Dr Belinda MacGill is a Senior Lecturer in Arts education at the University of South Australia Education Futures and is a contemporary artist. Dr MacGill’s research interests draw upon the fields of Contemporary art, Indigenous education, Postcolonial theory, Visual methodologies, Arts pedagogy and Critical race theory. Much of her work is focused on decolonisation through arts based practices and creative methodologies.
Dr MacGill’s research has been supported by national competitive research grants and university funding. Her recent research projects have explored the potential of virtual reality, aesthetics and learning design theory. In 2017, Dr MacGill was Chief Investigator on the project Creative learning through... Read more
About me
Dr Belinda MacGill is a Senior Lecturer in Arts education at the University of South Australia Education Futures and is a contemporary artist. Dr MacGill’s research interests draw upon the fields of Contemporary art, Indigenous education, Postcolonial theory, Visual methodologies, Arts pedagogy and Critical race theory. Much of her work is focused on decolonisation through arts based practices and creative methodologies.
Dr MacGill’s research has been supported by national competitive research grants and university funding. Her recent research projects have explored the potential of virtual reality, aesthetics and learning design theory. In 2017, Dr MacGill was Chief Investigator on the project Creative learning through dance: Exploring effects on mental wealth across generations. She was also recently Chief Investigator on a project to evaluate the WillPOWER Bilingual Program - an interdisciplinary education program, delivered specifically to Aboriginal students to increase student engagement, school attendance, and academic outcomes.
Dr MacGill’s research output includes articles and book chapters but her contribution extends to non-traditional forms such as art exhibits and editorials of art magazines such as Artlink on New Futures in Art Education. She has published a broad range of articles concerned with postcolonial receptivity, teaching in the contact zone, critical pedagogy and feminist art theory. She has also authored several book chapters including recently, Decolonization, Ethics of Care and Visual Arts Education in the book Reimagining Just Education, and the chapter Dialogue across difference: Global conversations on teacher identity and the ethics of care published in the book Drama for Schools in 2020.
In 2019, Dr MacGill was a Research fellow at King's College London, School of Global Affairs where she contributed towards teaching, research and related public engagement activities on Visual arts and decolonisation. She has been a board member of Developing Effective Arts Learners (DEAL) at Carclew, endorsed by the Department for Education; and is also on the board of the Songroom - a national not-for-profit organisation that supports disadvantaged children with tailored, high quality arts programs.
Dr MacGill offers expert advice to external stakeholders and has recently advised the Associate Director of Education on the Ancestral Modern exhibition at the Blanton Museum. She is also a sought after presenter and key keynote speaker. While at King’s College London, she presented the keynote speech Decolonising research: Standpoint theory, intersectionality and deep listening. She also presented the seminar Embodied and creative strategies as a mode of engagement with a focus on social justice, at the Open University London.
Dr MacGill has earned several academic distinctions including the 2020 Academic Excellence Award from the Division of Education, Arts & Social Sciences for High Achievement in student evaluation, postgraduate teaching. She also won UniSA’s Student Choice Excellent Teacher Award in 2014, the nationally awarded Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Teaching in 2012, and an Excellence in Teaching Award at Flinders University in 2011. Dr MacGill is a highly sought after HDR supervisor and has supervised six PhD students.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Master of Visual Arts University of South Australia
2014: Student’s Choice Excellent Teacher Award, University of South Australia Division of Education, Arts & Social Sciences
2012: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. A National Award for University Teaching from the Australian Government Office for Teaching and Learning (Yunggorendi, First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research)‘For sustained, dedicated, inspirational and far-reaching contributions to the education of pre-service... Read more
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
18
11
13
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2021 |
Open access
6
3
5
|
2019 |
Open access
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2019 |
Open access
22
10
14
|
2018 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2023 |
2
69
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
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2023 |
Open access
1
|
2023 |
1
|
2023 |
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2023 |
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2018 |
Open access
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2011 |
|
Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
1
|
2024 |
Open access
1
|
2023 |
Open access
3
1
1
|
2023 |
Open access
1
2
1
|
2022 |
Open access
2
1
|
2022 |
Open access
1
1
62
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2021 |
Open access
18
11
13
|
2021 |
Open access
6
3
5
|
2021 |
Open access
2
2
|
2019 |
Open access
|
2019 |
Open access
22
10
14
|
2018 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
4
|
2017 |
Open access
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2016 |
Open access
13
1
|
2016 |
Open access
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2014 |
Open access
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2013 |
Open access
5
|
2012 |
2
|
2012 |
Open access
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2011 |
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2010 |
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Year | Output |
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2013 |
Open access
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2012 |
1
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2010 |
Open access
1
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2009 |
Open access
4
4
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Research
2014: Student’s Choice Excellent Teacher Award, University of South Australia Division of Education, Arts & Social Sciences
2012: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. A National Award for University Teaching from the Australian Government Office for Teaching and Learning (Yunggorendi, First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research)‘For sustained, dedicated, inspirational and far-reaching contributions to the education of pre-service teachers of Indigenous students in compulsory topics in the School of Education’.
2012: Invited member of the College of Distinguished Educators, Flinders University.
2011: Excellence in Teaching Award, Flinders University, ‘For excellence in engaging and inducting prospective teachers from diverse backgrounds into the theoretical and socio-political contexts of education’.
2000: Awarded the Australian Postgraduate Award with Stipend.
1998: Named on the Chancellors Award List, and the Deans Merit Award List, for academic achievement at the University of South Australia in Visual Arts.
Distinguished Research Fellow: Kings College London Australian Studies Fellowships.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Fiji National University | FIJI |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
The University of Texas at Austin | UNITED STATES |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of the South Pacific | FIJI |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Distinguished FellowKings College, London, Menzies Australia Institute |
2019 |
Advisory Board MemberSongroom |
2018 |
MemberPublic Pedagogies Institute |
2018 |
MemberContemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA) |
2018 |
MemberHigher Education Research Group (HERGA), Adelaide |
2018 |
MemberThe National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early Childhood Training Network |
2018 |
MemberHigher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) |
2018 |
MemberHigher Education Research Group (HERGA), Adelaide |
2017 |
MemberThe National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early Childhood Training Network |
2017 |
MemberContemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA) |
2017 |
MemberPublic Pedagogies Institute |
2017 |
MemberHigher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) |
2017 |
A National Award for University Teaching (Yunggorendi, First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research)Flinders University |
2012 |
MemberStatutory Committee, College of Distinguished Educators, Flinders University |
2012 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Art therapy in natural disaster communities: A grounded theory approach to healing and transformation through education | Current |
Being culturally and religiously responsive: an analysis of Indonesian participants¿ experiences of international education programs in Australia | Current |
Every breath you take; art and surveillance in the post-internet age | Current |
How museum experiences support transformative learning processes to build understanding in conflict and post-conflict environments | Current |
Playing at being other: the self-less process of artistic co-creation | Current |
Redesigning teaching for a fairer Australia: exploring the role of racial literacy | Current |
Supporting the digital citizens of tomorrow: an analysis of pre-service teachers' training in multimodality and multiliteracies. | Current |
Staging storyworlds: transmedia theatre and designing audience experience | Completed |