Repairing Memory & Place
An Indigenous-led approach to urban water design.
Investigators
- Professor Brian Martin
N’arweet Dr Carolyn Briggs AM
Professor Nigel Bertram
Dr Laura Harper
Catherine Murphy
Monash Art, Design and Architecture - Dr Marilu Melo Zurita
UNSW Sydney
Partner organisations
- Boon Wurrung Foundation
- Museums Victoria
- Melbourne Water Corporation
- Bayside City Council
- City of Port Phillip
Funded by
- Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Linkage Project scheme
Undertaken within
Monash University researchers are working to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. This funding will enable them to progress their research with strategic partnerships that are designed to deliver innovative ideas and solutions.
Professor Margaret Gardner AC
Repairing Memory & Place is one of 67 new research projects selected to keep Australia at the forefront of emerging technologies and benefit the wider community. The project intends to integrate Indigenous ways of knowing with urban water management.
With $240,000 in funding, the project should provide significant benefits by enabling the repair of ecological and cultural memory of place and enabling government agencies to apply Indigenous practices to everyday management of urban water towards a more sustainable water future.