Queensland Conservatorium researchers are embarking on an ARC funded project that focuses on Mapping how First Nations’ music mitigates negative health determinants like racism, social exclusion and poor mental health. Research leader Associate Professor Naomi Sunderland explained that the project is one of the first projects to systematically examine music as a determinant of health in First Nations communities: “This project is about looking at music making that’s naturally occurring and First Nations led, rather than outside interventions with music.”
Researchers will work with communities, elders and local musicians in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territories to document and trace the outcomes of community led interventions.