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Clint Bracknell is a Noongar song-maker, composer, and Professor of Music at the University of Western Australia. He investigates connections between song, language, and landscapes while working on projects to improve Indigenous community access to cultural heritage collections. Clint received the 2020 Barrett Award for Australian Studies and has co-translated world-first Indigenous language works in film and theatre. He serves as Deputy Chair of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Council and maintains a significant creative research agenda, leading development of the Mayakeniny Noongar performance resource and releasing music under the name Maatakitj. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University
  • 2023–present
    Professor, University of Western Australia
  • 2022–2023
    Professor, University of Queensland
  • 2014–2018
    Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
  • 2010–2014
    Lecturer, University of Western Australia

Education

  • 2016 
    University of Western Australia, PhD (Music)
  • 2005 
    Edith Cowan University, Graduate Diploma of Education
  • 2001 
    Murdoch University, Bachelor of Arts