Overview
Background
Dr Kelly Greenop is a senior lecturer within the School of Architecture and is affiliated with both the Architecture Criticism Theory History (ATCH) and Aboriginal Environments Research Centres (AERC) 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
- Dr 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
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2018
Book Chapter
Introduction
Grant, Elizabeth, Greenop, Kelly, Refiti, Albert L. and Glenn, Daniel J. (2018). Introduction. The handbook of contemporary indigenous architecture. (pp. 1-22) edited by Elizabeth Grant, Kelly Greenop, Albert L. Refiti and Daniel J. Glenn. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6904-8_1
2018
Book Chapter
Before architecture comes place, before place come people: contemporary Indigenous places in urban Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Greenop, Kelly (2018). Before architecture comes place, before place come people: contemporary Indigenous places in urban Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The handbook of contemporary indigenous architecture. (pp. 527-550) edited by Elizabeth Grant, Kelly Greenop, Albert L. Refiti and Daniel J. Glenn. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6904-8_20
2018
Edited Outputs
Proceedings of digital cultural heritage: FUTURE VISIONS
Kelly Greenop and Chris Landorf eds. (2018). Proceedings of digital cultural heritage: FUTURE VISIONS. digital cultural heritage: FUTURE VISIONS, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, 19-21 April 2017. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Architecture Theory Criticism History Research Centre, School of Architecture, The University of Queensland.
2018
Book Chapter
Affirming and reaffirming Indigenous presence: contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, public and institutional architecture in Australia
Grant, Elizabeth and Greenop, Kelly (2018). Affirming and reaffirming Indigenous presence: contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, public and institutional architecture in Australia. The handbook of contemporary indigenous architecture. (pp. 57-105) edited by Elizabeth Grant, Kelly Greenop, Albert L. Refiti and Daniel J. Glenn. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6904-8_3
2017
Journal Article
Women to the front
Greenop, Kelly (2017). Women to the front. Architecture Australia, 106 (4), 65-66.
2017
Other Outputs
Housing for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges: Assessing the Wesley Mission Queensland supportive housing model at Clear Breeze Apartments, Brisbane
Cheshire, L., Shevellar, L., Cox, L. and Greenop, K. (2017). Housing for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges: Assessing the Wesley Mission Queensland supportive housing model at Clear Breeze Apartments, Brisbane.
2017
Other Outputs
Recording the former penal settlement of St Helena Island. A digital and historical documentation
Greenop, Kelly, Marijuan-Rodriguez, Carlota, Darr, Jonus, Barton, Justin, Roberts, Jonathan, Cuffe, Lachlan, Godfrey, Ben and Evangelista, Sean (2017). Recording the former penal settlement of St Helena Island. A digital and historical documentation. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.364
2017
Journal Article
Understanding housing precarity: more than access to a shelter, housing is essential for a decent life
Greenop, Kelly (2017). Understanding housing precarity: more than access to a shelter, housing is essential for a decent life. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, 7 (4), 489-495. doi: 10.1080/23269995.2017.1393788
2017
Other Outputs
Recording Fort Lytton. A digital and historical documentation
Greenop, Kelly, Rodriguez, Carlota Marijuan, Darr, Jonus , Yau, Eric , Sou, Stephen and Chan, Jacky Tsz Wai (2017). Recording Fort Lytton. A digital and historical documentation. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.371
2017
Other Outputs
Recording Peel Island. A digital and historical documentation
Greenop, Kelly, Marijuan-Rodriquez, Carlota, Darr, Jonus, Juckes, Emily, Riddel, Dr Robert, Jarzab, Zbigniew, Sidonio, Luis, Lee, Melissa , Zhang, Simon , Thompson, Daniel , Sou, Ka Meng Steven, Chan, Tsz Wai Jacky, Ching, Wayne Tsun Yin , Feng, Wei-Hsuan Joe, Man, Merrick , Ou, Yu-Hung Johnny , Yau, Eric Kai Chun , Chan, Raymond Pak Kwan , Landorf, Chris , Chan, Yi-Lo Bonnie , Zhao, Xiaoxin , Yin, Max, Lamb, Timothy , Guan, Toni Jingwen and Roberts, Jonathan (2017). Recording Peel Island. A digital and historical documentation. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.361
2016
Journal Article
Reporting from the (Australian) front: housing in extremis
Stead, Naomi and Greenop, Kelly (2016). Reporting from the (Australian) front: housing in extremis. Architecture Australia, 105 (5), 30-32.
2016
Other Outputs
Housing for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges: Assessing the Mantle Apartments model. Interim report
Cheshire, L., Cox, L., Greenop, K., Shevellar, L. and Stead, N. (2016). Housing for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges: Assessing the Mantle Apartments model. Interim report.
2016
Journal Article
King George Square's Citizens: social media and the intangible cultural heritage of a Brisbane icon
Greenop, Kelly, Juckes, Emily and Landorf, Chris (2016). King George Square's Citizens: social media and the intangible cultural heritage of a Brisbane icon. Historic Environment, 28 (2), 26-43.
2016
Book Chapter
We are good-hearted people, we like to share: definitional dilemmas of crowding and homelessness in urban indigenous Australia
Greenop, Kelly and Memmott, Paul (2016). We are good-hearted people, we like to share: definitional dilemmas of crowding and homelessness in urban indigenous Australia. Indigenous Homelessness: Perspectives from Canada, Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 270-299) edited by Evelyn J. Peters and Julia Christensen. Winnipeg, Canada: University of Manitoba Press.
2016
Conference Publication
Enabling rapid field deployments using modular mobility units
Cordie, Troy, Bandyopadhyay, Tirthankar, Roberts, Jonathan, Steindl, Ryan, Dungavell, Ross and Greenop, Kelly (2016). Enabling rapid field deployments using modular mobility units. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016, ACRA 2016, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 5-7 December 2016. Australasian Robotics and Automation Association.
2016
Conference Publication
A preliminary investigation of the rammed earth houses in a vernacular village in China
Zhao, Xiaoxin and Greenop, Kelly (2016). A preliminary investigation of the rammed earth houses in a vernacular village in China. 50th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 7-9 December 2016. Adelaide, Australia: The Architectural Science Association and The University of Adelaide.
2015
Journal Article
Identifying ‘place’ in place branding: core and periphery in Brisbane’s ‘‘New World City’’
Greenop, Kelly and Darchen, Sebastien (2015). Identifying ‘place’ in place branding: core and periphery in Brisbane’s ‘‘New World City’’. GeoJournal, 81 (3), 379-394. doi: 10.1007/s10708-015-9625-7
2015
Conference Publication
Re-evaluating the Australian dream: narratives of high-rise living in Torbreck
van der Plaat, Deborah, Holden, Susan, Stead, Naomi and Greenop, Kelly (2015). Re-evaluating the Australian dream: narratives of high-rise living in Torbreck. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 7-10 July 2015. Sydney, NSW, Australia: SAHANZ.
2015
Conference Publication
Collaborating for heritage at the cutting edge of technology: 3d laser scanning cultural heritage sites in Queensland
Greenop, Kelly (2015). Collaborating for heritage at the cutting edge of technology: 3d laser scanning cultural heritage sites in Queensland. International Conference and Exhibition of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-3 October 2015. Christchurch, New Zealand: Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia (AASA).
2015
Book Chapter
History receding: the complicity of Australian architecture in colonisation and beyond
Greenop, Kelly (2015). History receding: the complicity of Australian architecture in colonisation and beyond. Courting Blakness: Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University. (pp. 32-39) edited by Fiona Foley, Louise Martin-Chew and Fiona Nicoll. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Kelly Greenop is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Embedding culture into architectural designs: an analysis of architecture, Indigenous storytelling, and Indigenous design principles across education and healthcare sectors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke
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Doctor Philosophy
Historic Urban Landscape as an Effective Model for Achieving Sustainable Heritage Management: The Case of Al-Balad Historic Centre of Amman
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Susan Holden
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Doctor Philosophy
Space Matters. A sense of belonging through the power of space in university for students from low socioeconomic (low SES) background in Australia and New Zealand
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Liz Mackinlay, Ms Carroll Go-Sam
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Doctor Philosophy
The protection and management of cultural heritage routes using digital technology with specific reference to the Sino-Korean Diplomatic Culture Route
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
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
Other advisors: Dr Chen Yang
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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 Dr 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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