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Jen Webb is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice at the University of Canberra. She was the inaugural director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research (2013 to 2019), and remains a core member of that Centre; and was Dean, Graduate Research Office, from 2019 to 2023.
Her main research interest is the relationship between what Pierre Bourdieu termed 'the field of cultural production'—the broad sphere of creative practice—and the social domain, including the political and sociocultural, the practical and the economic, the local and the global. Her current major projects investigate aspects of creativity, and creative production, and the creative producer, and she has been supported in this by several ARC Discovery projects. Her focus is now primarily on arts/health intersections.
Academics working in the creative field typically have their own creative practice, and Jen's works include lyric and prose poetry, short fictions, and artist books. She is the holder of the inaugural ACT Poet of the Year Award, as well as many other literary awards. She was the ACT editor for the Australian Book Review's States of Poetry mini-anthologies (2015–2017), chair of the NSW Premier's Literary Award (Kenneth Slessor Award for Poetry, 2017–2018), and is co-editor of the Australasian Association of Writing Program's literary journal, Meniscus, and of the scholarly journal Axon: Creative Explorations.
Jen's recent works include the scholarly volumes Gender and the Creative Labour Market (with Scott Brook et al., Palgrave 2022); Art and Human Rights: Contemporary Asian Contexts (with Caroline Turner; Manchester UP, 2016); Researching Creative Writing (Frontinus, 2015); and the Oxford University Press bibliography entry for Pierre Bourdieu (2017). Her recent volumes of poetry include The Daily News (Recent Work Press 2024, shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year 2025); Moving Targets (RWP 2018); and Stolen Stories, Borrowed Lines (Mark Time Press, 2015).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Master of Research Management and Commercialisation, Queensland University of Technology
Award Date: 23 Jul 2014
PhD, Preparing a Labyrinth: doctor of creative arts, University of Technology Sydney
Award Date: 29 Sept 2008
PhD, Artistic production in the Central Queensland region: politics and practice, Central Queensland University
Award Date: 27 Jun 1998
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ARRTS: DA 24-28 Defence ARRTS 24-28
EATON, T. (CI), MAGEE, P. (CoI), BULLOCK, O. (CoI), Drayton, I. (CoI), CLARKE, D. (CoI), PHILLIPS, E. (CoI), WILLIAMS, K. (CoI) & WEBB, J. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Other
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Australian Writing Programs Network (AWPN)
WEBB, J. (CI), BATTYE, G. (CoI), Brien, D. L. (CoI) & Bruns, A. (CoI)
10/11/06 → …
Project: Research
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2023 ACT Play Symposium - Winter Innovation Festival
HOPE, C. (CI), WEBB, J. (CoI), THWAITES, D. (CoI) & HINTON, E. (CoI)
18/07/23 → 16/08/23
Project: Research
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ACT Play Symposium 2023 SLA
HOPE, C. (CI), WEBB, J. (CoI), THWAITES, D. (CoI) & HINTON, E. (CoI)
19/05/23 → 18/09/23
Project: Research
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Editorial: Writing from the Fringes
WEBB, J. (Editor), Williams, K. (Editor) & Herbert-Goodall, E. (Editor), 2025, In: TEXT: JOURNAL OF WRITING AND WRITING COURSES. 29, SpIss 74, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Fringe dwelling in autobiographical memory: Writers' perspectives
Prendergast, J., Hecq, D., Michael, R., Munoz, G., van Loon, J. & WEBB, J., 2025, In: TEXT: JOURNAL OF WRITING AND WRITING COURSES. 29, Special 74, p. 1-24 24 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GLOBALISATION, IDENTITY AND TRANSCULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE ART OF JOHN YOUNG
Turner, C. & WEBB, J., 1 Feb 2025, John Young: The History Projects. Krischer, O. (ed.). Sydney: Power Publishing, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Other chapter contribution › peer-review
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Hearing the bones of language: review of David Musgrave's Mishearing
WEBB, J., Apr 2025, In: TEXT: JOURNAL OF WRITING AND WRITING COURSES. 29, 1, p. 1-4 4 p., 5 of review section.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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In We Do Not Part, Han Kang faces unbearable historical traumas with sorrow and compassion
WEBB, J., 25 Feb 2025, The Conversation, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Bulletin › Book/Film/Article review
Open Access
Activities
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Editing in the Academic Setting
WEBB, J. (Speaker)
29 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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National Folk Festival
WEBB, J. (Participant)
17 Apr 2025 → 21 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Programs (Journal)
WEBB, J. (Editor), Herbert-Goodall, E. (Editor) & WILLIAMS, K. (Editor)
Apr 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Cobargo Folk Festival
WEBB, J. (Participant)
1 Mar 2025 → 2 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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The expanding role of art/cultural practice for health and well-being
WEBB, J. (Speaker)
26 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk