Personal profile
Biography
I am a Jerrinja woman from the South Coast of NSW. Currently, I am the First Nations Australian Research Fellow with the Centre of creative and Cultural Research. My research centres around storying and the UC FAD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Artefact Teaching Collection through the First Nations Collaborative Research Web. I teach through the Indigenous Studies minor.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Community Heritage Grant - Conservation treatment of at-risk works in the FAD Indigenous Art and Artefact Collection
Abdul Hakim Bin Abdul Rahim, H. A. R. (CI) & SOMERVILLE, W. (CI)
3/11/22 → 2/11/23
Project: Research
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Connecting Our Stories: Writing an Indigenous Studies Textbook
SOMERVILLE, W., VAN DEN HEUVEL, A., Fraser, D., FULLER, L. & Stapp-Gaunt, A., 1 Jan 2025, Alternative Economies of Heritage: Sustainable, Anti-Colonial and Creative Approaches to Cultural Inheritance. Thwaites, D., Turner, B. & Ireland, T. (eds.). 1 ed. United Kingdom: Routledge, p. 63-71 9 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Exploring Decolonizing Methods in Place-Based Research: Weaving Together Archival Research, Yarning, and Walking With Audiovisual Recordings
Somerville, W. & Turner, B., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonising Research Methods. United Kingdom: SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Other chapter contribution › peer-review
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Complex Care: Storying Country and Place with Creativity and Respect
Harrison, A., Turner, B., Somerville, W. & Brown, S., Mar 2023, Difficult Conversations. Frederick, U., Harrison, A., Ireland, T. & Magee, P. (eds.). United Kingdom: British Council, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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"Kind regards": negotiating connection to Country and place through collective storying: negotiating connection to Country and place through collective storying
Somerville, W., Mckenzie, V., FULLER, L., Naomi Joy, N. J., Harrison, A., Isaacs-Guthridge, R. & Turner, B., 11 Sept 2023, In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education. 39, 3, p. 336-348 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decolonizing research: Collaborating with indigenist, posthuman, and new materialist perspectives
Somerville, W., Turner, B. & Markulin, K., 14 May 2022, Handbook of Social Inclusion : Research and Practices in Health and Social Sciences. Liamputtong, P. (ed.). 1 ed. Netherlands: Springer, Vol. 1. p. 475-492 18 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
Prizes
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ECU CPPP Director’s Award for Citational Justice
SOMERVILLE, W. (Recipient), Isaacs-Guthridge, R. (Recipient), Arnold, C. (Recipient), van den Heuvel, A. (Recipient), FULLER, L. (Recipient), TURNER, B. (Recipient), McKenzie, V. (Recipient) & Joy Godden , N. (Recipient), 7 Oct 2025
Prize: Other distinction
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Outstanding Team Achievement in Research or Enterprise
VAN DEN HEUVEL, A. (Recipient), SOMERVILLE, W. (Recipient), FULLER, L. (Recipient), Fraser , D. (Recipient) & Stapp-Gaunt, A. (Recipient), 2024
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UC Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
Harrison, A. (Recipient), Somerville, W. (Recipient), Goudie, S. (Recipient), Crawford, J. (Recipient), Collis, P. (Recipient), Byrnand, S. (Recipient) & Applebee, W. (Recipient), 2020
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