thousands of years. Many are now generously sharing their knowledge and understanding, that is passed down from generation to generation, with non-indigenous archaeologists, anthropologists and paleontologists and helping us all to better understand our country, community, culture and history.

 

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About the Authors

  • Susan carland

    Director, Bachelor of Global Studies, and Lecturer, School of Language, Literature, Cultures and Linguistics

    Susan's research and teaching specialties focus on gender, sociology, contemporary Australia, terrorism, and Islam in the modern world. Susan hosted the “Assumptions” series on ABC’s Radio National, and was named one of the 20 Most Influential Australian Female Voices in 2012 by The Age.

  • Chris urwin

    Research Fellow at Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

    Dr Chris Urwin is conducting archaeological and museums-based research in partnership with First Peoples communities to investigate their remarkable landscapes in Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG). He completed his PhD in 2019, for which he worked with two villages in Orokolo Bay (PNG) to establish radiocarbon chronologies for their ancestral sites, alongside a programme to document local oral traditions. This research has helped improve our understanding of the history of exchange and social change on PNG's south coast.

  • Lynette russell am

    Distinguished Professor, and Laureate Fellow, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

    Lynette's research is broadly anthropological history. She's published widely in the areas of theory, Indigenous histories, post-colonialism and representations of race, museum studies and popular culture.

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