Ms Dominique Chen
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Dominique Chen

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Background

Dominique Chen is a proud Gamilaraay woman and interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersections of relational creative practice, Indigenous studies, and land-based practices including agriculture, cultural food growing, and Indigenous food sovereignty.

She is a Senior Lecturer in Art History at UQ's School of Communication and Arts, specialising in Indigenous Art, anti-colonial and reparative praxis, and practice-led Indigenous Research Methodologies. Her PhD research examines urban Aboriginal food growing, exploring the potential of culturally-centred, relational creative practices in relvitalising cultural food knowledges, systems, practices, and connections to Country.

Dominique coordinates BlackWords, AustLit's dedicated research resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers. She is passionate about people and Country care, and is committed to supporting self-determined, community-engaged and culturally-grounded research within the academy.

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Ms Dominique Chen is:
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Fields of research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander agriculture and forestry Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges and management Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research methods Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts and crafts Art history, theory and criticism Creative Arts and Writing Indigenous Studies

Research interests

  • Expanded Indigenous-led critique of Indigenous Art

    Critique of Indigenous art is largely shaped by Western art historical conventions and curatorial language, often limiting meaningful engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artistic practice on its own terms. Expanded critical approaches grounded in cultural and community terms of reference, Indigenous ethics, and relational values are at the centre of this interest.

  • Indigenous food sovereignty in an Australian context

    Discourse around Indigenous food in Australia has largely centred food security, food relief, and nutrition education, with limited articulation of Indigenous food sovereignty as a framework for self-determination and cultural continuity. Exploring what Indigenous food sovereignty means and looks like in an Australian context, centring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, perspectives, and agency, is a growing focus of my work.

  • Definitions of urban Aboriginal agriculture and cultural food growing

    Urban Aboriginal agriculture and cultural food growing are dynamic areas of practice with deep connections to cultural identity, community wellbeing, and Country. Often misunderstood, misrepresented, or absented from mainstream discourse, my research interest in this space works toward more expansive and culturally relevant definitions that centre Aboriginal perspectives.

  • Culturially-informed, relational creative practice research methodologies

    Culturally-informed, relational creative practices hold significant potential as rigorous research methodologies, expanding the modes of knowing, being, and doing available across research disciplines. Grounded in Country-centred and community ethics, practice-led and relational approaches broaden knowledge acquisition and offer generative frameworks for researchers working within and beyond Indigenous contexts.

  • Relational and participatory creative practices in knowledge revitalisation

    Relational and participatory creative practices hold invaluable potential in sustaining cultural knowledges, supporting knowledge revitalisation and reinvigoration, and contributing to cultural continuum. Often underrepresented or misunderstood within mainstream methodological and epistemological frameworks, there is significant scope for better understanding and application of these practices within academic, research and other applied contexts.

  • Indigenous contributions to socially engaged and relational art

    Socially engaged and relational art practice remains an underdeveloped area of scholarship in Australian Indigenous contexts — one with significant scope for the distinctive contributions Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives bring to how relational practice is understood, theorised, and applied.

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2025

Journal Article

Comparative dietary safety assessment of a traditionally used australian native grain

Williams, Luke B., Zakaria, Rosita, Birch, Jacob, Chen, Dominque A., Reid, Geoff, Nguyen, Hao, Hepburn, Caryn, Itsiopoulos, Catherine and Wright, Paul F. A. (2025). Comparative dietary safety assessment of a traditionally used australian native grain. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 60 (2) vvaf235, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/ijfood/vvaf235

Comparative dietary safety assessment of a traditionally used australian native grain

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