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Professor Clint Bracknell

Professor of Indigenous Languages

School of Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
c.bracknell@uq.edu.au

Overview

As a music-maker and language revivalist from the south coast Noongar region of Western Australia, I am interested in the connections between song, language, and landscapes. My work intersects with applied linguistics, ecomusicology, Australian studies, and Indigenous studies.

I am lead Chief Investigator for ARC DI project 'Restoring on-Country Performance' and a Chief Investigator for ARC LIEF project 'Nyingarn: A platform for primary sources in Australian Indigenous languages', ARC DI project 'The role of First Nations’ music as a determinant of health', and ARC Linkage project 'Life After Digitisation: Future-Proofing WA's Vulnerable Cultural Heritage'.

After working as an ESL and music teacher, I helped establish the major in Indigenous Knowledge at the University of Western Australia, where I completed a PhD in Noongar song. At the University of Sydney I co-developed the major in contemporary music for Sydney Conservatorium of Music, before returning to Western Australia at Edith Cowan University to bolster humanities research in my home state. Recent arts-language projects I have collaborated on include a mainstage production of Shakespeare's Macbeth in Noongar (Hecate 2020), a Bruce Lee film dubbed in Noongar (Fist of Fury Noongar Daa 2021), and the multi-sensory ‘Noongar Wonderland’ performance installation in Perth Festival 2022.

I serve as Deputy Chair of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and received the 2020 Barrett Award for Australian Studies.

Qualifications

  • Graduate Diploma in Education, Edith Cowan University
  • Bachelor of Media, Murdoch
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia

Publications

  • Book Chapter: Hecate : Adaptation, Education and Cultural Activism

    Bracknell, Clint and Bracknell, Kylie (2023). Hecate : Adaptation, Education and Cultural Activism. Reimagining Shakespeare Education. (pp. 145-158) Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108778510.016

  • Book Chapter: Old dogs and ice ages in Noongar country

    Bracknell, Clint (2023). Old dogs and ice ages in Noongar country. Everywhen: Australia and the language of deep history. (pp. 75-92) edited by Ann McGrath, Laura Rademaker and Jakelin Troy. Lincoln, NE United States ; Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of Nebraska Press ; UNSW Press (NewSouth Publishing).

  • Book Chapter: Rock band: a third, brave space for Indigenous language

    Bracknell, Clint (2022). Rock band: a third, brave space for Indigenous language. Musical collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia. (pp. 23-42) edited by Katelyn Barney. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003288572-3

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Supervision

  • The Agency of Gumbaynggirr Language as a living form of Indigenous Knowledge: Exploring the Relationships between Gumbaynggirr Community Members and Gumbaynggirr Language as a life positive force for the Well-Being of Language and Community.

    Doctor Philosophy

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • Hecate : Adaptation, Education and Cultural Activism

    Bracknell, Clint and Bracknell, Kylie (2023). Hecate : Adaptation, Education and Cultural Activism. Reimagining Shakespeare Education. (pp. 145-158) Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108778510.016

  • Old dogs and ice ages in Noongar country

    Bracknell, Clint (2023). Old dogs and ice ages in Noongar country. Everywhen: Australia and the language of deep history. (pp. 75-92) edited by Ann McGrath, Laura Rademaker and Jakelin Troy. Lincoln, NE United States ; Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of Nebraska Press ; UNSW Press (NewSouth Publishing).

  • Rock band: a third, brave space for Indigenous language

    Bracknell, Clint (2022). Rock band: a third, brave space for Indigenous language. Musical collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia. (pp. 23-42) edited by Katelyn Barney. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003288572-3

  • Reanimating 1830s Nyungar songs of Miago

    Bracknell, Clint (2022). Reanimating 1830s Nyungar songs of Miago. Music, dance and the archive. (pp. 93-116) edited by Amanda Harris, Linda Barwick and Jakelin Troy. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of Sydney Press. doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.06

  • Educative power and the respectful curricular inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music

    Webb, Michael and Bracknell, Clint (2021). Educative power and the respectful curricular inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music. The Politics of Diversity in Music Education. (pp. 71-86) edited by Alexis Anja Kallio, Heidi Westerlund, Sidsel Karlsen, Kathryn Marsh and Eva Sæther. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-65617-1_6

  • Ever-widening circles: consolidating and enhancing Wirlomin Noongar archival material in the community

    Bracknell, Clint and Scott, Kim (2019). Ever-widening circles: consolidating and enhancing Wirlomin Noongar archival material in the community. Archival Returns: Central Australia and Beyond. (pp. 325-338) edited by Linda Barwick, Jennifer Green and Petronella Vaarson-Morel. Honolulu, HI, United States: University of Hawai'i Press.

  • Identity, language and collaboration in Indigenous music

    Bracknell, Clint (2019). Identity, language and collaboration in Indigenous music. The difference identity makes: Indigenous cultural capital in Australian cultural fields. (pp. 99-123) edited by Lawrence Bamblett, Fred Myers and Tim Rowse. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.

  • Could a 'Noongarpedia' form the basis for an emerging form of citizenship in the age of new media?

    Collard, Leonard, Hartley, John, Scott, Kim, Bracknell, Clint and Lucy, Niall (2017). Could a 'Noongarpedia' form the basis for an emerging form of citizenship in the age of new media?. Media and citizenship: between marginalisation and participation. (pp. 159-180) edited by Anthea Garman and Herman Wasserman. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press.

  • Maaya Waabiny (playing with sound): Nyungar song language and spoken language

    Bracknell, Clint (2017). Maaya Waabiny (playing with sound): Nyungar song language and spoken language. Recirculating songs: revitalising the singing practices of Indigenous Australia. (pp. 45-57) edited by Jim Wafer and Myfany Turpin. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Asia-Pacific Linguistics.

  • Bobby Roberts: intermediary and outlaw of Western Australia's south coast

    Bracknell, Clint (2016). Bobby Roberts: intermediary and outlaw of Western Australia's south coast. Brokers and boundaries: colonial exploration in Indigenous territory. (pp. 119-139) edited by Tiffany Shellam, Maria Nugent, Shino Konishi and Allison Cadzow. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian National University. doi: 10.22459/BB.04.2016.06

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Current Supervision

  • The Agency of Gumbaynggirr Language as a living form of Indigenous Knowledge: Exploring the Relationships between Gumbaynggirr Community Members and Gumbaynggirr Language as a life positive force for the Well-Being of Language and Community.

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

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