Overview
Background
As a music-maker and language revivalist from the south coast Noongar region of Western Australia, I am interested in the connections between song, language, and landscapes. My work intersects with applied linguistics, ecomusicology, Australian studies, and Indigenous studies.
I am lead Chief Investigator for ARC DI project 'Restoring on-Country Performance' and a Chief Investigator for ARC LIEF project 'Nyingarn: A platform for primary sources in Australian Indigenous languages', ARC DI project 'The role of First Nations’ music as a determinant of health', and ARC Linkage project 'Life After Digitisation: Future-Proofing WA's Vulnerable Cultural Heritage'.
After working as an ESL and music teacher, I helped establish the major in Indigenous Knowledge at the University of Western Australia, where I completed a PhD in Noongar song. At the University of Sydney I co-developed the major in contemporary music for Sydney Conservatorium of Music, before returning to Western Australia at Edith Cowan University to bolster humanities research in my home state. Recent arts-language projects I have collaborated on include a mainstage production of Shakespeare's Macbeth in Noongar (Hecate 2020), a Bruce Lee film dubbed in Noongar (Fist of Fury Noongar Daa 2021), and the multi-sensory ‘Noongar Wonderland’ performance installation in Perth Festival 2022.
I serve as Deputy Chair of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and received the 2020 Barrett Award for Australian Studies.
Availability
- Honorary Professor Clint Bracknell is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Media Studies, Murdoch University
- Graduate Diploma in Education, Edith Cowan University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, University of Western Australia
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Music across generations
Sunderland, Naomi, Barry, Glenn, Graham, Phil, Garvey, Darren, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh, Scarfe, Brigitta, Apps, Kristy, Cooper, Rae, Bracknell, Clint and Hall, Kerry (2024). Music across generations. Family and Community Health, 47 (4), 294-303. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000413
2024
Journal Article
Music as a determinant of health among First Nations people in Australia: a scoping narrative review
Scarfe, Brigitta, Apps, Kristy, Sunderland, Naomi, Graham, Phil, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh, Barry, Glenn, Garvey, Darren, Cooper, Rae and Bracknell, Clint (2024). Music as a determinant of health among First Nations people in Australia: a scoping narrative review. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. doi: 10.1002/hpja.865
2024
Journal Article
The new protectionism: risk aversion and access to Indigenous heritage records
Thieberger, Nick, Aird, Michael, Bracknell, Clint, Gibson, Jason, Harris, Amanda, Langton, Marcia, Sculthorpe, Gaye and Simpson, Jane (2024). The new protectionism: risk aversion and access to Indigenous heritage records. Archives and Manuscripts e10971, e10971. doi: 10.37683/asa.v51.10971
2023
Journal Article
‘Keep the music going’: how the Isolation Tour 2020 maintained community and cultural connectedness during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Western Australia
Scarfe, Brigitta, Budrikis, Amy and Bracknell, Clint (2023). ‘Keep the music going’: how the Isolation Tour 2020 maintained community and cultural connectedness during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Western Australia. Musicology Australia, 45 (2), 73-90. doi: 10.1080/08145857.2023.2270270
2023
Journal Article
From Deficit to Strength-Based Aboriginal Health Research—Moving toward Flourishing
Bullen, Jonathan, Hill-Wall, Trish, Anderson, Kate, Brown, Alex, Bracknell, Clint, Newnham, Elizabeth A., Garvey, Gail and Waters, Lea (2023). From Deficit to Strength-Based Aboriginal Health Research—Moving toward Flourishing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (7) 5395, 1-20. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20075395
2023
Journal Article
First Nations music as a determinant of health in Australia and Vanuatu: political and economic determinants
Sunderland, Naomi, Graham, Phil, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh, Garvey, Darren, Bracknell, Clint, Apps, Kristy, Barry, Glenn, Cooper, Rae, Scarfe, Brigitta and Vervoort, Stacey (2023). First Nations music as a determinant of health in Australia and Vanuatu: political and economic determinants. Health Promotion International, 38 (2) daac190, 1-14. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daac190
2023
Book Chapter
Hecate: adaptation, education and cultural activism
Bracknell, Clint and Bracknell, Kylie (2023). Hecate: adaptation, education and cultural activism. Reimagining Shakespeare education: teaching and learning through collaboration. (pp. 145-158) edited by Liam E. Semler, Claire Hansen and Jacqueline Manuel. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108778510.016
2023
Book Chapter
Old dogs and ice ages in Noongar country
Bracknell, Clint (2023). Old dogs and ice ages in Noongar country. Everywhen: Australia and the language of deep history. (pp. 75-92) edited by Ann McGrath, Laura Rademaker and Jakelin Troy. Lincoln, NE United States ; Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of Nebraska Press ; UNSW Press (NewSouth Publishing).
2023
Journal Article
Hecate <i>Adaptation</i>, <i>Education and Cultural Activism</i>
Bracknell, Clint and Bracknell, Kylie (2023). Hecate Adaptation, Education and Cultural Activism. Reimagining Shakespeare Education, 145-158.
2023
Book Chapter
Rock band: a third, brave space for Indigenous language
Bracknell, Clint (2023). Rock band: a third, brave space for Indigenous language. Musical collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia: exchanges in the third space. (pp. 23-42) edited by Katelyn Barney. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003288572-3
2022
Book Chapter
Reanimating 1830s Nyungar songs of Miago
Bracknell, Clint (2022). Reanimating 1830s Nyungar songs of Miago. Music, dance and the archive. (pp. 93-116) edited by Amanda Harris, Linda Barwick and Jakelin Troy. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of Sydney Press. doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.06
2022
Journal Article
Maya-kwobabiny: Re-embedding language at Kepa Kurl, Western Australia
Bracknell, Clint, Budrikis, Amy and Yibiyung Winmar, Roma (2022). Maya-kwobabiny: Re-embedding language at Kepa Kurl, Western Australia. Language Documentation & Conservation, 16, 319-340.
2022
Journal Article
Indigenous online creative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Western Australia
Budrikis, Amy and Bracknell, Clint (2022). Indigenous online creative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Western Australia. Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture, 51 (2), 63-73. doi: 10.1515/pdtc-2022-0002
2022
Journal Article
Wanji-wanji: the past and future of an Aboriginal travelling song
Turpin, Myfany, Yeoh, Calista and Bracknell, Clint (2022). Wanji-wanji: the past and future of an Aboriginal travelling song. Musicology Australia, 42 (2), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/08145857.2020.1957302
2021
Journal Article
Performing kayepa dordok living waters in Noongar boodjar, South-Western Australia
Bracknell, Clint, Horwitz, Pierre, Ryan, Trevor and Marshall, Jonathan W. (2021). Performing kayepa dordok living waters in Noongar boodjar, South-Western Australia. River Research and Applications, 38 (3), 404-411. doi: 10.1002/rra.3868
2021
Journal Article
Editorial
Corn, Aaron and Bracknell, Clint (2021). Editorial. Musicology Australia, 42 (2), 1-5. doi: 10.1080/08145857.2020.1953282
2021
Journal Article
The fringe or the heart of things? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musics in Australian music institutions
Bracknell, Clint and Barwick, Linda (2021). The fringe or the heart of things? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musics in Australian music institutions. Musicology Australia, 42 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/08145857.2020.1945253
2021
Journal Article
Supporting the performance of Noongar language in Hecate
Bracknell, Clint, Bracknell, Kylie, Fenty Studham, Susan and Fereday, Luzita (2021). Supporting the performance of Noongar language in Hecate. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 12 (3), 377-395. doi: 10.1080/19443927.2021.1943506
2021
Book Chapter
Educative power and the respectful curricular inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music
Webb, Michael and Bracknell, Clint (2021). Educative power and the respectful curricular inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music. The politics of diversity in music education. (pp. 71-86) edited by Alexis Anja Kallio, Heidi Westerlund, Sidsel Karlsen, Kathryn Marsh and Eva Sæther. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-65617-1_6
2020
Journal Article
Rebuilding as Research: Noongar Song, Language and Ways of Knowing
Bracknell, Clint (2020). Rebuilding as Research: Noongar Song, Language and Ways of Knowing. Journal of Australian Studies, 44 (2), 210-223. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2020.1746380
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