Self-determined identity and representation
Meghan Kelly
Research Fellow
Research and Experience
Associate Professor Meghan Kelly is currently serving as the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the Faculty of Arts and Education and is a senior lecturer in Visual Communication Design. Kelly’s research is in the areas of visual communication design, participatory design practices and the impact of process on self-determined design outcomes. This research encompasses the breadth of design disciplines and examines the diverse ways identity and representation can be created through design with an aim of probing how to empower minority groups with self-determining their own visual representation. . This research encompasses the breadth of design disciplines and examines the diverse ways identity and representation can be created through design with an aim of probing how to empower minority groups with self-determining their own visual representation. Kelly has worked with Dr Russell Kennedy to co-author the Australian Indigenous Design Charter (Premier Design Award (Design Strategy) and Premier Design Award of the Year 2018) and the International Indigenous Design Charter (Good Design Indigenous Designer Award 2018). In addition, Kelly co-authored with Dr Jonathan Sweet the book Museum development and cultural representation: Developing the Kelabit Highlands Community Museum (2018). This research interrogates the challenges of developing a visual and structural representation of a community from intangible cultural heritage.
Email
meghan.kelly@deakin.edu.au
Keywords
Indigenous Design Charter, Participatory design process, design management.