Overview
Background
Katelyn Barney's research focuses on improving pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into and through higher education, and advancing understandings about the role of collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Principal Practitioner in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation. Her teaching has been recognised through a UQ Teaching Excellence Award with her colleague Professor Tracey Bunda for their innovative and inclusive podcast Indigenising Curriculum in Practice and embedding storying in teaching.
Her edited book Musical Collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous People in Australia: Exchanges in the Third Space received the Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize. She has previously held an Equity Fellowship with the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success and has developed a range of resources on evaluating programs for Indigenous students. She is also the Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education and an Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow.
Availability
- Associate Professor Katelyn Barney is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Music, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Graduate Certificate in Education, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Facilitating pathways into higher education for Indigenous students
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Indigenous/non-Indigenous research collaborations
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Intercultural musical collaborations between women
Works
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2014
Journal Article
Unknown and unknowing possiblities: transformative learning, social justice and decolonising pedagogy in Indigenous Australian Studies
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
2014
Book
Collaborative Ethnomusicology: New Approaches to Music Research between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians
Katelyn Barney ed. (2014). Collaborative Ethnomusicology: New Approaches to Music Research between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians. Australasian Music Research, Melbourn, Victoria: Lyrebird Press.
2014
Journal Article
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
2014
Conference Publication
Becoming, belonging and being in the profession: evaluating a mentoring program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander initial teacher educators
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. ATEA 2014: Australian Teacher Education Association Conference 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 6-9 July, 2014. Bathurst, NSW, Australia: Australian Teacher Education Association.
2014
Book Chapter
Gendering Aboriginalism: a performative gaze on Indigenous Australian women
Barney, Katelyn (2014). Gendering Aboriginalism: a performative gaze on Indigenous Australian women. History, power, text: cultural studies and Indigenous studies. (pp. 479-501) edited by Timothy Neale, Crystal McKinnon and Eve Vincent. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UTS ePress.
2014
Book Chapter
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. Collaborative ethnomusicology: new approaches to music research between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. (pp. 81-96) edited by Katelyn Barney. Melbourne, Australia: Lyrebird Press.
2014
Conference Publication
Musical entanglements at the contact zone: exploring Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian collaborations through contemporary music
Barney, Katelyn (2014). Musical entanglements at the contact zone: exploring Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian collaborations through contemporary music. IASPM-ANZ 2013 Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 24-26 November 2013. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM).
2013
Journal Article
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
2013
Conference Publication
'Gaining the life jacket, kayak and paddles’: exploring the experiences of Indigenous Australian postgraduate students
Barney, Katelyn (2013). 'Gaining the life jacket, kayak and paddles’: exploring the experiences of Indigenous Australian postgraduate students. Latrobe University Access and Achievement Forum, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 14 November 2013.
2013
Journal Article
'Taking your mob with you': giving voice to the experiences of Indigenous Australian postgraduate students
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
2013
Book Chapter
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. Women Singers in Global Contexts: Music, Biography, Identity. (pp. 131-145) edited by Ruth Hellier. Urbana, IL, USA: University of Illinois Press.
2012
Other Outputs
Teaching, learning and enacting the education principles on Indigenous Australian matters (EPIAM) at The University of Queensland
Barney, Katelyn (2012). Teaching, learning and enacting the education principles on Indigenous Australian matters (EPIAM) at The University of Queensland. Research report series (University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) St Lucia, Qld., Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
2012
Journal Article
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
2012
Journal Article
‘Sing loud, break through the silence’: musical responses to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations
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
2012
Edited Outputs
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. (2012). 41 (1)
2012
Journal Article
Introduction
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2012). Introduction. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 41 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1017/jie.2012.2
2012
Journal Article
Conversations, collaborations and contestations: building a dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in ethnomusicological research
Barney, Katelyn (2012). Conversations, collaborations and contestations: building a dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in ethnomusicological research. Altitude, 10, 1-20.
2012
Edited Outputs
Refereed papers from the 7th International Small Island Cultures Conference
Barney, Katelyn ed. (2012). Refereed papers from the 7th International Small Island Cultures Conference. 7th International Small Island Cultures Conference, Airlie Beach, Qld., Australia, 12-15 June 2011. Lismore, NSW, Australia: SICRI Network (Small Islands Cultures Research Initiative).
2011
Journal Article
Cherbourg that's my home: celebrating landscape through song
Barney, Katelyn (2011). Cherbourg that's my home: celebrating landscape through song. Queensland Historical Atlas.
2011
Book Chapter
Songs for survival: Exploring resilience and resistance in the contemporary songs of Indigenous Australian women
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2011). Songs for survival: Exploring resilience and resistance in the contemporary songs of Indigenous Australian women. Songs of resilience. (pp. 49-72) edited by Andy Brader. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Funding
Current funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The value in developing a community centred archive of Quandamooka fibre work
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Narrative Techniques in Concept Albums
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Leah Henrickson
Completed supervision
Media
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