Carroll Go-Sam

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Carroll Go-Sam is a graduate in architecture, lecturer and researcher in the School of Architecture at University of Queensland. She is a descendant of Dyirbal bama peoples out of gumbilbarra country. Carroll has recently co-led a number of projects and grants, completing UQ’s Campuses on Countries Indigenous Design Framework and Engagement project (2020-2021). She currently leads ramping up Indigenising the curriculum in School of Architecture supported by UQ ITALI Teaching and Learning grant. She is a panellist on the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) First Nations Advisory Working Group + Cultural Reference Panel and the NSW State Design Review Panel coordinated by the Government Architects Office. She is an editorial advisor to Architecture Australia. Carroll continues to explore the transformative potential of architecture and how it can facilitate outcomes for Indigenous peoples futures.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.