Big Mob: STEM It Up!
The Big Mob: STEM It Up! research project aimed to inform evidence-based strategies for enhancing the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in STEM fields. The project used a multimethod approach including systematic literature reviews, a community-based survey, qualitative interviews, and international case studies on effective approaches to increasing Indigenous participation in STEM.
The team
- Associate Professor , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Associate Professor , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Dr , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Dr , School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland
- , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- , School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
- ʰǴڱǰ, Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor of Practice, Sydney
- Associate ʰǴڱǰLisa A Williams, School of Psychology, Sydney
About the artwork
“This artwork depicts the importance of collaboration between Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous communities within the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It speaks to the traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous people, and how it can be integrated into modern practices of today.”
The artwork for the Big Mob, STEM it up! project was done by Naarm Artist, Tara-Rose Butterworth-Gonebale. Tara-Rose is a proud Wagiman Woman from the Western Suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne). She has been an exhibiting artist from as young as eight years of age and has worked in Aboriginal community services for the last ten years.
Tara-Rose is currently working with mob in the correctional space as an Aboriginal Mental Health Worker. You can see more work by Tara-Rose on her p o , or search for her using her username, @marlimarli_