Artwork

“Building Pathways to Research” by Denise Proud (2015)

The painting depicts pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into doing research. The circles are meeting places where discussions about research can occur and the semi-circle shapes around each circle signify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The purple circle represents undergraduate study. The blue circle signifies postgraduate Research Higher Degrees while the red circle depicts undertaking research. The blue circle is smaller than the purple circle because while the numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking undergraduate study has grown there are still smaller numbers of students continuing on to Research Higher Degrees. The curved grey and black lines that join the circles signify the pathways between undergraduate study, Research Higher Degrees and careers in research. These pathways are all connected and linked – students can undertake research in their undergraduate degrees, between undergraduate and postgraduate study, as well as during Research Higher Degrees and beyond. The smaller circles at the top of the painting signify the diverse areas that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people undertake research in.