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Marianne Wobcke
Marianne has used her background as a registered midwife, nurse and professional artist to develop a new program that shares culturally-connected pre-peri and postnatal practices essential in trauma recovery and wellbeing.
With maternal connections to Girrimay mob from North Queensland, born on Turrbal land, Marianne Wobcke is a nurse, midwife and award-winning artist. Her program of culturally connected birthing practices and trauma recovery is grounded in radical creativity, aiming to break the cycles of trauma that are the inheritance of colonial violence in Indigenous Australian communities.
Marianne is the 2021 recipient of the Australia Council Ros Bower Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development. She is currently a PhD Candidate with Griffith University’s School of Health Sciences & Social work and QCA – conducting arts/health based research.
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Scientia Professor Jill Bennett
Director. Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellow
Volker Kuchelmeister
Senior Research Fellow Immersive Visualisation
Dr Gail Kenning
Senior Research Fellow, Psychosocial Design, fEEL, BARC, AFI
Dr Lydia Gitau
Postdoctoral Fellow - Psychosocial Practice
Dr Thao Le
Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Associate
Ryan Van Dyk
Technical Officer, Unity 3D
Chelsea Winder
Project Officer
Steph Vajda
Research Associate
Rebecca Moran
Lived Experience Engagement Fellow
Lucia Barrera
Scientia PhD candidate
Dr Chloe Watfern
Scientia PhD candidate