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Associate Professor

Sarah Holcombe

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Overview

Availability

Associate Professor Sarah Holcombe is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle

Works

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101 works between 1997 and 2025

41 - 60 of 101 works

2019

Conference Publication

Indigenous employment futures in an automated mining industry

Holcombe, Sarah and Kemp, Deanna (2019). Indigenous employment futures in an automated mining industry. Aboriginal Enterprises in the Mining Industry - AEMEE , Darwin, NT, Australia, 6-8 September 2019 .

Indigenous employment futures in an automated mining industry

2019

Book Chapter

Eclipsing rights: property rights as Indigenous human rights in Australia

Holcombe, Sarah (2019). Eclipsing rights: property rights as Indigenous human rights in Australia. Transcontinental dialogues: activist alliances with indigenous peoples of Canada, Mexico, and Australia. (pp. 220-240) edited by R. Aída Hernández Castillo, Suzi Hutchings and Brian Noble. Tucson, AZ, United States: University of Arizona Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvdjrpm6.15

Eclipsing rights: property rights as Indigenous human rights in Australia

2018

Journal Article

A critical review of the social aspects of mine closure

Bainton, Nicholas and Holcombe, Sarah (2018). A critical review of the social aspects of mine closure. Resources Policy, 59, 468-478. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.08.020

A critical review of the social aspects of mine closure

2018

Other Outputs

Indigenous employment futures in an automated mining industry: an issues paper and a case for research

Holcombe, S. and Kemp, D. (2018). Indigenous employment futures in an automated mining industry: an issues paper and a case for research. University of Queensland, Brisbane: Centre for Social Resonsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute.

Indigenous employment futures in an automated mining industry: an issues paper and a case for research

2018

Other Outputs

The social aspects of mine closure: a global literature review

Bainton, Nicholas and Holcombe, Sarah (2018). The social aspects of mine closure: a global literature review. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland.

The social aspects of mine closure: a global literature review

2018

Book

Remote freedoms: politics, personhood and human rights in Aboriginal Central Australia

Holcombe, Sarah E. (2018). Remote freedoms: politics, personhood and human rights in Aboriginal Central Australia. Stanford, CA, United States: University of Stanford Press.

Remote freedoms: politics, personhood and human rights in Aboriginal Central Australia

2017

Conference Publication

Coping with closure: towards an anthropology of mine closure

Holcombe, S. and Bainton, N. (2017). Coping with closure: towards an anthropology of mine closure. AAS Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 11-15 December 2017.

Coping with closure: towards an anthropology of mine closure

2016

Journal Article

Human rights, colonial criminality, and the death of Kwementyaye Briscoe in custody: a Central Australian Case Study

Holcombe, Sarah (2016). Human rights, colonial criminality, and the death of Kwementyaye Briscoe in custody: a Central Australian Case Study. Political and Legal Anthropology Review, 39 (S1), 104-120. doi: 10.1111/plar.12174

Human rights, colonial criminality, and the death of Kwementyaye Briscoe in custody: a Central Australian Case Study

2016

Book Chapter

The interwoven histories of Mount Liebig and Papunya-Luritja

Holcombe, Sarah (2016). The interwoven histories of Mount Liebig and Papunya-Luritja. Experiments in self-determination: histories of the outstation movement in Australia. (pp. 105-119) edited by Nicolas Peterson and Fred Myers. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/esd.01.2016.06

The interwoven histories of Mount Liebig and Papunya-Luritja

2015

Journal Article

The revealing processes of interpretation: translating human rights principles into Pintupi-Luritja

Holcombe, Sarah (2015). The revealing processes of interpretation: translating human rights principles into Pintupi-Luritja. Australian Journal of Anthropology, 26 (3), 428-441. doi: 10.1111/taja.12152

The revealing processes of interpretation: translating human rights principles into Pintupi-Luritja

2015

Journal Article

The contingency of 'rights': locating a global discourse in Aboriginal Central Australia

Holcombe, Sarah (2015). The contingency of 'rights': locating a global discourse in Aboriginal Central Australia. Australian Journal of Anthropology, 26 (2), 211-232. doi: 10.1111/taja.12100

The contingency of 'rights': locating a global discourse in Aboriginal Central Australia

2015

Book Chapter

Confidential information and anthropology: the politics of the digital knowledge economy

Holcombe, Sarah (2015). Confidential information and anthropology: the politics of the digital knowledge economy. Indigenous Intellectual Property: A Handbook of Contemporary Research. Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property. (pp. 417-436) edited by Matthew Rimmer. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781781955901

Confidential information and anthropology: the politics of the digital knowledge economy

2015

Book Chapter

Ontologies and ecologies of hardship: past and future governance in the Central Australian arid zone

Holcombe, Sarah (2015). Ontologies and ecologies of hardship: past and future governance in the Central Australian arid zone. Environmental change and the world's futures: ecologies, ontologies and mythologies. (pp. 145-160) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315776552

Ontologies and ecologies of hardship: past and future governance in the Central Australian arid zone

2015

Conference Publication

Revisiting the ‘subject-citizen’ of Aboriginal (central) Australia through the current Neo-Liberal paradigm of ‘good governance’

Holcombe, S. (2015). Revisiting the ‘subject-citizen’ of Aboriginal (central) Australia through the current Neo-Liberal paradigm of ‘good governance’. AAS Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1-4 December 2015.

Revisiting the ‘subject-citizen’ of Aboriginal (central) Australia through the current Neo-Liberal paradigm of ‘good governance’

2015

Book Chapter

Confidential information and anthropology: The politics of the digital knowledge economy

Holcombe, Sarah (2015). Confidential information and anthropology: The politics of the digital knowledge economy. Indigenous Intellectual Property: A Handbook of Contemporary Research. (pp. 417-436) London, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781781955901.00029

Confidential information and anthropology: The politics of the digital knowledge economy

2014

Conference Publication

Mobilising Indigenous Human Rights?: The UNPFII and the role of Australian Indigenous Urban Elites as advocates for Remote Alterity

Holcombe, S. (2014). Mobilising Indigenous Human Rights?: The UNPFII and the role of Australian Indigenous Urban Elites as advocates for Remote Alterity. AIATSIS Conference, 50 years, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 26-28 March 2014.

Mobilising Indigenous Human Rights?: The UNPFII and the role of Australian Indigenous Urban Elites as advocates for Remote Alterity

2014

Conference Publication

Eclipsing Rights? Property Rights as Indigenous Human Rights in Australia

Holcombe, S. (2014). Eclipsing Rights? Property Rights as Indigenous Human Rights in Australia. AAA Conference, Washington D.C. United States, 2-7 December 2014.

Eclipsing Rights? Property Rights as Indigenous Human Rights in Australia

2013

Conference Publication

Translating the UDHR into Pintupi-Luritja

Holcombe, S. (2013). Translating the UDHR into Pintupi-Luritja. AAS Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 6-8 November 2013.

Translating the UDHR into Pintupi-Luritja

2013

Conference Publication

Mobilising Indigenous Human Rights?: The UNPFII and the role of Australian Indigenous Urban Elites as advocates for Remote Alterity

Holcombe, S. (2013). Mobilising Indigenous Human Rights?: The UNPFII and the role of Australian Indigenous Urban Elites as advocates for Remote Alterity. AAA Conference, Chicago, IL, United States, 20-24 November 2013.

Mobilising Indigenous Human Rights?: The UNPFII and the role of Australian Indigenous Urban Elites as advocates for Remote Alterity

2013

Conference Publication

The Interwoven Histories of Mt Liebig and Papunya Luritja

Holcombe, S. (2013). The Interwoven Histories of Mt Liebig and Papunya Luritja. Outstations in the history of self-determination symposium, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 16-17 November 2013.

The Interwoven Histories of Mt Liebig and Papunya Luritja

Funding

Past funding

  • 2023
    Ranger Uranium Mine Closure scoping project #1: Knowledge Exchange fieldtrip for Mirrar to Nabarlek
    ENERGY RESOURCES OF AUSTRALIA LTD
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Phase 2: Indigenous Cultural Mapping: literature review, models, methods and data management
    National Native Title Council Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Phase 1: Rapid review of international cultural heritage (CH) legislation
    National Native Title Council Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Building a two-way research and training partnership between the Ngadju Conservation Aboriginal Corporation and UQ¿s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI)
    UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2021
    A Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (304MMGIZOK)
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Post Mining Land Use (CRC TiME project administered by UniSA)
    University of South Australia
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Towards a framework for environmental, economic, and social cumulative regional impact assessment (CRC TiME project led by UWA)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Indigenous groups and land rehabilitation: Argyle Rangers opportunity analysis (001RTPARGYLE)
    Rio Tinto Services Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Further research on indictive case management ratios for Indigenous Support Officers (ISO)
    Rio Tinto Services Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    2019-2021 Contribution to Social Aspects of Mine Closure Consortium
    OceanaGold Corporation
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Master Philosophy

    Community smart consultation and consent: Enabling systemic, inclusive and equitable participation in the extractives

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Deanna Kemp

  • Master Philosophy

    Community smart consultation and consent: Enabling systemic, inclusive and equitable participation in the extractives

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Deanna Kemp

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Indigenous Employment in the Australian Mining Industry:Positive Outcomes for whom?

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Deanna Kemp, Associate Professor Sharlene Leroy-Dyer

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Potential Impact of Contemporary International Legal Norms on the Future Development of Australian Commonwealth Indigenous Cultural Heritage Legislation

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Potential Impact of Contemporary International Legal Norms on the Future Development of Australian Commonwealth Indigenous Cultural Heritage Legislation

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Best practice approach for incorporating Indigenous knowledges, rights and interests into ESG strategy decisions in mining companies, environmental and land related government policy and federal reporting frameworks.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Deanna Kemp, Professor Bronwyn Fredericks

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Australian Mining Industry and Indigenous Engagement

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Deanna Kemp, Associate Professor Sharlene Leroy-Dyer

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Indigenous Employment in the Australian Mining Industry:Positive Outcomes for whom?

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Deanna Kemp, Associate Professor Sharlene Leroy-Dyer

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Assessing the ecological trajectory of mine rehabilitation - Focusing on the Nabarlek Uranium Project

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Peter Erskine

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Assessing the ecological trajectory of mine rehabilitation - Focusing on the Nabarlek Uranium Project

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Peter Erskine

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The end of the world(s): the whole environment of the Degredo Quilombola Community living with the Mariana dam crisis in Brazil.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Babidge

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