Dr Sandy O'Sullivan, Project Manager (Online Presence), Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Sandy O’Sullivan is a Wiradjuri woman with a PhD in Fine Art, specialising in curatorial practice, installation and technology. She frequently writes, performs and exhibits on the Indigenous body and on Indigenous dissemination processes. Sandy is currently redeveloping the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education website, e-learning technologies and online presence. Her website, exegesis and performance material can be found at: www.sandyosullivan.com
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Multimedia/Intermedia Strategies as an Indigenous dissemination tool for practice-based research.
Indigenous researchers face an important challenge at the moment in the academy. We have significantly reduced numbers compared to our non-Indigenous counterparts, and yet we are often actively involved in the development of significant and multiple practice-based research outcomes within our own specific and broader communities. Utilizing the skills and strategies within our communities, we must challenge the current dissemination processes within the academy, and develop our own research outcome protocols. Intermedia, multimedia, practice-based research and exegesis are appropriate tools that can be deployed to encourage Indigenous researchers who are already doing significant research in their own communities, to formalise this research and present it as both rigorous and culturally appropriate.
WORKSHOP
Indigenous Imprint: evaluating and using (multi)media as a strategy for research within the academy.
The workshop aims to identify some practical strategies for researchers to consider (multi)media or demonstration as a significant tool in thesis or major-project delivery. The workshop will focus on how multiple discipline fields can access these tools, how to understand and evaluate the practical issues of use, and how to ensure that the work stands up to, and challenges, the rigours of the academy.
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