Big Mob: STEM It Up!
The Big Mob: STEM It Up! research project aimed to inform evidence-based strategies for enhancing the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in STEM fields. The project used a multimethod approach including systematic literature reviews, a community-based survey, qualitative interviews, and international case studies on effective approaches to increasing Indigenous participation in STEM.
The team
- Associate Professor Marnee Shay, School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Associate Professor Jodie Miller, School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Amy Thomson, School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Antoinette Cole, School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed, School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Ren Perkins, School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Dr Pedram Rashidi, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland
- Amanda Hurley, School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Zoe Ockerby, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
- Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor of Practice, UNSW Sydney
- Associate Professor Lisa A Williams, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
About the artwork
“This artwork depicts the importance of collaboration between Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous communities within the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It speaks to the traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous people, and how it can be integrated into modern practices of today.”
The artwork for the Big Mob, STEM it up! project was done by Naarm Artist, Tara-Rose Butterworth-Gonebale. Tara-Rose is a proud Wagiman Woman from the Western Suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne). She has been an exhibiting artist from as young as eight years of age and has worked in Aboriginal community services for the last ten years.
Tara-Rose is currently working with mob in the correctional space as an Aboriginal Mental Health Worker. You can see more work by Tara-Rose on her Instagram page or Facebook Page, or search for her using her username, @marlimarli_