Researcher biography
I have interests in Indigeneity in architecture, in particular through its dynamic transformation of built environments and place-making. I have written about Indigenous architectural themes through its representation, expression and connections to living cultures in articles, book chapters, conference papers, encyclopaedia entries, professional journals and online media. I have dabbled in architectural design recognised in State Architectural Design awards and written creative works about Indigenous themes in architecture. I teach Indigeneity in Architecture through critical examination of its expression, representation, methods and provocations. I’m currently a member of the First Nations Advisory Working Group and Cultural Reference Panel with the Australian Institute of Architects. Finally, under the auspices of Department of Planning, Infrastructure & Environment, and Government Architects (NSW) I sit on the State Design Review Panel.
Publications
Book Chapters
Carroll Go-Sam (2022). Aunty Lillian's House at "Nigger" Creek, Wondecla. Camps, Cottages and Homes A Brief History of Indigenous Housing in Queensland. (pp. 1-128) edited by Tim O'Rourke and Mandana Mapar. The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane: School of Architecture.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2018). Gaps in Indigenous Repair. Repair: Australian Pavilion 2018. (pp. 64-73) edited by Mauro Baracco and Louise Wright. New York, United States: Actar Publishers.
Go-Sam, Carroll and Keys, Catherine (2018). Mobilising Indigenous agency through cultural sustainability in architecture: are we there yet?. The handbook of contemporary indigenous architecture. (pp. 347-380) edited by Elizabeth Grant, Kelly Greenop, Albert L. Refiti and Daniel J. Glenn. Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6904-8_14
Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly, Clarke, Andrew, Go-Sam, Carroll, Birdsall-Jones, Christina, Harvey-Jones, William, Corunna, Vanessa and Western, Mark (2012). NATSISS crowding data: what does it assume and how can we challenge the orthodoxy?. Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia: Social Science Perspectives. (pp. 241-279) edited by Boyd Hunter and Nicholas Biddle. Canberra, Australia: ANU E Press.
Memmott, Paul C. and Go-Sam, Carroll (2007). Spinifex houses of the Western Desert. Gunyah, goondie & wurley: The Aboriginal architecture of Australia. (pp. 208-231) edited by Paul C. Memmott. St Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Qld Press.
Memmott, Paul and Go-Sam, Carroll (2003). Synthesizing indigenous housing paradigms: an introduction to Take 2. TAKE 2: Housing design in indigenous Australia. (pp. 12-17) edited by P. Memmott and C. Chambers. Canberra, ACT Australia: The Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Memmott, P. C. and Go-Sam, C. (2000). Aboriginal architecture. The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture. (pp. 405-413) edited by Kleinert, S. and Neale, M.. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Memmott, Paul, Lansbury, Nina, Go-Sam, Carroll, Nash, Daphne, Redmond, Andrew Martin, Barnes, Samuel, Simpson, Patrick (Pepy) and Frank, Patricia Narrurlu (2022). Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia: Crowded, unrepaired, and raising the risk of infectious diseases. Global Discourse, 12 (2), 255-284. doi: 10.1332/204378921X16315375796362
Hall, Nina L., Grodecki, Heidi, Jackson, Greg, Go Sam, Carroll, Milligan, Brad, Blake, Chris, Veronese, Toni and Selvey, Linda (2021). Drinking water delivery in the outer Torres Strait Islands: a case study addressing sustainable water issues in remote Indigenous communities. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 25 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/13241583.2021.1932280
Andrew, Brook, Neath, Jessica, Marino, Corina, Gilbert, Jock, Phillips, Christine and Go-Sam, Carroll (2019). Representation, remembrance and the memorial. Landscape Architecture Australia (161), 34-38.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2018). Do Yugambeh-Bundjalung cultural landscapes matter?. Architecture Australia, 107 (1), 51-53.
Go-Sam, Carroll and Memmott, Paul (2016). Remote Indigenous settlements - more than tiny dots on a map. Architecture Australia, 105 (5), 53-54.
Memmott, Paul and Go-Sam, Carroll (2016). Shifting Australian Indigenous Settlements. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, 278, 1-23.
Memmott, Paul, Birdsall-Jones, Christina, Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly and Corunna, Vanessa (2011). Modelling crowding in Aboriginal Australia. AHURI Positioning Paper, i-52.
Davidson, James, Memmott, Paul,, Go-Sam, Carroll and Grant, Elizabeth (2011). Remote Indigenous housing procurement: A comparative study. AHURI Final Report (167), i-144.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2010). Sep Yama: “Ground you cannot see” Finding Country (a primer) (exhibition review). Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, 11, 154-159.
Davidson, James, Go-Sam, Carroll and Memmott, Paul (2010). Remote Indigenous housing procurement and post-occupancy outcomes: A comparative study. AHURI Positioning Paper, 129, 1-74.
Carroll Go-sam (2008). Working with and against Indigenous design paradigms. Architecture Australia, 97 (5), 53-58.
Conference Papers
Milligan, B., Blake, C., Hall, N.L., Selvey, L., Grodecki, H., Jackson, G., Go-Sam, C. and Veronese, T. (2019). Safe and Healthy Drinking Water in Indigenous Local Government Areas Program: Service Delivery Model Prerequisites for Success. QWater Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 20 November 2019.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2014). Assimilating problems: from humpies to traditional houses. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2014. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: SAHANZ.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2011). Fabricating Blackness: Aboriginal identity constructs in the production and authorisation of architecture. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 7-10 July 2011. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ).
Go-Sam, Carroll (2008). 'Lest We Forget': Working with and against Indigenous Design Paradigms. RAIA Indigenous Housing Conference, Alice Springs, N.T., Australia, 26-27 Oct 2007. Victoria, Australia: Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Memmott, P. C. and Go-Sam, C. (1999). Australian indigenous architecture: Its forms and evolution. Thresholds, Launceston/Hobart, 28 Sept - 1 Oct, 1999. Launceston, Tas: SAHANZ.
Creative Work
Go-Sam, Carroll (2012). Resisting Brisbane. Brisbane, Australia: Finding Country project.
Design
Go-sam, Carroll and Hotston, Paul (2005). Shroud House renovation.
Thesis
Go-Sam, Carroll (1997). The Mutitjulu experiment : a study of decentralised houses designed by Paul Pholeros. B.A. Thesis, School of Geography, Planning & Env Management, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.457
Research Reports
Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly, Marnane, Kali and Bower, Theresa (2021). Campuses on Countries: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Framework at The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/955791e
Hall, Nina L., Memmott, Paul, Barnes, Samuel, Redmond, Andrew, Go-Sam, Carroll, Nash, Daphne, Frank, Trisha Nururla and Simpson, Patrick (2020). Pilyii Papulu Purrukaj-ji (Good housing to prevent sickness): a study of housing, crowding and hygiene-related infectious diseases in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Habibis, Daphne, Memmott, Paul, Phillips, Rhonda, Go-Sam, Carroll, Keys, Cathy and Moran, Mark (2013). Housing conditionality, Indigenous lifeworlds and policy outcomes: towards a model for culturally responsive housing provision. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Davidson, James, Go Sam, Carroll, Memmott, Paul and Grant, Elizabeth (2012). Building new housing in remote Indigenous communities. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute).
Memmott, Paul, Chambers, Catherine, Go-Sam, Carroll and Thomson, Linda (2006). Good Practice in Indigenous Family Violence Prevention: Designing and Evaluating Successful Programs. Issues paper 11 University of NSW, Sydney: Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse.
Memmott, P. C., Channells, G., Go-Sam, C., Stacy, R., Spring, F., Taylor, S., Chambers, C. and Thomson, L. (2004). Evaluation report of National Indigenous Family Violence Grants Programme of the Office of the Status of Women. The University of Qld, St Lucia, Qld: Paul Memmott and Associates in association with AERC.
Memmott, P. and Go-Sam, C. (2003). Interim emerging good practice report: Round 03 of the Mentoring and Evaluation Scheme for the National Indigenous Family Violence Grants Programme (NIFVGP). St Lucia, Qld, Australia: Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, University of Queensland.