Profiles And Contributions To This Article
Art centres supporting our Elders – ‘old people, that’s where our strength comes from’ – results from a national survey of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled art centres
qualifications: BSW, Grad Dip, PhD Candidate
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Research Fellow
Paulene is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work At Charles Darwin University, based at the Mparntwe, Alice Springs Campus. Prior to her appointment at CDU, Paulene was a Research Fellow and project manager at the National Ageing Research Institute from 2012 -2022. Paulene has a background in anthropology and social work and has worked as a social worker with older people in a range of urban, regional and remote settings across Australia. Her research interests include generating knowledge that is responsive to the expressed needs of older people, their families and communities. In recent years, Paulene has coordinated the development of a collaborative program of research that is exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Art Centres support their Elders to remain strong and connected. She is currently completing her PhD at RMIT with the support of a scholarship from the Dementia Australia Research Fund. Her PhD is exploring relational methodologies with three Aboriginal controlled art centres.
qualifications: BA (Hons)
contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Research Officer
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Research Fellow
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Research Fellow
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Director
qualifications: Cert IV in Aged Care
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Researcher/Project Officer
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Associate Professor
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Manager
Chrischona is the manager at Ikuntji Artists, a not-for-profit Indigenous art centre in Haasts Bluff, 230km west of Alice Springs. Her doctoral research focused on the history of the Utopia art movement and the art market. Chrischona's research results from her role as art centre manager.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Director of Clinical Gerontology
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Director
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