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Email

samuel.curkpatrick@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Education
Masters (Research)
University of Divinity
Graduate Diploma
University of Divinity
Doctorate
The Australian National University
Doctorate
The Australian National University
ORCID

0000-0002-9671-1856

Dr Samuel Curkpatrick

McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

68 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Connecting Young and Old: Building Cultural Leadership Through Didjeridu in the Roper Gulf
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Understanding Habituated Values Within Australian Indigenous Song and Knowledge Traditions
  • 2025

    Internal Research Grant

    Understanding Habituated Values Within Australian Indigenous Song and Knowledge Traditions
  • 2025

    Book

    Critical Irony, Renewed: Engaging Faith and Culture with Terry Eagleton
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-08151-3
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Symbolic Cohesion and Interpretive Freedom: Embodying Unity in Diversity through Warlpiri ngurra-kurlu and Indonesian Pancasila
    DOI: 10.1558/jasr.26695
  • 2024

    Journal article

    The Wind is Always Blowing: Generative Crosscurrents of Ethnographic Dialogue in Australia
    DOI: 10.1002/ocea.5392
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Metaphor, Reciprocity and the Ethics of Indigenous Knowing
Samuel Curkpatrick

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    The lady with the lamp: Becoming a reliable interpreter of Indigenous knowledge
    DOI: 10.26188/33117572
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Indigenous knowledge as interpretive practice: gotong royong and religious pluralism in contemporary Indonesia
    DOI: 10.37839/mar2652-550x25.18
  • 2026

    Journal article

    INTRODUCTION: From appreciation to enjoyment - Varieties of Indigenous knowledge in Asia
    DOI: 10.37839/mar2652-550x25.6
  • 2026

    Report

    Developing and Adopting Indigenous Data Governance Frameworks: A report of the Indigenous Data Network Roundtable 2024
    DOI: 10.26188/31360507
  • 2026

    Report

    Improving Indigenous Data Capabilities in Indigenous Organisations: A report of the Indigenous Data Network Roundtable 2022
    DOI: 10.26188/31360348
  • 2026

    Journal article

    From Unknown to Known: Wantarri (Gift) and Interpretive Responsiveness across Warlpiri and Indonesian Contexts
    DOI: 10.2478/colloquium-2026-0006
  • 2025

    Media

    'Raki,' Celebrating the Virtue of Aboriginal Ceremonial Music
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri Song Cycle
    DOI: 10.1080/08145857.2025.2521763

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