Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

Kate Manlik

Kate Manlik

Rosita Henry

Rosita Henry

Michael Ackland

Michael Ackland

Roger Osborne

Roger Osborne

Claire Hansen

Claire Hansen

Zoe Wang

Zoe Wang

Karen Cheer

Karen Cheer

Katherine Woo

Katherine Woo

Michele Barnes

Michele Barnes

Maddy McAllister

Maddy McAllister

The Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of International Backpackers Visiting Cairns, Australia
Kate Manlik
This qualitative project aims to explore international backpackers’: (1) knowledge of and experiences with HIV and STI prevention and contraception; (2) knowledge of and experiences with accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare; and (3) knowledge of and experiences with testing for HIV, STIs, and pregnancies while travelling in the Cairns and Tablelands regions. In all, this project will examine how existing sexual and reproductive health services can best engage with international backpackers travelling in the Cairns and Tablelands regions, while providing novel insights into the needs of this population.
Small Pelagic fisheries in the Pacific – the future of nutritional security?
Simon Foale
10 Jun 2025 - 31 Dec 2028
The project aims to improve understanding of the role of terrestrial nutrient delivery in driving productivity of a hitherto neglected fishery sector: small pelagics (sardines, scads and small mackerels) in the Western Pacific. The high productivity, resilience to fishing pressure, and superior nutritional value of these fish warrant greater attention as population and market pressures increase. We will generate data correlating nutrient dynamics and fishery production, together with ethnographic data on local fishery knowledge, to better understand the relationship between small pelagic fisheries and the catchments that deliver the nutrients they depend on.
Small Pelagic fisheries in the Pacific – the future of nutritional security?
Simon Foale
10 Jun 2025 - 31 Dec 2028
The project aims to improve understanding of the role of terrestrial nutrient delivery in driving productivity of a hitherto neglected fishery sector: small pelagics (sardines, scads and small mackerels) in the Western Pacific. The high productivity, resilience to fishing pressure, and superior nutritional value of these fish warrant greater attention as population and market pressures increase. We will generate data correlating nutrient dynamics and fishery production, together with ethnographic data on local fishery knowledge, to better understand the relationship between small pelagic fisheries and the catchments that deliver the nutrients they depend on.
Between Battles: Commemorating the Cultural Lives of Soldiers
Claire Brennan
01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2015
grant
The (digital) Future of the Past
Claire Brennan
01 Jan 2017 - 01 Jan 2018
grant
Read all about it: Digital participation in Australian newspaper fiction (Old ID 27186)
Roger Osborne
01 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2023
The Project aims to transform understandings of Australian literary history by using innovative digital methods to discover, curate and investigate tens of thousands of unrecorded novels, novellas and short stories in 20thcentury Australian newspapers. It intends to advance national research capacity by facilitating collaboration, providing research training and making a substantial contribution to open-access, sustainable digital infrastructure for Australian literary studies. Expected outcomes include a new history of Australian literature and new model for participatory literary history. The Project's benefits should include expanding the National Library of Australia's records and promoting public engagement with Australian literature.
International collaborative study on the reconstruction of the history of Japanese immigrants in Australia and their influence on contemporary Japanese society
Tianna Killoran
01 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
First, this study aims to elucidate the concrete experiences of Japanese migrants in Northern Queensland (QLD) from the Meiji period through the Pacific War, reconstructing their history from the perspective of those who lived and worked in the “peripheral” regions, away from national and colonial centers, under the White Australia Policy. Second, it examines how the reconstruction and rediscovery of the once-interrupted history of Japanese migration influences the identity formation and socio-cultural activities of contemporary Nikkei communities in Australia. Third, through research activities conducted in both Japan and Australia, the study will excavate, organize, and digitize valuable historical materials on prewar and postwar Japanese migration, thereby ensuring their preservation and transmission to future generations in both countries.
Lesbian Histories of HIV and AIDS in Australia
Kate Manlik
01 Jul 2026 - 31 Dec 2027
This project seeks to platform LGBTQ media publications, HIV and AIDS campaign materials, photographs, artwork, and ephemera, created between 1983 and 1996, that speak to lesbian and queer women’s role(s) within the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Australia. There are diverse holdings in Australian libraries, museums and archives that highlight lesbian and queer women’s experiences, activism and involvement in the HIV and AIDS pandemic. However, these documents and records are dispersed across multiple institutions and are not easily navigable or locatable to the public. Our proposed website would work as a platform to highlight these materials and thus provide a portal for lesbian and queer women as well as the broader public to access less well-known stories and materials about lesbian and queer women’s role(s) in the AIDS pandemic. Last, the applicants hope that this website detailing lesbian and queer women’s specific cultural histories of the AIDS pandemic might also provide inspiration and direction for future HIV prevention campaigns directed toward lesbian and queer women.
Transnational lives of Taiwanese working holiday makers in rural Australia (Old ID 26557)
Zoe Wang
01 Jul 2019 - 28 Feb 2023
This research is to understand the transnational lives of Taiwanese working holiday makers (WHM) in rural Australia, including their cultural, social and economic experiences, and their perception of and interaction with rural Australian society. While Taiwanese are the second largest WHM group in Australia, little is known about them, and nothing about their experience of employment in regional Australia. There is an urgent need to understand this substantial group of temporary migrants, whose presence essentially represents Taiwan to the rural Australian community, and whose labour contribution is potentially critical to the future of Australian rural development.
Prerequisite conditions for Indigenous nation self-government. (Old ID 24857)
Theresa Petray
01 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022
Based on evidence that self-governance increases Indigenous socioeconomic and community capacity, this international, inter-disciplinary Project aims to investigate factors that impact on the transition from 'identifying' to 'organising' as a political collective. It expects to generate new knowledge about (1) the effectiveness of an Indigenous nation building (INB) model to initiate self-governing strategies and mechanisms; (2) how Indigenous self-governance may impact on the Australian state; (3) preconditions needed for INB 'from scratch'; and (4) an INB methodology. The Project could significantly benefit Indigenous communities; the broader Australian community; Australian governments; and Australian and international INB researchers.
Title: Rising Star top up award
Reseracher: Theresa Petray (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2015
Title: JCU Teaching and Learning Development grant with Dr Wendy Li and Dr Kelsey Halbert: CAR in the Flipped Classroom
Reseracher: Theresa Petray (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
Title: PhD - James Cook University
Reseracher: Theresa Petray (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: JCU Rising Star Award
Reseracher: Theresa Petray (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2012
Title: JCU Inclusive Practice Teaching Award
Reseracher: Theresa Petray (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2010