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Dr Monika Schott is a researcher at Deakin University Australia, specializing in industrial heritage, social history, and community engagement with marginalized industrial communities. She employs creative writing methodologies to document the lived experiences of abject communities, notably through her book The faraway land of the house and two cows (2022), which examines Melbourne’s sewerage farm community.
- Focuses on deindustrialization and its social impacts
- Pioneers literary nonfiction approaches in academic research
- Collaborates with the Wyndham Community Cultural Foundation on heritage projects
Her work bridges historical preservation and urban planning, emphasizing citizen engagement in post-industrial contexts. She has been shortlisted for the Ada Cambridge Writing Prize and contributes to international discourse through conference presentations.
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