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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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
2020
Journal Article
The Emotional Business of Noongar Song
Bracknell, Clint (2020). The Emotional Business of Noongar Song. Journal of Australian Studies, 44 (2), 140-153. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2020.1752284
2020
Journal Article
Maya Waabiny: mobilising song archives to nourish an endangered language
Bracknell, Clint (2020). Maya Waabiny: mobilising song archives to nourish an endangered language. Humanities Australia, 11, 19-27.
2019
Journal Article
Connecting Indigenous song archives to kin, country and language
Bracknell, Clint (2019). Connecting Indigenous song archives to kin, country and language. Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, 20 (2). doi: 10.1353/cch.2019.0016
2019
Book Chapter
Identity, language and collaboration in Indigenous music
Bracknell, Clint (2019). Identity, language and collaboration in Indigenous music. The difference identity makes: Indigenous cultural capital in Australian cultural fields. (pp. 99-123) edited by Lawrence Bamblett, Fred Myers and Tim Rowse. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.
2019
Book Chapter
Ever-widening circles: consolidating and enhancing Wirlomin Noongar archival material in the community
Bracknell, Clint and Scott, Kim (2019). Ever-widening circles: consolidating and enhancing Wirlomin Noongar archival material in the community. Archival Returns: Central Australia and Beyond. (pp. 325-338) edited by Linda Barwick, Jennifer Green and Petronella Vaarson-Morel. Honolulu, HI, United States: University of Hawai'i Press.
2017
Journal Article
Nyungar of Southwestern Australia and Flinders: a dialogue on using Nyungar intelligence to better understand coastal exploration
Collard, Len, Bracknell, Clint and Palmer, David (2017). Nyungar of Southwestern Australia and Flinders: a dialogue on using Nyungar intelligence to better understand coastal exploration. ab-Original, 1 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.5325/aboriginal.1.1.0001
2017
Journal Article
Inside Out: an Indigenous community radio response to incarceration in Western Australia
Bracknell, Clint and Kickett, Casey (2017). Inside Out: an Indigenous community radio response to incarceration in Western Australia. ab-Original, 1 (1), 81-98. doi: 10.5325/aboriginal.1.1.0081
2017
Book Chapter
Could a 'Noongarpedia' form the basis for an emerging form of citizenship in the age of new media?
Collard, Leonard, Hartley, John, Scott, Kim, Bracknell, Clint and Lucy, Niall (2017). Could a 'Noongarpedia' form the basis for an emerging form of citizenship in the age of new media?. Media and citizenship: between marginalisation and participation. (pp. 159-180) edited by Anthea Garman and Herman Wasserman. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press.
2017
Book Chapter
Maaya Waabiny (playing with sound): Nyungar song language and spoken language
Bracknell, Clint (2017). Maaya Waabiny (playing with sound): Nyungar song language and spoken language. Recirculating songs: revitalising the singing practices of Indigenous Australia. (pp. 43-55) edited by Jim Wafer and Myfany Turpin. Hamilton, NSW: Hunter Press.
2017
Journal Article
Conceptualizing Noongar Song
Bracknell, Clint (2017). Conceptualizing Noongar Song. Yearbook for Traditional Music, 49, 92-113. doi: 10.5921/yeartradmusi.49.2017.0092
2016
Book Chapter
Bobby Roberts: intermediary and outlaw of Western Australia's south coast
Bracknell, Clint (2016). Bobby Roberts: intermediary and outlaw of Western Australia's south coast. Brokers and boundaries: colonial exploration in Indigenous territory. (pp. 119-139) edited by Tiffany Shellam, Maria Nugent, Shino Konishi and Allison Cadzow. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian National University. doi: 10.22459/BB.04.2016.06
2015
Journal Article
'Say You're a Nyungarmusicologist': Indigenous Research and Endangered Song
Bracknell, Clint (2015). 'Say You're a Nyungarmusicologist': Indigenous Research and Endangered Song. Musicology Australia, 37 (2), 199-217. doi: 10.1080/08145857.2015.1075260
2014
Journal Article
Kooral Dwonk-katitjiny (listening to the past): Aboriginal language, songs and history in south-western Australia
Bracknell, Clint (2014). Kooral Dwonk-katitjiny (listening to the past): Aboriginal language, songs and history in south-western Australia. Aboriginal History, 38, 1-18.
2014
Journal Article
Wal-Walang-al Ngardanginy: Hunting the songs (of the Australian south-west)
Bracknell, Clint (2014). Wal-Walang-al Ngardanginy: Hunting the songs (of the Australian south-west). Australian Aboriginal Studies (1), 3-15.
2013
Journal Article
The wirlomin project: Sustaining aboriginal language and song
Bracknell, Clint (2013). The wirlomin project: Sustaining aboriginal language and song. International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social, and Cultural Context, 9 (1), 45-55. doi: 10.18848/2325-1115/cgp/v09i01/55212
2012
Journal Article
Beeliar boodjar: An introduction to aboriginal history in the city of Cockburn, Western Australia
Collard, Len and Bracknell, Clint (2012). Beeliar boodjar: An introduction to aboriginal history in the city of Cockburn, Western Australia. Australian Aboriginal Studies (1), 86-91.
2012
Journal Article
Re-imagining frontiers: A reflection on Tiffany Shellam's Shaking Hands on the Fringe
Bracknell, Clint (2012). Re-imagining frontiers: A reflection on Tiffany Shellam's Shaking Hands on the Fringe. Westerly, 57 (2), 32-36.
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