Gretchen Stolte
Biographic Data
| ID | 112358 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gretchen Stolte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gretchen |
| FAMILY NAME | Stolte |
| SIGNATURE | STOLTE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4092-7105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Whispers from the Archives
This article explores the barriers to reclaiming and preserving Indigenous narratives in historic archives, focusing on the narrative case study of an Aboriginal woman (here a Kuruma woman, Sarah) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia (ca.1880-ca.1950). Barriers obstructed identification of, and access to, materials in archival collections, highlighting persistent challenges faced by researchers and Aboriginal community members. These incl…
Craft as Pedagogy
For the past 10 years, I have been conducting public crafting workshops targeting different social demographics and employing a range of crafting mediums. Recently, I have brought these workshop structures into the university classroom as a way of highlighting how practice-based methodologies can be added to the anthropology toolkit. Using Camille Nahkid’s (ed) groundbreaking concept of de-mythologising (2023), this paper explores why adding craf…
Beading wáwya
In November of 2022, I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. After 26 years in remission, radiation treatments from my first cancer caused another one. In the months that followed my diagnosis, I gained a greater personal insight into both the medical field—their successes and shortcomings—and the power of creative processes to help a battered soul mitigate the pains and difficulties of chemotherapy, side effects, secondary infe…
Kitkińike of recognition
This project explores bibliographies as cultural landscapes. Taking the Nez Perce term kitkińike (in the direction of) as a gesture that offers new theoretical grounds for considering the categorical power of bibliographies, I argue that bibliographies are more than just sources cited at the end of a publication. A dynamic and interactive interface performatively animates an existing list of texts about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultu…
Consultation is the new C-word
The neoliberal turn has had significant impacts across Australian universities and First Nations communities, especially since the emergence of the global pandemic. These developments have highlighted the inherent flaws of the consultation process in developing programs and policies. Here, the weaknesses of the consultation process are analyzed using an anti-politics framework together with two comparative case studies. The first case study conce…
Exploring First Nations Representation in the New Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip
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The legacy of Queensland Aboriginal Creations and contemporary artefact production
Queensland Aboriginal Creations, or QAC, was the marketing arm for Queensland's Department of Native Affairs, officially launched in 1959 and continuing until 1995. The decades in between are fascinating studies of material culture production, government policy intervention, First Nation agency and innovation and, ultimately, the continuation of cultural traditions and knowledges that span tens of thousands of years. The Department of Native Affa…
Heart of the Monster
This article presents a case study exploring a form of Indigenous knowledge, arguing that the concept comprises a multiplicity of knowledges, locally constructed in forms of First Nations identities. This article is demonstrably different in its narrative approach because it is not just about the form of Indigenous knowledge I am presenting. I want to put forward a more radical form of knowledge presentation through the personal in order to illus…
Developing approaches for understanding Indigenous Australian glass bead use during the contact period
Research into Indigenous bead use in Australia has emphasised the use of organic materials, such as seeds, reeds, bone and shell, in contrast to recently introduced beads made from glass. Indigenous collections housed at both Australian and international institutions, however, contain material culture that incorporates glass beads, such as chokers, necklaces and biting bags, in addition to both archaeological finds and ethnographic photos that il…
The Functioning of Indigenous Cultural Protocols in Australia's Contemporary Art World
In recent decades, cultural protocols have emerged as a non-judicial alternative to the inadequate legal protection of Indigenous cultural heritage. They are meant to protect Indigenous peoples from the misappropriation of their heritage by outsiders and enhance Indigenous peoples' control over their own domain. This article examines the functioning of Indigenous cultural protocols within Australia's contemporary art world. As we will demonstrate…
Consultation is the new C-word
The neoliberal turn has had significant impacts across Australian universities and First Nations communities, especially since the emergence of the global pandemic. These developments have highlighted the inherent flaws of the consultation process in developing programs and policies. Here, the weaknesses of the consultation process are analyzed using an anti-politics framework together with two comparative case studies. The first case study conce…
Heart of the Monster
This article presents a case study exploring a form of Indigenous knowledge, arguing that the concept comprises a multiplicity of knowledges, locally constructed in forms of First Nations identities. This article is demonstrably different in its narrative approach because it is not just about the form of Indigenous knowledge I am presenting. I want to put forward a more radical form of knowledge presentation through the personal in order to illus…
The Functioning of Indigenous Cultural Protocols in Australia's Contemporary Art World
In recent decades, cultural protocols have emerged as a non-judicial alternative to the inadequate legal protection of Indigenous cultural heritage. They are meant to protect Indigenous peoples from the misappropriation of their heritage by outsiders and enhance Indigenous peoples' control over their own domain. This article examines the functioning of Indigenous cultural protocols within Australia's contemporary art world. As we will demonstrate…
Developing approaches for understanding Indigenous Australian glass bead use during the contact period
Research into Indigenous bead use in Australia has emphasised the use of organic materials, such as seeds, reeds, bone and shell, in contrast to recently introduced beads made from glass. Indigenous collections housed at both Australian and international institutions, however, contain material culture that incorporates glass beads, such as chokers, necklaces and biting bags, in addition to both archaeological finds and ethnographic photos that il…
Heart of the Monster
This article presents a case study exploring a form of Indigenous knowledge, arguing that the concept comprises a multiplicity of knowledges, locally constructed in forms of First Nations identities. This article is demonstrably different in its narrative approach because it is not just about the form of Indigenous knowledge I am presenting. I want to put forward a more radical form of knowledge presentation through the personal in order to illus…
Exploring First Nations Representation in the New Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
The legacy of Queensland Aboriginal Creations and contemporary artefact production
Queensland Aboriginal Creations, or QAC, was the marketing arm for Queensland's Department of Native Affairs, officially launched in 1959 and continuing until 1995. The decades in between are fascinating studies of material culture production, government policy intervention, First Nation agency and innovation and, ultimately, the continuation of cultural traditions and knowledges that span tens of thousands of years. The Department of Native Affa…
Consultation is the new C-word
The neoliberal turn has had significant impacts across Australian universities and First Nations communities, especially since the emergence of the global pandemic. These developments have highlighted the inherent flaws of the consultation process in developing programs and policies. Here, the weaknesses of the consultation process are analyzed using an anti-politics framework together with two comparative case studies. The first case study conce…
Kitkińike of recognition
This project explores bibliographies as cultural landscapes. Taking the Nez Perce term kitkińike (in the direction of) as a gesture that offers new theoretical grounds for considering the categorical power of bibliographies, I argue that bibliographies are more than just sources cited at the end of a publication. A dynamic and interactive interface performatively animates an existing list of texts about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultu…
Beading wáwya
In November of 2022, I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. After 26 years in remission, radiation treatments from my first cancer caused another one. In the months that followed my diagnosis, I gained a greater personal insight into both the medical field—their successes and shortcomings—and the power of creative processes to help a battered soul mitigate the pains and difficulties of chemotherapy, side effects, secondary infe…
Whispers from the Archives
This article explores the barriers to reclaiming and preserving Indigenous narratives in historic archives, focusing on the narrative case study of an Aboriginal woman (here a Kuruma woman, Sarah) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia (ca.1880-ca.1950). Barriers obstructed identification of, and access to, materials in archival collections, highlighting persistent challenges faced by researchers and Aboriginal community members. These incl…
Craft as Pedagogy
For the past 10 years, I have been conducting public crafting workshops targeting different social demographics and employing a range of crafting mediums. Recently, I have brought these workshop structures into the university classroom as a way of highlighting how practice-based methodologies can be added to the anthropology toolkit. Using Camille Nahkid’s (ed) groundbreaking concept of de-mythologising (2023), this paper explores why adding craf…
History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (3 works)