Quality Education

From 21 November 2024 – 15 March 2025, the exhibition ‘Yuriyal Bridgeman: yubilong(mi)bilongyu’ was held at Griffith University Art Museum (GUAM). Bridgeman’s work is deeply anchored in the traditional cultural practices of his Papua New Guinean community while also bringing incisive perspectives to the context of contemporary art. His practice… Read More

From 6 June – 3 August 2024, Griffith University Art Museum hosted ‘r e a: NATIVE’ comprising two interrelated installations delving into the historical and colonial archive. This exhibition coincided with the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) which brings together artists, scientists and scholars from around the world… Read More

In the art world, there’s a new emphasis on care, with a focus on gentle attentiveness and good works, and a fear of triggering hurt. Care has become a buzzword and is being used to reset policy and practice. However, too often, the complexity and troublesomeness of care are smoothed… Read More

The four-week Short Course was delivered in person at Griffith University’s Logan campus in Queensland, with participants accommodated in Brisbane and daily transportation provided. Prior to arrival, a pre-departure online workshop prepared participants for travel, introduced Australian culture, and outlined course expectations. Drawing on Griffith’s existing expertise in Papua New… Read More

The primary project or activity is an initial exploration of the potential contributions of process relational theology to Islamic feminist theology. This engagement aims to significantly enrich existing efforts to reinterpret Islamic tradition through a gender-justice lens. It seeks to challenge traditional hierarchical views of divine-human relationships and gender dynamics… Read More

The project is a groundbreaking book series titled “Islam and Process-Relational Thought”. Its core purpose is to explore the untapped intellectual frontier where Islamic tradition meets process and open-relational thought. The series aims to bring together scholars from both Islamic studies and process philosophy/theology to investigate the profound connections between… Read More

This research partnership aims to advance educational inclusion, social awareness, and cultural recognition of the Marapu Indigenous cultural and religious minority group of Sumba Island, Indonesia. Through cultural documentation, participatory action research, and cultural sustainability initiatives, it works with Indigenous Marapu religion practitioners to advance social and cultural goals and… Read More

In 2024 we finalised a six-year-long project to repaint and preserve an artwork that has been in the Griffith University Art Collection since 1979. The second public artwork commissioned by Griffith University, Alun Leach-Jones’s ‘Crossing to Capricorn’ (1979) has been installed in various locations at Brisbane South (Nathan) as the… Read More

Local Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW invited Indonesian artsworker collective Taring Padi to come to Brisbane to collaborate during a month-long residency on the design and execution of a large-scale banner ‘Ngaliya Budjong Djarra’ (Our Mother Earth) 2023-24, which was displayed on the western façade of Griffith University Art Museum (GUAM). Read More

Griffith University is committed to producing graduates who value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and knowledges and the importance of these in our nation’s history and future. We commit to implement, monitor, and evaluate the embedding of Indigenous value systems and knowledges into Griffith University structures, our learning,… Read More