Aboriginal Studies Program: Research Supervisor Profiles
Name of Project Supervisor:
Mr Garry Jones
Short Supervisor Bio:
Garry is a Lecturer with the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre and the Faculty of Creative Arts, teaching across both Aboriginal Studies and Visual Arts and Design. Garry holds a Bachelor of Architecture Honours and Masters of Architecture by research from the University of NSW, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Visual) Honours from the Australian National University. In 2003 Garry was awarded an Australian-American Fulbright (ATSIC sponsored) Postgraduate Scholarship to undertake independent research into Native American visual arts and society through the University of New Mexico. Besides being a practicing visual artist, Garry also has extensive experience in Indigenous affairs having worked as a senior program and policy officer within the NSW public sector advising governments on Indigenous housing, arts and cultural development matters.
Supervisor Research Keywords:
• Indigenous visual arts and crafts
• Community cultural development
• Community arts, health and well-being
• Art, place and belonging
Research Interests:
Garry is interested in the role of the arts in community cultural development and its application in indigenous community development contexts. To date the focus of Garry’s research has been on the development of community arts in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and North America and the emergence of indigenizing discourses with regard to (re)connecting communities to place. As a practicing artists Garry is interested in the emergence of 'urban/suburban’ indigenous visual arts and identity, and the ways in which indigenous artists negotiate essentializing concepts of ‘community’ and ‘culture’ in their practice.
Suggested Student Research Topics:
• Indigenous art and identity in suburban and regional Australia
• The role of art in Aboriginal community cultural development
• Indigenous voices in contemporary indigenous arts discourse
• Comparative developments in contemporary indigenous arts in Australia and abroad
Brief Track Record:
Garry recently commenced a PhD in Creative Arts program through the Faculty of Creative Arts where he will be undertaking research into the Art of Engagement: an examination of community cultural development practice and its relevance to Aboriginal community development and community well-being. The PhD program will also involve the development of a personal body of visual work as a reflective/reflexive response to the theoretical component. Garry is an artist member and Director of the Boomalli Aboriginal Arts Cooperative based in Sydney. In 2000 Garry won the National Indigenous Heritage Art Award – Spirit of Place – in the Works on Paper category, and was recently selected for the Third Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize.
For Further Details See:
http://www.uow.edu.au/wic/staffprofiles/UOW033666.html
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