Treena Clark

Treena Clark is a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellow at the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney. As a Kokatha and Wirangu academic based in Tarntanya/Adelaide and Sydney, her work focuses on First Nations fashion, cultural identity, and social change through her research project Ad(dressing) Indigeneity: identity, healing, and social change through clothing, fashion, and style. She explores how Indigenous fashion connects historical narratives to contemporary practices.

Research & Advocacy

• Investigates Indigenous fashion as a tool for cultural continuity and activism
• Examines intersections of clothing with self-determination and sovereignty
• Highlights ethical consumption of Indigenous designs

Key Contributions

Her articles analyze:

• Ally wear and its political implications
• Healing through reclaiming colonial-era garments
• Indigenous fashion’s role in protests and identity
• Historical context of Aboriginal textile production
• Case studies of trailblazing designers like Stephen FitzGerald

Honors

• 2022: Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellowship