Working Close to Harm - Keynote Address

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Working Close to Harm Symposium - Keynote address - Livestream

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Researching violence across violent institutions

Researching family violence and technology facilitated violence has taught me that violence is not confined to the experiences we document. It also exists within the institutions that shape research. Drawing on my own experiences as an Aboriginal scholar, this talk reflects on navigating research funding, ethics review, publishing, media attention and institutional expectations while working in politically contested fields. Rather than treating these as isolated professional challenges, I consider how they reveal broader patterns of epistemic and institutional violence that influence whose knowledge is recognised, whose expertise is trusted and whose research is supported.
 
Keynote Speaker: 
Professor Bronwyn Carlson is a Distinguished Professor of Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University, where she is Head of the Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of the Global Indigenous Futures Research Centre. She is also Deputy Director (Indigenous) of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Bronwyn’s research examines Indigenous identities, racism, family violence, technology facilitated violence, artificial intelligence, Indigenous data sovereignty and digital governance. Her work explores how institutions, technologies and systems of power shape the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with a particular focus on Indigenous rights, governance and justice. She works closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to produce research that informs public debate, policy and institutional reform.

This event is supported by the Thriving@Flinders 2026 Campus Activation Initiative.
For further information, please contact A/Prof Claire Henry: claire.henry@flinders.edu.au.

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