Cultural mapping

Western Australia from its collections

Collecting the West looks at what's been collected from Western Australia. What do these collections tell us about who we were, who we are and who we can be?

New ways for old ceremonies: an archival research project

The research aims were successfully achieved in developing and implementing suitable Indigenous frameworks for preservation, interpretation and dissemination of recordings of ceremonial performance

The Relational Museum and its Objects

The project explored the role of the concept 'relational museum' in enabling the rich resources of cultural institutions to contribute to bringing different communities together.

Talking Country: Sharing Indigenous stories of place through mobile media

This project aims to investigate how media technologies can facilitate cross-cultural engagement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Indigenous Futurity: Milpirri as Experimental Ceremony

This project aims to develop a long-term research partnership between Warlpiri Indigenous knowledge holders, anthropologists, and community arts industry partner Tracks Dance Company.

Restoring on-Country performance: song, language and south coast landscapes

This project aims to investigate relationships between place, people and endangered performance traditions in the south coast region of Western Australia.

Recognition after Uluru: what next for First Nations?

This project aims to examine the extent to which Australia’s system of government appropriately serves and represents the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Can coastal floodplains of north Australia survive ferals and rising seas?

Tropical Coastal Floodplains are an iconic feature of northern Australia; however, they are experiencing widespread degradation due to complex interactions between feral ungulates and relative sea

Dating Murujuga's Rock Art: new scientific approaches

This project aims to produce data of national scientific and social significance that will assist our understanding of the nature of Aboriginal settlement in northwestern Australia and the role tha

Preserving Aboriginal language through song archives

This project has recirculated and built knowledge of Nyungar song tradition through collaboration with researchers, Nyungar consultants, and community in workshops and performances across the south