Apeiron single work   poetry   "That passage of dune between"
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Apeiron
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Non-Traditional Research Output, Statement of Intent

Research Background
This practice-led research was written as part of a broader project considering how childbearing and -rearing can recognise (and pay respect to) Indigenous sovereignty. Sovereignty as a concept sees the body overlap with place, while the act of childbearing is complicated in the Australian context by the inheritance of the colonial world into which the child is born. Poetry offers a nuanced and emotionally sensitive mode for traversing this complex terrain. This work moves conceptually through the multivalent structure of the rhizome (Deleuze and Guattari) in accommodating the influences of placemaking studies, critical whiteness studies and creative practice studies.

Research Contribution
Drawing from Anne Brewster’s conceptualisation of “beachcombing” as a methodology for white Australian creative practice, this work extends on “body in reverie” (Brewster 135) and its openness to an embodied awareness of First Nations sovereignty through generative contact with place, in contemplating the function of colonial epistemologies of mapping in placemaking and childbearing alike. It uses the rhizome and its capacity to encompass indeterminacy as a means to challenge the epistemic certainty of the map, and to reiterate complex and multifaceted experiences of embodiment.

Research Significance
The significance of this work lies primarily in the relevance of its thematic interests to the experiences of contemporary Australians. It highlights the importance of recognising First Nations sovereignty in the domain of childbearing, where it is often overlooked by popular/medical discourse. Other works within the ongoing project have been published in journals and anthologies, including Antipodes and Plumwood Mountain, attesting to the value of the project as a whole.

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    y separately published work icon JASAL vol. 23 no. 1 10 August 2023 26786241 2023 periodical issue 'Welcome to issue 1 of JASAL for 2023. While this is a “general” issue, as fate would have it our selections—articles and reviews—all intersect around the theme of revisioning: revisioning Australian poetry, theatre, fiction, as well as literary criticism. And with the inauguration of two new sections, showcasing creative writing and the teaching of Australian literature, we are also pleased to present a revisioning of JASAL itself.' (Robert Clarke and Victoria Kuttainen : Introduction) 2023
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