Swayn Open Research

The Alastair Swayn Foundation is committed to information sharing and transparency of the research it funds. We believe that research supported by the Foundation should be made discoverable and readily accessible online. The Swayn Open Research repository provides a place for researchers to promptly have their findings published on an open access basis, to benefit the architecture and design community.

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Strategic Grant Tim Fulton Strategic Grant Tim Fulton

Mirndiyan Gununa: an embedded case study of workplace dynamics of a remote Indigenous Art Centre

The case study report collates preliminary and baseline data investigating the work and workplace dynamics of a Far North Queensland IAC, Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation (aka MIArt), Mornington Island, as an embedded case study. The report presents the key outputs of the study and provides an overview of the IAC and its context to provide an historical and cultural overview.

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Strategic Grant Tim Fulton Strategic Grant Tim Fulton

Papulu-Ku Nyinjjiki (Seeing Houses): Health and Housing in the Northern Territory

Papulu-ku Nyinjjiki (seeing houses) exhibition set out to document the harsh realities of remote indigenous housing in the Northern Territory. It was about telling the story of Tennant Creek through housing injustice and art—revealing these lived realities to the broader public. The exhibition was also about meaningful engagement and collaboration; celebrating the homes at Emu Springs and the establishment of Wilya Janta housing collaboration.

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Master Research Grant Tim Fulton Master Research Grant Tim Fulton

Built Forms on Ngunnawal Country: Investigation and Adaptation

Traditionally, throughout white Australian history, the built environment has been used as a tool for colonisation. From the first colonials on Australian soil to modern day Australia, the built environment has been expanding its territory, resulting in the continued displacement, and forced assimilation of First Nations people in Western cultures.

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