Timothy Neale

Dr Timothy Neale

Researcher
About
Dr Timothy Neale

Timothy Neale is Research Fellow in the Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University - Melbourne.

As a cultural geographer, his research addresses questions of how knowledge practices – Indigenous, non-indigenous and otherwise – are mobilised and transformed in relation to environments in peri-urban, rural and remote Australia. His doctoral project focused on the Wild Rivers Act 2005 (Qld), examining how questions of belonging, sustainability and development were articulated through the controversial law in far north Queensland.

He is the co-editor (with Stephen Turner) of a forthcoming special issue of Settler Colonial Studies on the topic of ‘Law, Water, Entitlement’.

Project leadership

This project considered the challenges and opportunities arising out of engagements between Indigenous peoples and natural hazard and land management government agencies in southern Australia. The majority of this activity has focused on cultural burning. The research team undertook qualitative research, primarily through forming partnerships with key practitioners working in this space and undertaking research activities that iteratively learnt from these partnerships. The shared motivations held by some Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals to form collaborative partnerships are challenged by their operating context, including a lack of trust, bureaucratic constraints, tokenism, racism, and a lack of resources. This project finds that the sector needs to move beyond statements of support to develop specific policies and programs that demonstrably grow opportunities for Indigenous engagement and partnership, and provides suggestions as to what these policies may be.
This project is part of the Black Summer research program funded by the Commonwealth Government through the 10-year extension of funding into natural hazard research in Australia.

Resources credited

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HazardNoteEdition 13 Jul 2021 Cultural burning in southern Australia: collaborations based on Indigenous leadership PDF icon Save (340 KB) indigenous communities, resilience, risk management
Presentation-Audio-Video 13 Jul 2021 Cultural burning in southern Australia video: collaborations based on Indigenous leadership File Save (0 bytes) indigenous communities, resilience, risk management
Presentation-Slideshow 24 Sep 2019 Hazards, culture and Indigenous communities PDF icon Save (11.6 MB) indigenous communities, multi-hazard
Presentation-Audio-Video 09 Apr 2019 Coexisting with combustion: the future of bushfire management File Save (0 bytes) communities, fire, fire impacts
Presentation-Slideshow 17 Apr 2018 Hazards, culture and Indigenous communities PDF icon Save (1.76 MB) emergency management, indigenous communities, multi-hazard
Presentation-Slideshow 07 Sep 2017 Science is critical but it is not everything: our findings PDF icon Save (2.12 MB) governance, planning, policy
Presentation-Slideshow 07 Jul 2017 Lightning presentation: hazards, culture and indigenous communities PDF icon Save (698.88 KB) indigenous communities, resilience, risk management
Presentation-Slideshow 18 Apr 2017 What to do with uncertain science: practitioner experiences from Victoria, New South Wales and the Northern Territory PDF icon Save (1.48 MB) governance, planning, policy
Presentation-Slideshow 18 Apr 2017 Hazards, Culture and Indigenous Communities PDF icon Save (273.08 KB) indigenous communities, resilience, risk management
Presentation-Slideshow 30 Aug 2016 The social life of science: tales from Victoria and the Northern Territory - Jessica Weir PDF icon Save (1.49 MB) decision making, fire, policy
Presentation-Slideshow 17 May 2016 Scientific diversity, scientific uncertainty and bushfire and flood risk mitigation project PDF icon Save (1.14 MB) fire, flood, mitigation
HazardNoteEdition 11 Jan 2016 Raising the bar on risk reduction policy and planning PDF icon Save (144.04 KB) governance, planning, policy
Presentation-Slideshow 11 Sep 2015 Science in Motion PDF icon Save (1.44 MB) governance, policy
Presentation-Slideshow 10 Apr 2015 Scientific Diversity 2015 NSW RAF Presentation PDF icon Save (843.34 KB) mitigation, planning, policy

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