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Jilda Andrews is a Yuwaalaraay cultural practitioner and museum ethnographer based in Canberra, Australia. She draws on heritage to recognize the cultural ecologies surrounding objects in museum collections. Her focus is on material culture and the cultural worlds that continue to challenge and redefine custodianship, highlighting the importance of preserving objects while actively maintaining connections within cultural material dynamic systems. Her research expertise lies in ethnographic collections of Australian origins, specifically regarding the exhibition display of these collections within museum contexts and the ongoing relationships and exchange with Indigenous source communities for repatriation. Jilda has extensive experience working on exhibition display, environmental Indigenous histories from Australian and global perspectives, and employs techniques such as public exhibition display, autoethnography, and Indigenous philosophical concepts. She emphasizes the importance of relationality, ecological thinking, and cyclical time in contemporary museum practice. Furthermore, she is increasingly engaging with frameworks that support Indigenous futures, utilizing a suite of tools to activate and apply her research in service of cultural continuities and strong cultural futures.
Australian National University • Canberra, Australia
Conduct research on ethnographic collections and their impact on Indigenous communities, focusing on exhibition practices and repatriation.
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