Jo Paterson Kinniburgh

Partner
Bangawarra

With a passion for research based methods that counter colonised accounts of place, First Nations Wugulora woman, descendant of the Karyouakou West African peoples Jo Paterson Kinniburgh is committed to educating and practicing in Sydney in a way that is respectful of the Aboriginal (hi)stories, cultures, languages and knowledges of Country. With experience in architectural practice since 1991 in Aotearoa New Zealand and Sydney, she embraces the negotiation between cultural protocols to find productive modes of Indigenous-Non-Indigenous collaboration. She has taught Construction, design and Masters studios in the School of Architecture at UTS since 2007, where she continues to hold a fractional appointment. Jo is completing a PhD in the UTS Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges, where she is documenting the Country of the D'harawal peoples of the area now known as the Sydney basin.