Barreeng Yirramboi Symposium

Barreeng Yirramboi is a research symposium and exhibition program presented by the Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous Research Lab at Monash Art Design and Architecture (MADA). It aims to highlight the relationality between practice-led research and Indigenous ways of knowing.

Wominjeka Djeembana opened in 2019 with a vision of providing an identity of Indigeneity at Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) on Caulfield campus. We teach into undergraduate courses, nurture a dynamic Higher Degree by Research program for Indigenous/First Nations candidates, and lead research across creative practice and Indigenous Knowledge systems.

Last year we presented the Ngarnga-dha (hearing/listening) Research Symposium where we showcased some of the incredible research coming out of Wominjeka Djeembana. For this year’s symposium we hope to build on that knowledge as we present Barreeng Yirramboi; Boon Wurrung words translating as tracks towards tomorrow or as Senior Boonwurrung Elder, N’arweet Professor Carolyn Briggs AM explains "it's about the journey of coming into knowledge and envisioning new futures".

We are honoured  to invite our keynote speakers to this year’s event:

• Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker (Mirning), and Dr Faye Rosas Blanch (Yidinyji/Mbararam) will speak together about refusal, collectivity and vulnerability.
• James Nguyen, speaking in broken tongues, will question how might refugees from non-English speaking backgrounds come to terms with our occupation of Aboriginal Land? How do we contest the resettlement myth of the tabula rasa – the fresh start – the Diasporic Neo-Terra Nullius?

The program will also feature presentations by our PhD candidates and a series of convened panels to deepen the conversation about how Indigenous methodologies are employed within creative practice and the importance of art to storytelling and sharing knowledge.

Alongside the symposium is a creative practice exhibition at the MADA Gallery by our PhD candidates and staff.

The symposium will take place in person on the Caulfield Campus with some events recorded and made available to share online.   Catering will be provided.

Program

19 July 2022

20 July

We acknowledge and pay respects to the traditional and sovereign territory of the Boon Wurrung and Wurrundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nations, the traditional owners of the land on which Wominjeka Djeembana is located.