Kelly Greenop
- Email:
- k.greenop1@uq.edu.au
- Phone:
- +61 7 336 53845
- Mobile:
- 0412807184
Overview
Background
Dr Kelly Greenop is an Associate Professor within the School of Architecture and is co-Director of the Architecture Culture Theory History (ATCH) Research Centres within the School. Her research has focused on work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban Brisbane, using ethnographic techniques to document the place experiences and attachment, and the importance of architecture, place, family and country for urban Indigenous people. She also conducts research into the intercultural place heritage of the Brisbane region, and the urban cultural history of Brisbane’s suburbs.
Kelly's latest research is in Digital Cultural Heritage, utilising 3D laser scanning of heritage environments and buildings in South East Queensland. She has been working with researchers from ATCH, School of Architecture, CSIRO and site managers at Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service to scan and archive fragile, remote and at risk sites, and research the use of scanning in architectural heritage practice.
With colleagues from AERC she has also conducted research into Aboriginal housing, particularly with respect to crowding and homelessness. Kelly’s research has been supported by grants from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the Queensland Government, the Australian Federal Government and the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).
Awards
National Trust (Queensland) John Herbert Memorial Award (best heritage project in the state) for Agency Programs, in collaboration with Queensland Rail, 2018
National Trust (Queensland) Gold Award for Agency Programs, in collaboration with Queensland Rail, 2018
Queensland Premier’s Sustainability Awards for Heritage: ‘Highly Commended’ for Moreton Bay Digital Cultural Heritage Projects, 2014
Best Paper, Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand Conference, 2013
Memberships
Member, International Association for People Environment Studies (IAPS)
Member, Society of Architectural Historians (US)
Member, Society of Architectural Historians Australia New Zealand (SAHANZ)
Member, Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA)
Member, Association of Critical Heritage Studies Member (Appointed), Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Availability
- Associate Professor Kelly Greenop is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Digital Cultural Heritage
Including intercultural heritage shared by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and the digitisation of cultural heritage. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.
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3D laser scanning for heritage
Digital collection of data using 3D laser scanning techniques, chiefly to record heritage places. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.
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Place and place attachment
Analysis of the social, cultural and urban factors that enable the creation and maintenance of place attachment in cities. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.
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Urban social and cultural histories
Suburban analysis including Inala and Logan, in South East Queensland
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Housing
Focusing on cultural factors that influence housing from Indigenous cultures as well as others. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.
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Urban Aboriginal cultures
Ethnographic analysis of urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's cultures in contemporary Australian cities. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.
Research impacts
Kelly's research has often focused on the implications of housing policy and management for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This has been funded by the Federal Government and formed the basis of several policy bulletins for practitioners and policy makers.
Kelly has been invited to speak about her research at Te Whare Kura, the University of Auckland's Indigenous knowledge centre, and has collaborated with University of Auckland academics on both teaching and research to share an intercutural, international perspective.
In 2012 Kelly and Emily Juckes (UQ School of Architecture PhD student) collaborated with CSIRO to use their Zebedee 3D laser scanner to digitise a number of Queensland Parks and Wildlife managed heritage sites in Moreton Bay. This has resulted in new techniques for digitising and analysing cultural heritage sites that are large, remote or fragile, and a better understanding of cutting edge digital cultural heritage practices, potentials and challenges gained.
Works
Search Professor Kelly Greenop’s works on UQ eSpace
Featured
2018
Journal Article
Forum: Reflecting on the Politics of Patrimony
Clarke, Amy, Dewi, Cut, Greenop, Kelly, Mozaffari, Ali, Slama, Khoo, Westbrook, Nigel and Winter, Tim (2018). Forum: Reflecting on the Politics of Patrimony. Fabrications, 28 (2), 256-271. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2018.1473011
Featured
2018
Book
The handbook of contemporary Indigenous architecture
Elizabeth Grant, Kelly Greenop, Albert L. Refiti and Daniel J. Glenn eds. (2018). The handbook of contemporary Indigenous architecture. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6904-8
Featured
2017
Journal Article
Grave-to-Cradle: a paradigm shift for heritage conservation and interpretation in the era of 3D laser scanning
Greenop, Kelly and Landorf, Chris (2017). Grave-to-Cradle: a paradigm shift for heritage conservation and interpretation in the era of 3D laser scanning. Historic Environment, 29 (1), 44-55.
Featured
2013
Journal Article
Efficiently capturing large, complex cultural heritage sites with a handheld mobile 3D laser mapping system
Zlot, Robert, Bosse, Michael, Greenop, Kelly, Jarzab, Zbigniew, Juckes, Emily and Roberts, Jonathan (2013). Efficiently capturing large, complex cultural heritage sites with a handheld mobile 3D laser mapping system. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 15 (6), 670-678. doi: 10.1016/j.culher.2013.11.009
2025
Journal Article
Fit for purpose: culturally adequate housing
Greenop, Kelly (2025). Fit for purpose: culturally adequate housing. Architecture Australia, 14 (4), 52-54.
2025
Book Chapter
Storying in architecture design studio: Mirndiyan Gununa Art Centre
Go-Sam, Carroll and Greenop, Kelly (2025). Storying in architecture design studio: Mirndiyan Gununa Art Centre. Indigenising curriculum at The University of Queensland: a handbook. (pp. 1-16) edited by Tracey Bunda, Katelyn Barney, Levon Blue and Laura Deane. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2025
Journal Article
Digital reconstruction and representation of the Sino-Korean Tribute Routes using Geographic Information Systems
Gong, Liquan, Greenop, Kelly, Keys, Cathy and Landorf, Chris (2025). Digital reconstruction and representation of the Sino-Korean Tribute Routes using Geographic Information Systems. npj Heritage Science, 13 (1) 163. doi: 10.1038/s40494-025-01689-9
2025
Conference Publication
ATCH (Architecture, Theory, Culture, History) roundtable: the uses and abuses of history, then and now
Macarthur, John, Gosseye, Janina, Greenop, Kelly, Holden, Susan and de la Vega de León, Macarena (2025). ATCH (Architecture, Theory, Culture, History) roundtable: the uses and abuses of history, then and now. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: 40, Islands, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2 - 4 December 2024. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: SAHANZ. doi: 10.55939/a5442pxno1
2025
Book Chapter
Fisher, Deborah (1961–)
Greenop, Kelly (2025). Fisher, Deborah (1961–). Bloomsbury global encyclopedia of women in architecture 1960-2020. (pp. N/a-N/a) edited by Lori A. Brown and Karen Burns. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury. doi: 10.5040/9781350059757.604
2025
Book Chapter
Fantin, Shaneen (1971–)
Greenop, Kelly (2025). Fantin, Shaneen (1971–). Bloomsbury global encyclopedia of women in architecture 1960-2020. (pp. N/a-N/a) edited by Lori A. Brown and Karen Burns. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury. doi: 10.5040/9781350059757.603
2025
Book Chapter
Andresen, Brit (1945–)
Greenop, Kelly (2025). Andresen, Brit (1945–). Bloomsbury global encyclopedia of women in architecture 1960-2020. (pp. N/a-N/a) edited by Lori A. Brown and Karen Burns. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury. doi: 10.5040/9781350059757.584
2024
Journal Article
Designing for First Nations communities
Greenop, Kelly and Rousset, Isabel (2024). Designing for First Nations communities. Fabrications, 34 (3), 449-452. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2024.2514931
2024
Other Outputs
Gununa futures: a report on housing, energy and town design in Gununa, Mornington Island, Queensland
Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly, Marnane, Kali and Shaweesh, Maram (2024). Gununa futures: a report on housing, energy and town design in Gununa, Mornington Island, Queensland. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2024
Journal Article
Editorial
Greenop, Kelly (2024). Editorial. Fabrications, 34 (1), 1-3. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2024.2419166
2023
Other Outputs
The future of housing and urban design on Gununa
Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly, Marnane, Kali and Thomas, Roxanne (2023). The future of housing and urban design on Gununa.
2023
Journal Article
Housing adequacy in an informal built environment: case studies from Ahmedabad
Marnane, Kali and Greenop, Kelly (2023). Housing adequacy in an informal built environment: case studies from Ahmedabad. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 38 (3), 2059-2082. doi: 10.1007/s10901-023-10029-x
2023
Journal Article
33:1 editorial
Greenop, Kelly (2023). 33:1 editorial. Fabrications, 33 (1), 1-3. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2023.2247774
2023
Conference Publication
Building value: Assimilating environmental and cultural heritage frameworks
Holden, Susan, Paine, Ashley, Chaddock, Steven, Macarthur, John and Greenop, Kelly (2023). Building value: Assimilating environmental and cultural heritage frameworks. ICOMOS 21st General Assembly and Scientific Symposium: Heritage Changes, Sydney, NSW Australia, 31 August – 9 September 2023. Sydney, NSW Australia: ICOMOS International.
2022
Conference Publication
Archives and authorship: a case study on the impact of digital architectural collections
Paine, Ashley and Greenop, Kelly (2022). Archives and authorship: a case study on the impact of digital architectural collections. Building Data: Architecture, Memory and New Imaginaries, Delft and Rotterdam, Amsterdam, 23-24 November 2022. Rotterdam, Amsterdam: TU Delft and Het Nieuwe Instituut.
2022
Journal Article
Editorial
Greenop, Kelly (2022). Editorial. Fabrications, 32 (2), 1-3. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2022.2129115
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Kelly Greenop is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Preserving Cultural Heritage of Refugee Communities for Inclusive and Cohesive Communities: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees in Al-Balad, Amman¿s Historic Centre
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Susan Holden
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Doctor Philosophy
Representing Cultural Routes with Digital Technology: The Sino- Korean Tribute Routes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Catherine Keys
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Doctor Philosophy
Historical-ethnographic approaches to Participatory Design in Australian indigenous architecture
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Ms Carroll Go-Sam, Associate Professor Sally Babidge
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Doctor Philosophy
A Talanoa of Two Universities: Spatial Belonging of Moana Oceania students at the University of Queensland and the University of Auckland. A Trans-Tasman Case Study.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Ms Carroll Go-Sam
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
An 'anthropo-architectural approach' to integrated conservation: A case study of cultural heritage associated with the traditional Chinese roof tile industry.
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
An Architecture of Informality: The physical and social environment of two informal settlements in Ahmedabad, India
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Living Heritage and Place Revitalisation: A Study of Place Identity of Lili, a Rural Historic Canal Town in China
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Sustaining The Traditional Stilt House of Tujia Ethnicity in Southeast Chongqing, China
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Sandra Kaji-O'Grady
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Making Home in the Suburb: An Architectural Analysis of Everyday Life in the Australian Lebanese House
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke, Dr Silvia Micheli
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Pasifika Well-Being and Trans-Tasman Migration: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Samoan and Tongan Well-Being Perspectives and Experiences in Auckland and Brisbane
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Western, Professor Paul Memmott
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Kelly Greenop directly for media enquiries about:
- 3D laser scanning
- community architecture
- digital cultural heritage
- domestic practices
- heritage studies
- housing policy
- Indigenous architecture
- place attachment
- post occupancy evaluation
- social housing
- suburban culture
- suburban histories
- urban anthropology
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