Seeing Jigamy; using an arts-based method to explore the meaning of place for an aboriginal community controlled organisation on the South Coast of NSW

Authors

Kathleen Clapham, University of Wollongong
Kate Senior, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Marlene Longbottom, James Cook University
Valerie Harwood, The University of Sydney
Bronwyn Fredericks, The University of Queensland
Dawn Bessarab, The University of Western Australia
Peter Kelly, University of Wollongong
Bronte Haynes, University of Wollongong
Fiona Sheppeard, University of Wollongong
Kaitlen Wellington, University of Wollongong

Publication Name

Wellbeing, Space and Society

Abstract

The relationship between health and place is often difficult to articulate. This paper explores the use of community mapping to understand the meaning of place for members of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation on the South Coast of NSW. The paper demonstrates that engagement in this arts-based method allows people to think deeply about place to construct a multilayered visual narrative which encompasses history, current experience, and future hopes and in doing so contributes to a critical understanding of place.

Open Access Status

This publication may be available as open access

Volume

6

Article Number

100191

Funding Number

IN190100026

Funding Sponsor

Australian Research Council