Personal profile
Research interests
Jennifer Deger works in the intersections of art, anthropology and environmental studies. Her research is concerned with the ways that digital media transform the ways we see, know—and care about—more-than-human worlds.
Trained in anthropology and communications, Jennifer brings an innovative approach to social research as a filmmaker, curator and writer.
As a founding member of the Yolŋu-led intergenerational research collective, Miyarrka Media, Jennifer brings to CDU a commitment to furthering the potential of transdisciplinary and co-creative scholarship with research partners. Miyarrka Media's current ARC projects set out to activate a Yolŋu digital art of renewal for threatened coastlines and beaches, through co-creative art practices and mapping.
Research Interests
- Art and visual culture in the Anthropocene
- The blue humanities
- Yolŋu Sea Country
- Co-creative and non-traditional research methods
- Experimental film and ethnography
- Digital life
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Shimmering Screens: Media, mimesis and a vision of a Yolngu modernity, Macquarie University
Award Date: 21 Apr 2004
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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2023 Rainmaker Start-up - Stories of Rapid Creek: Voicing transdisciplinary methods in caring for NT people-places
Spencer, M. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Verran, H. (Chief Investigator C), Gould, J. (Chief Investigator C), Macdonald, J. M. (Chief Investigator C) & Deger, J. (Chief Investigator C)
29/05/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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GREENSKIN Warrior Traditions in Defence of Country
Deger, J. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Ward, B. J. (Student Investigator)
25/03/24 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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IN220100007 Caring for Cosmologies: Making Living Maps for West Miyarrka
Wunungmurra, E. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Deger, J. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Wunungmurra, M. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Christie, M. (Chief Investigator E), Spencer, M. (Chief Investigator F), Ward, B. J. (Chief Investigator G) & Hayashi, Y. (Chief Investigator H)
28/03/22 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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SR200200346 Rangingur: a Yolngu digital art of renewal
Deger, J. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Wunungmurra, P. G. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B) & Wanambi, Y. (Chief Investigator C)
28/03/22 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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A FERAL ATLAS
Tsing, A. L., Deger, J., Saxena, A. K. & Zhou, F., Jan 2025, The New Routledge Handbook of Political Ecology. Taylor and Francis AS, p. 417-426 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Atlas Féral: Histoires vraies et proliférantes des résistances aux infrastructures humaines
Translated title of the contribution :Feral Atlas: The More-than-Human Anthropocene Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book
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Developing the Public Environmental Humanities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons
Deger, J., van Dooren, T., Rooke, D., Zadokierski, Z., Osborne, N., Wiggin, B., Armiero, M., Muecke, S., O'Gorman, E., Adamson, J., Ureta, S., Tsai, Y.-L., Muir, C., Wehner, K., Kearnes, M., Minter, P. & Rigby, K., 22 Feb 2025, In: Resistance: A Journal of Radical Environmental Humanities. 11, 2-3, p. 6-44 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Notre Nouvelle Nature: Guide De Terrain De L'anthropocene
Translated title of the contribution :The New Nature: Field Guide to the Patchy Anthropocene Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Epistemic attunements: Experiments in intermedial anthropology
Deger, J., Coffey, V. B., Kingston, C., Lowe, S. J. & Stefanoff, L., 1 Apr 2024, In: Australian Journal of Anthropology. 35, 1-2, p. 3-19 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Field Guide to the Patchy Anthropocene
Tsing, A. L., Deger, J., Keleman Saxena , A. & Zhou, F., May 2024, 1 ed. California: Stanford University Press. 344 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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FORM: Anthropology as design
Coffey, V. B. & Deger, J., 1 Apr 2024, In: Australian Journal of Anthropology. 35, 1-2, p. 20-26 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Link opens in a new tab Citation (Scopus)46 Downloads (Pure)
Press/Media
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Renowned anthropologist and filmmaker joins CDU
18/08/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Symposium Fuses Art, Science and First Nations Knowledge in Where Lakes Once Had Water
16/05/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Feral Atlas: An Artist Project for ArtReview December 2023
18/11/21 → 1/12/23
3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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First Yolŋu PhD
Deger, J. & Wunungmurra, P. G.
28/11/22 → 7/11/25
3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
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On Ferality, Patches and Infrastructures: How the Anthropocene is Detonating
21/10/24 → 13/07/25
4 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
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Phone & Spear: A Yuta Anthropology.
Deger, J. & Wunungmurra, P. G.
1/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Prizes
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The John Collier Jr. Award for Still Photography, Honourable mention
Deger, J. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, P. G. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, E. (Recipient), Balpatji, W. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, M. (Recipient), Ganambarr,, J. (Recipient) & Djingadjingawuy, K. (Recipient), 2021
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Sydney Environment Centre Research Fellow 2021-2022
Deger, J. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
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Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize, Shortlist
Deger, J. (Recipient), Tsing, A. L. (Recipient), Keleman Saxena , A. (Recipient) & Zhou, F. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Other distinction
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IPPY (Independent Publisher’s Book Award) Best International E-book
Deger, J. (Recipient), Tsing, A. L. (Recipient), Keleman Saxena , A. (Recipient) & Zhou, F. (Recipient), 2021
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Gregory Bateson Book Prize
Deger, J. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, P. G. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, E. (Recipient), Balpatji, W. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, M. (Recipient), Ganambarr,, J. (Recipient) & Djingadjingawuy, K. (Recipient), 2020
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ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award, Multimodal
Deger, J. (Recipient), Tsing, A. L. (Recipient), Keleman Saxena , A. (Recipient) & Zhou, F. (Recipient), Oct 2025
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AAANZ Prize for Best Artist Led Publication
Deger, J. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, P. G. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, E. (Recipient), Balpatji, W. (Recipient), Wunungmurra, M. (Recipient), Ganambarr,, J. (Recipient) & Djingadjingawuy, K. (Recipient), 2020
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