(Dis)connected to Country: Mapping Archives Through Arts Practice

(Dis)connected to Country: Mapping Archives Through Arts Practice is a project that maps the intersections of Place, identity, and family, critically examining the encoded biases embedded within photographic technologies from an Indigenous perspective. Using a practice-led research approach, this project interrogates archival representations and explores the concept of photographs as entities with their own agency. By disrupting and subverting colonial approaches to image-making and mapping systems, (Dis)connected to Country: Mapping Archives Through Arts Practice highlights the omission of significant Indigenous Knowledges. It explores how archival documents, particularly those from the Tindale Genealogical Collection, enable family mapping practices and strengthen ties to Country.