Jodie Kell

Jodie Kell is a PhD candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her research focuses on the dynamics of gender in popular music. As part of her PhD, she collaborates with the members of the Ripple Effect Band, a First Nation’s all-women’s rock band from Maningrida in the Northern Territory. As lead guitarist, Jodie has performed with the band across Australia and her research aims to draw out the ways in which the band uses contemporary music practice to express cultural knowledge and negotiate agency as women. Jodie works as a Senior Research Officer in the Sydney Office of PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures where she co-produces the podcast, Toksave: Culture Talks, a series of interviews with people from across the Pacific who have personal and cultural connections with the archive.