NAIDOC Week Seminar | Deadly Research with the Northern Institute

This coming NAIDOC Week, Northern Institute in collaboration with Library and Archives NT, will highlight four impactful researchers and their projects that centre on Indigenous knowledge, voices, and innovation.

From examining how settler-colonial narratives continue to shape perceptions of northern Australia, to amplifying the experiences of Indigenous women in the NT mining industry, this work challenges systems of exclusion and inequity.

It also showcases how Indigenous Knowledge Systems are transforming education through culturally grounded, Indigenous-led research and leadership. Alongside this, innovative digital projects are using AI and game design to preserve and share Aboriginal knowledge, empowering communities to tell their own stories.

Program:

Time	Title	Presenters
10:00 am	Welcome to Country	Sage RJ Birdimba Lee
10:15 am	Trapped in a strategic imaginary: How Australian settler-colonial narratives shape strategic thinking in northern Australia	Christian Miller-Sabbioni
10:45 am	Unearthed: Indigenous Women's Experiences Working in NT Mining	Dr Jodi Cowdery
11:15 am	Break and Morning Tea compliments of Northern Instiute
11:45 am	Disrupting the Axis: A Warumungu Luritja Standpoint on Educational System Reform	Associate Professor Tracy Woodroffe
12:15 pm	Technology for Storytelling	Dr Cat Kutay
1:00 pm	Close
	Post Event Activity: Indigenous Video game + Feedback from First Nations Players	Dr Cat Kutay

Date: Thursday 9 July 2026

Time: 10am to 1pm

Location: Library & Archives NT, Level 2, Danala, 54 Cavanagh Street, Darwin City

This is a free event however bookings are essential.

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NAIDOC Week Seminar | Deadly Research with the Northern Institute

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