A Nukunu person of the Southern Flinders Ranges, Jared is the South Australian Museum and University of South Australia Research Fellow - Aboriginal Material Culture and Arts. He is also an acclaimed children’s and young adult fiction writer with his titles including the 'Game Day' series co-authored with NBA and Olympian basketballer Patty Mills, ‘ and his latest novel ‘My Spare Heart.’
Through the Churchill Fellowship Jared will investigate colonised people's interpretative strategies in permanent gallery displays in museums and art galleries in Aotearoa (New Zealand), Canada, Finland, Norway, and the United States of America.
Jared will apply this knowledge when curating South Australian Museum exhibits and other Aboriginal cultural projects.
Project
To investigate First Nations and marginalised people’s interpretative strategies in permanent gallery displays
Jared Thomas
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