Co-hosted by Professor Tracey Bunda and Associate Professor Katelyn Barney, this podcast series focuses on Indigenising the University curriculum.
Each episode is an interview with Indigenous and/or non-Indigenous academics across faculties at The University of Queensland. Indigenising Curriculum in Practice investigates how Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and non-Indigenous academics are Indigenising the curriculum at The University of Queensland. It provides academics with practical suggestions and advice on Indigenising the curriculum through exploring case studies across disciplines.
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Season 3
Episode 3 – Respect: Maggie Nolan and Melanie Saward
Associate Professor Maggie Nolan and Dr Melanie Saward discuss BlackWords, a database within AustLit that provides access to a vast record of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and their publications. They discuss the ways educators can use BlackWords to Indigenise the curriculum and the importance of respectfully listening to Indigenous stories
Episode 2 – Benefits: Peta Rake and Freja Carmichael
Peta Rake and Freja Carmichael discuss the role of art as a medium to include Indigenous perspectives in the curriculum. They also discuss the role and responsibility of the UQ Art Museum as a space to support and profile diverse Indigenous voices.
Episode 1 – Country: Sally Butler and Sonja Carmichael
Associate Professor Sally Butler and Sonja Carmichael discuss the benefits of field teaching to enhance student understandings about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, histories and cultures.
Season 2
Episode 6 – Respect: Sonia Roitman and Greg Kitson
Associate Professor Sonia Roitman and Greg Kitson discuss how they teach students to respect Indigenous perspectives in urban planning courses, and their use of art as a tool to teach students about activism and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connections to Country.
Episode 5 – Truth: Vigya Sharma
Dr Vigya Sharma discusses how she is Indigenising the curriculum in her humanitarian engineering course. She discusses the use of case studies and video resources as a way of introducing students to key truths about access to water, sanitation, energy and infrastructure in remote Indigenous communities.
Episode 4 – Reciprocity: Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Samantha Cooms and Gemma Irving
Dr Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Dr Samantha Cooms and Dr Gemma Irving discuss the principles and practices they are using to Indigenise the curriculum in business and management courses. They also discuss the importance of allyship, reciprocity and collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff in this context. View the transcript for the interview
Episode 3 – Cultural Capability: Karina Maxwell and Kate Thompson
Karina Maxwell and Kate Thompson discuss teaching students how to do a meaningful acknowledgement of Country and ensuring students studying nursing, midwifery and social work reflect on their identities in order to become more culturally capable. View the transcript for the interview
Episode 2 – Country: Coen Hird and Steven Salisbury
Coen Hird and Associate Professor Steven Salisbury discuss field teaching, building relationships with Butchulla traditional owners at K’gari, and the ways they are introducing students to the importance of respecting Aboriginal understandings and connections to Country.
Episode 1 – Benefits: Anna Lagos and Caitlyn Murphy
Anna Lagos and Caitlyn Murphy discuss the benefits of Indigenising the curriculum and how the University of Queensland library is supporting Indigenising curriculum.
Season 1
Episode 7 – Reciprocity: Keane Wheeler and Murray Phillips
Dr Keane Wheeler and Professor Murray Phillips discuss reciprocity in relation to Indigenising the curriculum in Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences. You can view the transcript for the interview here.
Episode 6 – Respect: Jim Walker
Jim Walker from the School of the Environment at the UQ Faculty of Science discusses Indigenising the science curriculum and the importance of respect for Indigenous perspectives and Indigenous knowledges.
Episode 5 – Truth: Geoff Ginn
Associate Professor Geoff Ginn discusses the importance of truth telling in relation to Indigenising the History curriculum. You can view the transcript for the interview here.
Episode 4 – Country: Carroll Go-Sam and Kelly Greenop
On Friday 01 September 2023, Carroll Go-Sam and Dr Kelly Greenop discussed the importance of teaching Architecture, Design and Planning students about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connections to Country. The Campuses on Countries: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Framework discussed in this episode can be viewed here.
Episode 3 - Cultural Capability
Ren Perkins and Dr Kate McLay discuss the benefits of Indigenising curriculum in Education
Episode 2 - Cultural Capability
James Blackwell, Professor Kath Gelber and Associate Professor Morgan Brigg discuss building cultural capability in relation to Indigenising curriculum in Political Science and International Studies.
Episode 1 - Relationships: Francis Nona and Preetha Thomas
On June 01 2023 Francis Nona and Dr Preetha Thomas discussed the importance of relationships in Indigenising curriculum in Public Health.