Frances Wyld

Dr Frances Wyld

Lecturer, Aboriginal Studies

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Frances Wyld is a Martu woman (Aboriginal people of the Pilbara region of Australia) and Doctor of Communication. She teaches in the areas of Indigenous Knowledges, communication and cultural studies and has worked extensively towards embedding Aboriginal content and pedagogical theory into tertiary education. Her doctorate title ‘In the time of Lorikeets’ uses autoethnography, storytelling and mythography to centre Indigenous Knowledges within an academic environment to establish an Indigenous worldview for ethical research and teaching. She takes great pride in her ongoing collaboration with Sámi academics in Sweden including a project led by Uppsala University to research climate change, Indigenous perspectives and innovation. Her publications include both scholarly and creative writing elements.

Date Position Institution name
2014 - 2015 Lecturer University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
University of South Australia Australia Doctor of Communication
Flinders University Australia Master of Education Studies
University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Arts

Year Citation
2021 Wyld, F. (2021). The land as research participant: a storytelling project on climate change and Indigenous perspectives. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 24(1-2), 22-34.
2019 Wyld, F. (2019). Lily ends it for you. Hecate, 45(1-2), 154-174.
2016 Wyld, F. (2016). The moving city as palimpsest. Landscape architecture Australia, (151), 65-66.
2016 Wyld, F. (2016). In the Land of Mer. Hecate: an interdisciplinary journal of women's liberation, 41(1 & 2), 129-133.
2015 Wyld, F., & Fredericks, B. (2015). Earth song as storywork : reclaiming Indigenous knowledges. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 18(2), 2-12.
2011 Wyld, F. (2011). Writing the emphemeral of culture: Storm Method. Social Alternatives, 30(2), 40-43.
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2011 Wyld, F. (2011). In the land of silos. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 14(1), 63-66.
2011 Wyld, F. (2011). Experiment on a bird in the air pump: the writing of a life under pressure. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 14(1), 54-62.
2010 Somerville, C., Somerville, K., & Wyld, F. M. (2010). Martu storytellers: Aboriginal narratives within the academy. The Australian journal of Indigenous education, 39(S1), 96-101.
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2009 Lushington, K., Cook, J. A., Steen, T. U., Wyld, F. M., & Snowden, C. M. (2009). 'The Book of Beyond': Designing PODcasts to Provide Spoken-Word Health Information for the Oral Culture of Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities. International journal of the book, 6(2), 85-94.
2007 Wyld, F. M. (2007). Using an Indigenous worldview for action learning and action research to create equity in education. Action learning and action research journal.

Courses I teach

  • COMM 2060 Communication and Reciprocity (2025)
  • HUMS 1035 Aboriginal Cultures (2025)
  • HUMS 3057 Aboriginality and Globalisation (2025)
  • PHIL 3008 Aboriginal Philosophy: Contesting Knowledge in Social Science (2025)
  • SOCU 5012 Indigenous Perspectives on Globalisation (2025)
  • SOCU 5020 Aboriginal Studies Master Class (2025)
  • COMM 2060 Communication and Reciprocity (2024)
  • HUMS 1035 Aboriginal Cultures (2024)
  • HUMS 3057 Aboriginality and Globalisation (2024)
  • PHIL 3008 Aboriginal Philosophy: Contesting Knowledge in Social Science (2024)
  • SOCU 5010 Aboriginal Futures (2024)
  • SOCU 5012 Indigenous Perspectives on Globalisation (2024)
  • SOCU 5020 Aboriginal Studies Master Class (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 Co-Supervisor How arts initiatives foster transformative learning for entrepreneurs Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Grant Hall
2021 Co-Supervisor How arts initiatives foster transformative learning for entrepreneurs Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Grant Hall

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