Inhalations (about)

I enjoy research and thinking and spend much of my time doing so. I am interested in knowledge and how it is understood, worked and produced in the context of difference: difference between knowledge systems, knowledge practices, metaphysics, ways of life, and power particularly where they emerge between Indigenous  and non-Indigenous Australians, teachers and students, the academy and its outside, the sciences and other ways of knowing.

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne in the School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry. My research project is working with the Yolŋu (Yolngu) people of North East Arnhem Land, Australia, and their non-Indigenous colleagues at Melbourne Uni and Charles Darwin Uni working on problems of knowledge, research method and teaching.  Specifically I am puzzling through what theories of knowledge might be appropriate for cross cultural work in Australia.

My thesis began being entitled “Community Development as Knowledge Work: Toward an Emergent Metaphysics Analytic” and has since been changed to “Using the challenge of encounter between radically different knowledge traditions to develop a general theory of knowledge: an investigation through numbers.”  The publications below provide the best examples of my research trajectory.

I have often been able to find work with strong connection to my research: in teaching, cross cultural consultancies and facilitation.  I am always looking for interesting projects and research to be a part of, so if you interested in what I do please see my full resume below.

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