Honorary Professor Clint Bracknell
Honorary Professor

Clint Bracknell

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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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curatorial, archives and museum studies Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language education Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander linguistics and languages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media, film, animation and photography Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music and performing arts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander repatriation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research methods Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing Conservation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage Creative Arts and Writing Indigenous Studies Music Music composition and improvisation Music performance Musicology and ethnomusicology

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

Search Professor Clint Bracknell’s works on UQ eSpace

41 works between 2012 and 2025
All (41) Journal Article (27) Book Chapter (14)

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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.

Re-imagining frontiers: A reflection on Tiffany Shellam's Shaking Hands on the Fringe

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2027
    Making social cohesion ecocentric through Indigenous language and song
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    Recirculating Indigenous traveling songs
    ARC Discovery Indigenous
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Literature Review - First Nations Language Education in NSW
    Aboriginal Languages Trust
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Life After Digitisation: Future-Proofing WA's Vulnerable Cultural Heritage (ARC Linkage administered by Murdoch University)
    Murdoch University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Nyingarn: a platform for primary sources in Australian Indigenous languages (ARC LIEF administered by The University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Restoring on-Country performance: song, language and south coast landscapes
    ARC Discovery Indigenous
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    The role of First Nations' music as a determinant of health (ARC Discovery Indigenous grant led by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant

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