Rate My Professor Julie Collins

Collins' research in Environmental Humanities examines the arts' role in well-being for people and environments, community development, theatre for conflict resolution, and bodily praxis for peace and belonging, with emphasis on Indigenous arts, resilience, health, and traditional ecological knowledge. Key publications are "Indigenous Representation at the Eurovision Song Contest: A Quintessentially Australian Identity" (2019), "Innovation: Creativity as a Renewable Resource for the Eco-City" (2018), "Reconciliation in Australia? Dreaming Beyond the Cult of Forgetfulness" (2018), and "Monitored Lives: Writing Indigenous Land Management and the State (Part Two)" (2001). She co-wrote, directed, and performed in "Trucked Off," a truth-telling project on decolonising history with Lorina Barker since 2017, researched the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial as reconciliation ritual, and works as a Teaching Artist for Sydney Theatre Company enhancing Ezidi refugee literacy through drama. Additional projects include Vaudeville Ecodrama (2016), Silver City Songlines (2012-2013), and "Mubali Yinaar Yarnup" video (2015).