Constructing Communities on Country: Building the Olkola Knowledge Centre

该项目研究在偏远的土著家园上建设的新方法，以促进国家在文化、环境和经济上可持续的生计。为此，将与约克角的奥尔科拉人合作，对“文化知识中心”进行第一次建设和使用分析。预期的项目成果结合了参与式设计和适当的技术理论，包括更好地理解如何利用可持续的材料技术和自我建设做法来提供有意义的当地经济成果。重大的研究效益包括有效和经济上可持续的建设方式，以支持土著人民在乡村生活。

This project researches new ways of building on remote Indigenous homelands that contribute to culturally, environmentally and economically sustainable livelihoods on Country. This will be done by conducting the first construction and use analysis of a ‘Cultural Knowledge Centre’ in partnership with the Olkola People on their Cape York homeland. Combining participatory design and appropriate technology theories, expected project outcomes include enhanced understandings of how sustainable material technologies and self-building practices can be harnessed to deliver meaningful local economic outcomes. Significant research benefits include effective and economically sustainable ways building can support Indigenous peoples to live on Country.