Connected, Creative and Cultural Communities
PhD Thesis by Daniel Featherstone
Featherstone, D. (2015). Connected, Creative and Cultural Communities: Developing an Integrated Approach to Policy and Evaluation for Remote Australian Indigenous Media and Communications. PhD Thesis. Murdoch University.
'This research project seeks to develop appropriate policy and evaluation frameworks to support the development of the remote Indigenous media and communications sector and build digital inclusion and capacity within remote Australian Indigenous communities […] This thesis seeks to contribute to the existing body of knowledge in this field by documenting the growth of a little known remote Indigenous media organisation situated in the Ngaanyatjarra region of WA during a time of technological, political and social change within Australia. […] It helps fill a gap in field research and observation of remote Indigenous media activities in Australia since the 1990s. While aimed at the Australian context, the findings of this research may also have relevance for the international communications development sector.'
Daniel Featherstone was the General Manager of First Nations Media Australia (formerly IRCA - the Indigenous Remote Communications Association) from 2012 to 2020. Previously, he was the Manager of remote media organisation Ngaanyatjarra Media.
