Research Strengths
The School of Culture and Communications conducts research into a wide range of cultural and social practices, cultural policy, and most forms of cultural production, including mass media and digital media, visual art, literature, social documentation, film, theatre, television and public events. It directs its research towards both contemporary issues and practices, and historical archives. The School is committed to Australian-based research, research about our region (the Asia-Pacific), and research that is comparative, transnational and/or global in orientation.
Research is directed towards four key strengths that provide the umbrella for eleven broad themes, each relating to the different programs in the School. These key strengths reflect research orientations and concentrations among the staff. Each area has a successful record of academic publication, research training, the attainment of significant grants and funding, and the promotion of knowledge transfer to relevant community bodies and policy-makers. The four research strengths are:
Creative Communication
- Creative Writing
- Publishing
- Journalism and Professional Writing
Professional Cultural Practice and Policy
- Cultural Management
- Art Curatorship
Cultural Histories and Poetics
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Literature, Culture and Society
- Cultural Studies and Cultural History
- Art History, Criticism and Theory
- Australian Indigenous Studies
Media Futures
- Screen studies, Television studies and Digital Media
- Media and Communications