Dr Katelyn Barney is a 2019/20 NCSEHE Equity Fellow. Her research focuses on facilitating pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into and through higher education and collaborative research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who perform contemporary music. She has published across these areas, co-edited a number of special Issues of journals, and also edited the books Collaborative Ethnomusicology: New Approaches to Music Research between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and Musical Islands: Exploring Connections between Music, Place and Research. She is also Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education.
Her National Teaching Fellowship focused on developing pathways for Indigenous students from undergraduate study into Higher Degrees by Research. She was project coordinator of the Higher Education and Equity Support Program (HEESP) project “Transitions: Facilitating and Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students”. Katelyn also completed a two year research project with colleagues at five universities exploring PEARL (political, embodied, active, and reflective learning) as a teaching and learning approach in Indigenous Australian studies. She continues to collaborate with Indigenous colleague Lexine Solomon and their current project explores intercultural musical collaborations between Indigenous women and other women from diverse nations.
Journal Article: Editorial
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2019) Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 48 1: . doi:10.1017/jie.2019.7
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2019). Considering issues of identity and belonging in a collaborative music research project on Torres Strait Islander women performers. In Lawrence Bamblett, Fred Myers and Tim Rowse (Ed.), The difference identity makes: Indigenous cultural capital in Australian cultural fields (pp. 124-140) Canberra, ACT, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Barney, Katelyn (2018) Community gets you through: success factors contributing to the retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students. Student Success, 9 4: 13-23. doi:10.5204/ssj.v9i4.654
(2014–2017) OLT Teaching Fellowship
Australian Indigenous Studies Learning and Teaching Network
(2011–2014) ALTC Discipline Studies
(2009–2010) ALTC Priority Projects
Teaching on Sacred Ground: A Critical Insight into the Experiences of Academics in Teaching Preservice Teachers in Indigenous Australian Courses
Doctor Philosophy
Collaborative Ethnomusicology: New Approaches to Music Research between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians. Edited by Katelyn Barney Melbourn, Victoria: Lyrebird Press, 2014.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2019). Considering issues of identity and belonging in a collaborative music research project on Torres Strait Islander women performers. In Lawrence Bamblett, Fred Myers and Tim Rowse (Ed.), The difference identity makes: Indigenous cultural capital in Australian cultural fields (pp. 124-140) Canberra, ACT, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Turning the colonial tide: working towards a reconciled ethnomusicology in Australia
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2017). Turning the colonial tide: working towards a reconciled ethnomusicology in Australia. In Kirsty Gillespie, Sally Treloyn and Don Niles (Ed.), A distinctive voice in the Antipodes: essays in honour of Stephen A. Wild (pp. 171-193) Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi:10.22459/DVA.07.2017
Barney, Katelyn (2016). At the contact zone and the cultural interface: theorising collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in research and contemporary music practices. In Pamela Burnard, Elizabeth Mackinlay and Kimberly Powell (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of intercultural arts research (pp. 102-114) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315693699
Collaborative music research at the contact zone in Cherbourg, an Aboriginal community in Queensland
Barney, Katelyn and Proud, Monique (2014). Collaborative music research at the contact zone in Cherbourg, an Aboriginal community in Queensland. In Katelyn Barney (Ed.), Collaborative ethnomusicology: new approaches to music research between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (pp. 81-96) Melbourne, Australia: Lyrebird Press.
Gendering Aboriginalism: A Performative Gaze on Indigenous Australian Women
Barney, Katelyn (2014). Gendering Aboriginalism: A Performative Gaze on Indigenous Australian Women. In Timothy Neale, Crystal McKinnon and Eve Vincent (Ed.), History, Power, Text: Cultural Studies and Indigenous Studies (pp. 479-501) Sydney, NSW, Australia: UTS ePress. doi:10.5130/978-0-9872369-1-3
Barney, Katelyn (2014). Introduction. In Katelyn Barney (Ed.), Collaborative Ethnomusicology: new approaches to music research between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (pp. 1-8) Melbourne, Australia: Lyrebird Press.
Lexine Solomon: songs of connection and celebration by a Torres Strait Islander
Barney, Katelyn (2013). Lexine Solomon: songs of connection and celebration by a Torres Strait Islander. In Ruth Hellier (Ed.), Women Singers in Global Contexts: Music, Biography, Identity (pp. 131-145) Urbana, IL, USA: University of Illinois Press.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2011). Songs for survival: Exploring resilience and resistance in the contemporary songs of Indigenous Australian women. In Andy Brader (Ed.), Songs of resilience (pp. 49-72) Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2011). Teaching and learning for social justice: An approach to transformative education in Indigenous Australian studies. In Greg Williams (Ed.), Talking back, talking forward: Journeys in transforming Indigenous educational practice (pp. 117-128) Darwin, NT, Australia: Charles Darwin University Press.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2009). "The memories linger on, but the stories tell me who I am": A conversation between an Indigenous Australian performer and a non-Indigenous music researcher. In Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh and Barney, Katelyn (Ed.), Musical islands: Exploring connections between music, place and research (pp. 70-93) Cambridge (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Beginning the musical voyage: An introduction
Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh and Barney, Katelyn (2009). Beginning the musical voyage: An introduction. In Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh and Barney, Katelyn (Ed.), Musical islands: Exploring connections between music, place and research (pp. xix-xxv) Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Beginning the musical voyage: An introduction
Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh and Barney, Katelyn (2009). Beginning the musical voyage: An introduction. In Musical islands: Exploring connections between music, place and research (pp. xix-xxv) Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2009). Looking into the trochus shell: Autoethnographic reflections on a cross-cultural collaborative music research project. In Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and Carolyn Ellis (Ed.), Musical autoethnographies: Making autoethnography sing/making music personal (pp. 208-225) Bowen Hills, Qld: Australian Academic Press.
Barney, Katelyn (2008). 'Black, urban, contemporary, strong and beautiful': Exploring how Indigenous Australian women performers are positioned in the popular media.. In Collinson, Ian (Ed.), Whose Popular Music? Industry, Performers, Fans: Selected Proceedings from the 2006 IASPM Australia and New Zealand Conference 1st ed. (pp. 65-76) Ryde, N.S.W.: Internat Assoc of the Study of Popular Music, ANZ Branch and Perfect Beat.
Barney, K.S. (2005). Celebration or Cover Up? "My island home" Australian national identity and the spectacle of Sydney 2000.. In E. Mackinlay, D. Collins and S. Owens (Ed.), Aesthetics and Experience in Music Performance 1st ed. (pp. 141-150) Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Barney, K.S. (2004). Repositioning Music Analysis: Preparatory thoughts for a case study of Indigenous Australian women's contemporary music. In M. Ewans, R. Halton and J.A. Philips (Ed.), Music Research: New Directions for a New Century 1st ed. (pp. 156-165) Buckinghamshire: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2019) Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 48 1: . doi:10.1017/jie.2019.7
Barney, Katelyn (2018) Community gets you through: success factors contributing to the retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students. Student Success, 9 4: 13-23. doi:10.5204/ssj.v9i4.654
Barney, Katelyn (2018) 'We need more mob doing research': developing university strategies to facilitate successful pathways for Indigenous students into Higher Degrees by Research. Higher Education Research & Development, 37 5: 908-922. doi:10.1080/07294360.2018.1467382
Barney, Katelyn (2018) I am here, now: Tiwi voices past and present in new musical conversations, RRR75 (B Wheatley, G Campbell). Yearbook for Traditional Music, 50 235-236.
Not just black and white: a conversation between a mother and daughter
Barney, Katelyn (2017) Not just black and white: a conversation between a mother and daughter. Queensland Review, 24 2: 324-325. doi:10.1017/qre.2017.43
Barney, Katelyn (2016) Listening to and learning from the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to facilitate success.. Student Success, 7 1: 1-11. doi:10.5204/ssj.v7i1.317
Barney, Katelyn (2014) A discussion with Sandy O'Sullivan about key issues for the Australian Indigenous Studies Learning and Teaching Network. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 43 1: 52-57. doi:10.1017/jie.2014.7
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2014) PEARLs, problems and politics: exploring findings from two teaching and learning projects in indigenous Australian studies at the university of Queensland. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 43 Special Issue 1: 31-41. doi:10.1017/jie.2014.5
Introduction: exploring the scope of the Australian indigenous studies learning and teaching network
Barney, Katelyn, Shannon, Cindy and Nakata, Martin (2014) Introduction: exploring the scope of the Australian indigenous studies learning and teaching network. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 43 1: 1-7. doi:10.1017/jie.2014.2
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2014) Unknown and unknowing possiblities: transformative learning, social justice and decolonising pedagogy in Indigenous Australian Studies. Journal of Transformative Education, 12 1: 54-73. doi:10.1177/1541344614541170
An introduction to sustainability and ethnomusicology in the Australasian context
Bendrups, Dan, Barney, Katelyn and Grant, Catherine (2013) An introduction to sustainability and ethnomusicology in the Australasian context. Musicology Australia, 35 2: 153-158. doi:10.1080/08145857.2013.844470
Barney, Katelyn (2013) 'Taking your mob with you': giving voice to the experiences of Indigenous Australian postgraduate students. Higher Education Research and Development, 32 4: 515-528. doi:10.1080/07294360.2012.696186
Barney, Katelyn (2012) Conversations, collaborations and contestations: building a dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in ethnomusicological research. Altitude, 10 1-20.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2012) Introduction. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 41 1: 1-9. doi:10.1017/jie.2012.2
Pearls not problems: exploring transformative education in indigenous Australian studies
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2012) Pearls not problems: exploring transformative education in indigenous Australian studies. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 41 1: 10-17. doi:10.1017/jie.2012.3
Barney, Katelyn (2012) ‘Sing loud, break through the silence’: musical responses to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations. Perfect Beat: The Pacific journal of research into contemporary music and popular culture, 13 1: 69-94. doi:10.1558/prbt.v13i1.69
Cherbourg that's my home: celebrating landscape through song
Barney, Katelyn (2011) Cherbourg that's my home: celebrating landscape through song. Queensland Historical Atlas, .
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2010) Transformative learning in first year Indigenous Australian Studies: Posing problems, asking questions and achieving change. A practice report. International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 1 1: 91-99.
Barney, Katelyn and Mackinlay, Elizabeth (2010) Creating rainbows from words and transforming understandings: enhancing student learning through reflective writing in an Aboriginal music course. Teaching In Higher Education, 15 2: 161-173. doi:10.1080/13562511003619995
Gendering Aboriginalism: A performative gaze on Indigenous Australian women
Barney, Katelyn (2010) Gendering Aboriginalism: A performative gaze on Indigenous Australian women. Cultural Studies Review, 16 1: 212-239.
"Singing trauma trails": Songs of the Stolen Generations in Indigenous Australia
Barney, Katelyn and Mackinlay, Elizabeth (2010) "Singing trauma trails": Songs of the Stolen Generations in Indigenous Australia. Music and Politics, 4 2: e1-e25. doi:10.3998/mp.9460447.0004.202
Hop, skip and jump: Indigenous Australian women performing within and against Aboriginalism
Barney, Katelyn (2009) Hop, skip and jump: Indigenous Australian women performing within and against Aboriginalism. Journal of Music Research Online, 1 1-19.
Barney, Katelyn (2009) Badu Nawul: Traditional and Contemporary Music and Dance from Badu Island; Mubuygiw Awgadhaw Nawul: Traditional and Contemporary Music and Dance from Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait; Iama Wakai Tusi/Voice of Iama: Traditional and Contemporary Music and Danc. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 10 2: 168-170. doi:10.1080/14442210902842162
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2008) "Move over and make room for Meeka": The representation of race, otherness and indigeneity on the Australian children's television programme Play School. Discourse, 29 2: 273-288. doi:10.1080/01596300801967011
Katelyn Barney (2008) 'We're women we fight for freedom': Intersections of race and gender in contemporary songs by Indigenous Australian women performers.. Women's Studies Journal, 22 1: 3-19.
On the margins: Torres Strait Islander women performing contemporary music
Barney, Katelyn (2007) On the margins: Torres Strait Islander women performing contemporary music. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, 1 2: 70-90.
Barney, Katelyn (2007) Sending a message: How Indigenous Australian women use contemporary music recording technologies to provide a space for agency, viewpoints and agendas. World of Music, 49 1: 105-123.
Barney, K. S. (2006) 'Women singing up big': the growth of contemporary music recordings by Indigenous Australian women artists.. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 1 44-56.
Book Review of: Deadly sounds, deadly places: contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia.
Barney, Katelyn S. (2006) Book Review of: Deadly sounds, deadly places: contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia.. Popular Music and Society, 29 5: 633-636.
Landscapes of Indigenous performance: Music, song and dance of theTorres Strait and Arnhem Land.
Barney, K. S. (2006) Landscapes of Indigenous performance: Music, song and dance of theTorres Strait and Arnhem Land.. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education., 35 102-103.
Playing Hopscotch: How Indigenous women performers resist Aboriginalist constructs of race.
Barney, K. S. (2006) Playing Hopscotch: How Indigenous women performers resist Aboriginalist constructs of race.. Crossings, 11 1: 1-11.
Rethinking, redesigning and reflecting on teaching and learning Indigenous Australian music
Barney, K. S. (2006) Rethinking, redesigning and reflecting on teaching and learning Indigenous Australian music. Music Education Research and Innovation, 13 1: 2-30.
Barney, K.S. (2004) "Where is their costume, where is their paint?" Exploring how Indigenous Australian women construct and negotiate their Indigeneity through contemporary music. Perfect Beat. The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture., 7 1: 42-59.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Barney, Katelyn and Creagh, Susan (2014). Becoming, belonging and being in the profession: evaluating a mentoring program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander initial teacher educators. In: Australian Teacher Education Association Annual Conference 2014: Refereed Papers Collection. ATEA 2014: Australian Teacher Education Association Conference 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (186-199). 6-9 July, 2014.
Barney, Katelyn (2014). Musical entanglements at the contact zone: exploring Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian collaborations through contemporary music. In: Jadey O'Regan and Toby Wren, Communities, Places, Ecologies: Proceedings of the 2013 IASPM-ANZ Conference. IASPM-ANZ 2013 Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, (1-12). 24-26 November 2013.
Refereed papers from the 7th International Small Island Cultures Conference
Refereed papers from the 7th International Small Island Cultures Conference (2012) . Edited by Barney, Katelyn. 7th International Small Island Cultures Conference, 12-15 June 2011, Airlie Beach, Qld., Australia.
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (2012) Volume 41 Issue 1
Barney, Katelyn (2012) Teaching, learning and enacting the education principles on Indigenous Australian matters (EPIAM) at The University of Queensland St Lucia, Qld., Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Barney, Katelyn Sarah (2006). Playing musical hopscotch: How Indigenous Australian women perform around, within and against Aboriginalism. PhD Thesis, School of Music, The University of Queensland.
(2014–2017) OLT Teaching Fellowship
Australian Indigenous Studies Learning and Teaching Network
(2011–2014) ALTC Discipline Studies
(2009–2010) ALTC Priority Projects
Teaching on Sacred Ground: A Critical Insight into the Experiences of Academics in Teaching Preservice Teachers in Indigenous Australian Courses
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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