Associate Professor William Fogarty
PhD (The Australian National University)
Director of Education, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of expertise
- Social And Cultural Anthropology 160104
- Public Policy 160510
- Education Policy 160506
- Studies Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Society 169902
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Environmental Knowledge 050201
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Education 130301
Research interests
Bill has a particular interest in the relationship between Indigenous and Western knowledge and the development of sustainable education and employment pathways in remote communities, as well as the role of education and knowledge in society more generally
Biography
Bill Fogarty is Director of Education at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research and has lived and worked in remote communities for over 25 years and has extensive experience in
research on Indigenous education, employment policy and service provision. He has
qualifications in anthropology, communications, social research methods, education and
applied development. He has worked on projects with a diverse range of organisations
concerned with Indigenous Australia such as the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet, Aboriginal Affairs NSW, National Indigenous Australians Agency, Bawinanga
Aboriginal Corporation, the Northern Land Council and the Northern Territory Government.
He has published widely both domestically and internationally and is currently conducting
research projects on Indigenous Issues in New Zealand, Norway and Canada. Over the past
decade Associate Professor Fogarty's work has been instrumental in the development of the
highly successful Learning on Country program in the Northern Territory and he has
previously worked on a number of high-profile research projects funded by the Australian
Research Council.
Publications
- Dreise, A, Markham, F, Lovell, M et al. 2021, First Nations Regional and National Representation: Aligning Local Decision Making in NSW with Closing the Gap and the proposed Indigenous Voice.
- O'Bryan, M & Fogarty, W 2020, Boarding off & on country; a study of education in one NT remote community..
- Bulloch, H & Fogarty, W 2020, 'Alterity and the Asymmetric Gaze: Aboriginal Constructions of Self and Other in Northwest Arnhem Land', Anthropological Forum, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 398-418.
- Guenther, J & Fogarty, W 2018, 'Examining remote Australian First Nations boarding through capital theory lenses', Critical Studies in Education, pp. 1-17pp.
- Fogarty, W, Lovell, M, Langenberg, J et al. 2018, Deficit Discourse and Strengths-based Approaches: Changing the Narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing.
- Bulloch, H & Fogarty, W 2018, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: Watching our words. MJA Insight 46, 26 November.
- Fogarty, W, Bulloch, H & McDonnell, S 2018, Deficit Discourse and Indigenous Health: How narrative framings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are reproduced in policy. Lowitja Insitute: Melbourne. ISBN: 978-1-921889-54-7.
- Fogarty, W, Riddle, S, Lovell, M et al 2017, 'Indigenous Education and Literacy Policy in Australia: Bringing Learning Back to the Debate', The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, vol. Online, pp. 1-13pp.
- Fogarty, W, Dodson, M & Wilson, B 2016, Submission to The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs.
- Fogarty, W & Wilson, B 2016, Governments must stop negatively framing policies aimed at Indigenous Australians, pp. 3pp..
- Bulloch, H & Fogarty, W 2016, 'Freeing the 'Aboriginal Individual': Deconstructing 'Development as Freedom' in Remote Indigenous Australia, Social Analysis, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 76-94.
- Fogarty, W, Lovell, M & Dodson, M 2015, 'A view beyond review: Challenging assumptions in Indigenous education development', UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Journal in the Arts, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1-23.
- Schwab, R & Fogarty, W 2015, 'Land, Learning and Identity: toward a deeper understanding of Indigenous Learning on Country', UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Journal in the Arts, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1-16.
- Fogarty, W & Bulloch, H 2014, 'Responsibility and resistance: Moral development in remote Indigenous Australia', Aotearoa NZ International Development Studies Network Biennial Conference, Conference Organising Committee, TBC.
- McDuffie, M, Fogarty, W & Sullivan, P 2013, Caring for the Cotter Catchment Evaluation.
- Fforde, C, Bamblett, L, Lovett, R et al 2013, 'Discourse, deficit and identity: Aboriginality, the race paradigm and the language of representation in contemporary Australia', Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy, no. 149, pp. 162-173.
- Fogarty, W 2013, 'Indigenous Education - Policy, Pedagogy, and Place', in Rhonda Craven, Anthony Dillon and Nigel Parbury (ed.), In Black & White: Australians All at the Crossroads, Connor Court Publishing, Ballan Australia, pp. 247-266.
- Fogarty, W 2012, 'Recognising a wicked problem', Australian Policy Online, vol. June 2012, no. Online.
- Fogarty, W 2012, 'Country as classroom', in Jon Altman and Seán Kerins (ed.), People on Country: Vital Landscapes, Indigenous Futures, The Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 82-93.
- Rostron, V, Campion, W, Namarnyilk, I et al 2012, 'Countrymen standing together', in Jon Altman and Seán Kerins (ed.), People on Country: Vital Landscapes, Indigenous Futures, The Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 162-173.
- Fogarty, W 2012, Learning for the western world? The Indigenous education dilemma, pp. online.
- Fogarty, W 2012, Indigenous education report misses the big picture.
- Fogarty, W 2012, Maintaining Indigenous languages: revering a distant past or contributing to a better future?, pp. online.
- Fogarty, W & Schwab, R 2012, 'Education, land and learning', Ngiya: Talk the Law, vol. 4, pp. 98-121.
- Fogarty, W & Schwab, R 2012, Indigenous education: Experiential learning and Learning through Country, CAEPR Working Paper 80, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra
- Fogarty, W 2012' Indigenous Education Report Misses the big Picture', The converstaion, online 3rd July 2012
- Fogarty, W. and Schwab, R.G., (2012) Indigenous Education: Experiential Learning and Learning through Country CAEPR Working Paper No. 81, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra.
- Fogarty, W. (2011) Learning Through Country: Competing knowledge systems and place based pedagogy PhD Thesis, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University, Canberra
- Fogarty, W 2010, Learning Through Country: Competing knowledge systems and place based pedagogy.
- Altman, J & Fogarty, W 2010, 'Indigenous Australians as 'No Gaps' subjects: education and development in remote Australia', Closing the Gap in Education?, ed. Ilana Snyder and John Nieuwenhuysen, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, pp. 109-128.
- Fogarty, W & Ryan, M 2007, 'Monday in Maningrida', in J. Altman and M. Hinkson (ed.), Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia, Arena Printing and Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne, pp. 263-270.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Development of a predictive tool to inform responses to food (in)security amongst Aboriginal peoples of NSW (Primary Investigator)
- Evaluation of Local Decision Making Accords' negotiations (Secondary Investigator)
- Daly River Education Study (Primary Investigator)
- Discourse, Data and Deficit- Deconstructing the 'Indigenous Health' paradigm and its effects on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Secondary Investigator)
- Reframing discourse and changing the narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: an analysis (Secondary Investigator)
- Deficit Discourse and Indigenous Education (Secondary Investigator)
- Improving Indigenous education outcomes in Victoria. (Primary Investigator)
- Cricket Australia - Pilot Project (For the Love of the Game) (Primary Investigator)
- Learning on Country (Primary Investigator)
- Blood, Sweat and Cheers (You Me Unity Funded Partnerships Program) (Primary Investigator)
