Researcher biography
My research focuses on strengthening pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into and through higher education and collaborative research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who perform contemporary music. I publish across these areas and edited the 2014 book Collaborative Ethnomusicology: New Approaches to Music Research between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. I am also Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education working closely with Editors Professor Bronwyn Fredericks and Professor Martin Nakata. I am currently an Equity Fellow with the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) examining ways to strengthen and improve outreach programs for Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander students. I continue to collaborate with Torres Strait Islander colleague Lexine Solomon and our current project focuses on exploring intercultural musical collaborations between Indigenous women and other women from diverse nations.
Publications
Book Chapters
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Bunda, Tracey, Barney, Katelyn and Bradfield, Abraham (2023). The importance of “seeing oneself” in Australian universities: representations and reflections of Indigeneity in higher education. International encyclopedia of education. (pp. 109-118) edited by Robert J. Tierney, Fazal Rizvi and Kadriye Ercikan. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818630-5.06007-3
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2022). Sharing languages through contemporary song in the third space: a case study of intercultural collaboration between Indigenous Australian, Polynesian, and Melanesian women. Mixing Pop and Politics: Political Dimensions of Popular Music in the 21st Century. (pp. 25-37) edited by Catherine Hoad, Geoff Stahl and Oli Wilson. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429284526-3
Akhurst, Graham and Barney, Katelyn (2020). Articulating my own black history: success and inhibiting factors in an Aboriginal student's pathway from undergraduate to postgraduate study. Indigenous postgraduate education: intercultural perspectives. (pp. 47-59) edited by Karen Trimmer, Debra Hoven and Pigga Keskitalo. Charlotte, NC, United States: Information Age Publishing.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2019). Considering issues of identity and belonging in a collaborative music research project on Torres Strait Islander women performers. The difference identity makes: Indigenous cultural capital in Australian cultural fields. (pp. 124-140) edited by Lawrence Bamblett, Fred Myers and Tim Rowse. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2017). Turning the colonial tide: working towards a reconciled ethnomusicology in Australia. A distinctive voice in the Antipodes: essays in honour of Stephen A. Wild. (pp. 171-192) edited by Kirsty Gillespie, Sally Treloyn and Don Niles. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/dva.07.2017.06
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2017). Turning the colonial tide: working towards a reconciled ethnomusicology in Australia. A distinctive voice in the Antipodes: essays in honour of Stephen A. Wild. (pp. 171-193) edited by Kirsty Gillespie, Sally Treloyn and Don Niles. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press.
Barney, Katelyn (2016). At the contact zone and the cultural interface: theorising collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in research and contemporary music practices. The Routledge international handbook of intercultural arts research. (pp. 102-114) edited by Pamela Burnard, Elizabeth Mackinlay and Kimberly Powell. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315693699-21
Barney, Katelyn (2014). Introduction. Collaborative Ethnomusicology: new approaches to music research between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. (pp. 1-8) edited by Katelyn Barney. Melbourne, Australia: Lyrebird Press.
Barney, Katelyn and Proud, Monique (2014). Collaborative music research at the contact zone in Cherbourg, an Aboriginal community in Queensland. Collaborative ethnomusicology: new approaches to music research between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. (pp. 81-96) edited by Katelyn Barney. Melbourne, Australia: Lyrebird Press.
Barney, Katelyn (2014). Gendering Aboriginalism: a performative gaze on Indigenous Australian women. History, power, text: cultural studies and Indigenous studies. (pp. 479-501) edited by Timothy Neale, Crystal McKinnon and Eve Vincent. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UTS ePress.
Barney, Katelyn (2013). Lexine Solomon: songs of connection and celebration by a Torres Strait Islander. Women Singers in Global Contexts: Music, Biography, Identity. (pp. 131-145) edited by Ruth Hellier. Urbana, IL, USA: University of Illinois Press.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2011). Teaching and learning for social justice: An approach to transformative education in Indigenous Australian studies. Talking back, talking forward: Journeys in transforming Indigenous educational practice. (pp. 117-128) edited by Greg Williams. Darwin, NT, Australia: Charles Darwin University Press.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2011). Songs for survival: Exploring resilience and resistance in the contemporary songs of Indigenous Australian women. Songs of resilience. (pp. 49-72) edited by Andy Brader. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2009). "The memories linger on, but the stories tell me who I am": A conversation between an Indigenous Australian performer and a non-Indigenous music researcher. Musical islands: Exploring connections between music, place and research. (pp. 70-93) edited by Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh and Barney, Katelyn. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh and Barney, Katelyn (2009). Beginning the musical voyage: An introduction. Musical islands: Exploring connections between music, place and research. (pp. xix-xxv) edited by Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh and Barney, Katelyn. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh and Barney, Katelyn (2009). Beginning the musical voyage: An introduction. Musical islands: Exploring connections between music, place and research. (pp. xix-xxv) Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2009). Looking into the trochus shell: Autoethnographic reflections on a cross-cultural collaborative music research project. Musical autoethnographies: Making autoethnography sing/making music personal. (pp. 208-225) edited by Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and Carolyn Ellis. Bowen Hills, Qld: Australian Academic Press.
Barney, Katelyn (2008). 'Black, urban, contemporary, strong and beautiful': Exploring how Indigenous Australian women performers are positioned in the popular media.. Whose Popular Music? Industry, Performers, Fans: Selected Proceedings from the 2006 IASPM Australia and New Zealand Conference. (pp. 65-76) edited by Collinson, Ian. Ryde, N.S.W.: Internat Assoc of the Study of Popular Music, ANZ Branch and Perfect Beat.
Barney, K.S. (2005). Celebration or Cover Up? "My island home" Australian national identity and the spectacle of Sydney 2000.. Aesthetics and Experience in Music Performance. (pp. 141-150) edited by E. Mackinlay, D. Collins and S. Owens. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Barney, K.S. (2004). Repositioning Music Analysis: Preparatory thoughts for a case study of Indigenous Australian women's contemporary music. Music Research: New Directions for a New Century. (pp. 156-165) edited by M. Ewans, R. Halton and J.A. Philips. Buckinghamshire: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Journal Articles
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2023). Editorial. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 52 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.55146/ajie.v52i1.682
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn, Bunda, Tracey, Hausia, Kirsten, Martin, Anne, Elston, Jacinta and Bernardino, Brenna (2023). Calling out Racism in University Classrooms: The Ongoing Need for Indigenisation of the Curriculum to Support Indigenous Student Completion Rates. Student Success, 14 (2), 19-29. doi: 10.5204/ssj.2874
Barney, Katelyn (2023). Co-authorship, collaboration and contestation in relation to Indigenous research. Australian Archaeology, 89 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2190510
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2022). Editorial. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 51 (2), 1-3. doi: 10.55146/ajie.v51i2.624
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2022). Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 51 (1). doi: 10.55146/ajie.2022.325
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2021). Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 50 (2), 213-214. doi: 10.1017/jie.2021.6
Barney, Katelyn and Williams, Hayley (2021). “A stepping stone that just pushed me further into wanting to go to university”: Student perspectives on ‘what works’ for effective outreach strategies for Indigenous students. Student Success, 12 (2), 8-17. doi: 10.5204/ssj.1913
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2021). Editorial JIE 50.1. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 50 (1), 1-1. doi: 10.1017/jie.2021.3
Nakata, Martin, Fredericks, Bronwyn and Barney, Katelyn (2020). Editorial December 2020. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 49 (2), 107-107. doi: 10.1017/jie.2020.25
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2020). Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 49 (1), 1-1. doi: 10.1017/jie.2020.4
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2019). Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 48 (2), iii-iii. doi: 10.1017/jie.2019.22
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2019). Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 48 (1), III-III. doi: 10.1017/jie.2019.7
Nakata, Martin and Barney, Katelyn (2018). Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 47 (2), iii-iv. doi: 10.1017/jie.2018.18
Barney, Katelyn (2018). Community gets you through: success factors contributing to the retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students. Student Success, 9 (4), 13-23. doi: 10.5204/ssj.v9i4.654
Barney, Katelyn (2018). 'We need more mob doing research': developing university strategies to facilitate successful pathways for Indigenous students into Higher Degrees by Research. Higher Education Research & Development, 37 (5), 908-922. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2018.1467382
Barney, Katelyn (2018). I am here, now: Tiwi voices past and present in new musical conversations, RRR75 (B Wheatley, G Campbell). Yearbook for Traditional Music, 50, 235-236.
Barney, Katelyn (2017). Not just black and white: a conversation between a mother and daughter. Queensland Review, 24 (2), 324-325. doi: 10.1017/qre.2017.43
Barney, Katelyn and Nakata, Martin (2017). Editorial. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 46 (1), iii-iii. doi: 10.1017/jie.2017.6
Barney, Katelyn (2016). Listening to and learning from the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to facilitate success.. Student Success, 7 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.5204/ssj.v7i1.317
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2014). PEARLs, problems and politics: exploring findings from two teaching and learning projects in indigenous Australian studies at the university of Queensland. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 43 (Special Issue 1), 31-41. doi: 10.1017/jie.2014.5
Barney, Katelyn (2014). A discussion with Sandy O'Sullivan about key issues for the Australian Indigenous Studies Learning and Teaching Network. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 43 (1), 52-57. doi: 10.1017/jie.2014.7
Barney, Katelyn, Shannon, Cindy and Nakata, Martin (2014). Introduction: exploring the scope of the Australian indigenous studies learning and teaching network. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 43 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.1017/jie.2014.2
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2014). Unknown and unknowing possiblities: transformative learning, social justice and decolonising pedagogy in Indigenous Australian Studies. Journal of Transformative Education, 12 (1), 54-73. doi: 10.1177/1541344614541170
Bendrups, Dan, Barney, Katelyn and Grant, Catherine (2013). An introduction to sustainability and ethnomusicology in the Australasian context. Musicology Australia, 35 (2), 153-158. doi: 10.1080/08145857.2013.844470
Barney, Katelyn (2013). 'Taking your mob with you': giving voice to the experiences of Indigenous Australian postgraduate students. Higher Education Research and Development, 32 (4), 515-528. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2012.696186
Barney, Katelyn (2012). ‘Sing loud, break through the silence’: musical responses to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations. Perfect Beat: The Pacific journal of research into contemporary music and popular culture, 13 (1), 69-94. doi: 10.1558/prbt.v13i1.69
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2012). Pearls not problems: exploring transformative education in indigenous Australian studies. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 41 (1), 10-17. doi: 10.1017/jie.2012.3
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2012). Introduction. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 41 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1017/jie.2012.2
Barney, Katelyn (2011). Cherbourg that's my home: celebrating landscape through song. Queensland Historical Atlas.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2010). Transformative learning in first year Indigenous Australian Studies: Posing problems, asking questions and achieving change. A practice report. International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 1 (1), 91-99.
Barney, Katelyn and Mackinlay, Elizabeth (2010). Creating rainbows from words and transforming understandings: enhancing student learning through reflective writing in an Aboriginal music course. Teaching In Higher Education, 15 (2), 161-173. doi: 10.1080/13562511003619995
Barney, Katelyn (2010). Gendering Aboriginalism: A performative gaze on Indigenous Australian women. Cultural Studies Review, 16 (1), 212-239. doi: 10.5130/csr.v16i1.1440
Barney, Katelyn and Mackinlay, Elizabeth (2010). "Singing trauma trails": Songs of the Stolen Generations in Indigenous Australia. Music and Politics, 4 (2), e1-e25. doi: 10.3998/mp.9460447.0004.202
Barney, Katelyn (2009). Hop, skip and jump: Indigenous Australian women performing within and against Aboriginalism. Journal of Music Research Online, 1, 1-19.
Barney, Katelyn (2009). Badu Nawul: Traditional and Contemporary Music and Dance from Badu Island; Mubuygiw Awgadhaw Nawul: Traditional and Contemporary Music and Dance from Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait; Iama Wakai Tusi/Voice of Iama: Traditional and Contemporary Music and Danc. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 10 (2), 168-170. doi: 10.1080/14442210902842162
Mackinlay, Elizabeth and Barney, Katelyn (2008). "Move over and make room for Meeka": The representation of race, otherness and indigeneity on the Australian children's television programme Play School. Discourse, 29 (2), 273-288. doi: 10.1080/01596300801967011
Katelyn Barney (2008). 'We're women we fight for freedom': Intersections of race and gender in contemporary songs by Indigenous Australian women performers.. Women's Studies Journal, 22 (1), 3-19.
Barney, Katelyn (2007). On the margins: Torres Strait Islander women performing contemporary music. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, 1 (2), 70-90.
Barney, Katelyn (2007). Sending a message: How Indigenous Australian women use contemporary music recording technologies to provide a space for agency, viewpoints and agendas. World of Music, 49 (1), 105-123.
Barney, Katelyn S. (2006). Book Review of: Deadly sounds, deadly places: contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia.. Popular Music and Society, 29 (5), 633-636.
Barney, K. S. (2006). Playing Hopscotch: How Indigenous women performers resist Aboriginalist constructs of race.. Crossings, 11 (1), 1-11.
Barney, K. S. (2006). Landscapes of Indigenous performance: Music, song and dance of theTorres Strait and Arnhem Land.. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education., 35, 102-103.
Barney, K. S. (2006). 'Women singing up big': the growth of contemporary music recordings by Indigenous Australian women artists.. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 1, 44-56.
Barney, K. S. (2006). Rethinking, redesigning and reflecting on teaching and learning Indigenous Australian music. Music Education Research and Innovation, 13 (1), 2-30.
Barney, K.S. (2004). "Where is their costume, where is their paint?" Exploring how Indigenous Australian women construct and negotiate their Indigeneity through contemporary music. Perfect Beat. The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture., 7 (1), 42-59.
Conference Papers
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2023). Calling out Racism in University Classrooms: The Ongoing Need for Indigenisation of the Curriculum to Support Indigenous Student Completion Rates. STARS (Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention, Success), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3-5 July 2023.
Barney, Katelyn and Williams, Hayley (2023). Exploring definitions of ‘success’ in relation to outreach programs for Indigenous Australian students. STARS (Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention, Success), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 3-5 July 2023.
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2023). Strengthening completion rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tertiary students. HERDSA, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4-7 July 2023.
Barney, Katelyn and Williams, Hayley (2022). Building a stronger evidence base to support effective outreach strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: increasing impact and university participation. HERDSA Qld Professional Development and Networking Day , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 17 November 2022.
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2022). Strategies for success: improving completions rates for Indigenous students. STARS (Students Transitions Achievement Retention Success), Online, 4-6 July 2022.
Barney, Katelyn and Williams, Hayley (2022). Building a stronger evidence base to support effective outreach strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: increasing impact and university participation.. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasian, Virtual/Melbourne, QLD Australia, 27-30 June 2022.
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn and Bernardino, Brenna (2021). "Having the mob at the uni made me feel connected”: bringing the evidence together to improve completion rates for Indigenous students. ANZSSA (Australian and New Zealand Student Service Association) conference, Online, 29-30 November 2021.
Barney, Katelyn (2021). Improving the evidence about “what works” for effective outreach strategies for Indigenous students. Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) Data Insights at DESE series, Online, 26 August 2021.
Barney, Katelyn, Crawford, Nicole, Delahunty, Janine, Eckstein, David, Pitman, Timothy and Simpson, Andrea (2021). Diversity of the regional, rural and remote university experience. National Conference for Regional, Rural and Remote Education, Online, 21-24 April 2021.
Barney, Katelyn and Williams, Hayley (2021). Connections, culture, and confidence: Indigenous student and caregiver perspectives on reimagining outreach camps. Australian Association for Research in Education, Virtual, 29 November to 2 December 2021.
Barney, Katelyn (2020). What works? Success factors of outreach camps for Indigenous students. NCSEHE Student Equity Snapshot Forum, Online, 26-30 October 2020.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2019). For, by, about women: a case study of intercultural collaboration between Indigenous Australian women and women from diverse nations. Musicological Society of Australia, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 5-7 December 2019.
Barney, Katelyn (2019). Building a stronger evidence base to support effective outreach strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: a preview of a NCSEHE Equity Fellowship. Queensland Widening Participation Forum, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 15 November 2019.
Akhurst, Graham and Barney, Katelyn (2017). Articulating my own black history: success factors in the pathway from undergraduate to postgraduate study. Australian Associate for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 26-30 November 2017.
Solomon, Lexine and Barney, Katelyn (2016). Experiences of mainland Torres Strait Islander women performing contemporary music. International Association for the Study of Popular Music Australia New Zealand Branch, Mackay, QLD Australia, 7-9 December 2016.
Barney, Katelyn and Solomon, Lexine (2016). Collaborations, conversations, contestations: Indigenous and non-Indigenous encounters through music research. Australian Cultural Fields: The Difference that Identity Makes, Sydney, NSW Australia, 14-15 July 2016.
Barney, Katelyn (2015). Reflection, collaboration and PEARL pedagogy: enhancing student learning in an Indigenous Australian music course. Teaching and Learning Ethnomusicology Symposium, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 16 December 2015.
Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Barney, Katelyn and Creagh, Susan (2014). Becoming, belonging and being in the profession: evaluating a mentoring program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander initial teacher educators. ATEA 2014: Australian Teacher Education Association Conference 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 6-9 July, 2014. Bathurst, NSW, Australia: Australian Teacher Education Association.
Barney, Katelyn (2014). Musical entanglements at the contact zone: exploring Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian collaborations through contemporary music. IASPM-ANZ 2013 Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 24-26 November 2013. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM).
Barney, Katelyn (2013). 'Gaining the life jacket, kayak and paddles’: exploring the experiences of Indigenous Australian postgraduate students. Latrobe University Access and Achievement Forum, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 14 November 2013.
Seminar Paper
Barney, Katelyn, Bunda, Tracey and Williams, Hayley (2021). Connections, culture and collaboration: exploring success factors of outreach program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Widening Tertiary Participation Practitioner Seminar.
Video Document
Creative Work
Barney, Katelyn and Bunda, Tracey (2021). Indigenous Success: Doing it, Thinking it, Being it. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, Listen Notes.
Newspaper Article
Thesis
Barney, Katelyn Sarah (2006). Playing musical hopscotch: How Indigenous Australian women perform around, within and against Aboriginalism.. PhD Thesis, School of Music, The University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Barney, Katelyn, Bunda, Tracey, Hausia, Kirsten, Martin, Anne, Elston, Jacinta, Bernardino, Brenna and Griffiths, Daniel (2022). Building the evidence to improve completion rates for Indigenous students. Bentley, WA, Australia: National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education.
Barney, Katelyn (2022). Building a stronger evidence base to support effective outreach strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: increasing impact and university participation. Perth, WA, Australia: Curtin University National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education.
Barney, Katelyn (2012). Teaching, learning and enacting the education principles on Indigenous Australian matters (EPIAM) at The University of Queensland. Research report series (University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) St Lucia, Qld., Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.