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Dr Jeanne-Marie Viljoen is a Senior Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies at UniSA Creative, University of South Australia. She specializes in decolonial comics, literary trauma studies, and visual storytelling as tools for social problem-solving. Her work bridges disciplines, emphasizing interdisciplinary research methods and poststructuralist theory. She has held roles at institutions in North Cyprus and South Africa, fostering expertise in contested colonial contexts.
Education & Affiliations: A member of the Creative People, Products, and Places Research Centre and the National Enterprise for Rural Community Wellbeing. She collaborates internationally, including with the University of South Africa as a Research Associate.
Research Interests: Focuses on graphic narratives as vehicles for decolonial thought, trauma representation, and cross-cultural communication. Her projects include supporting neurodivergent comics creators and suicide prevention strategies for farming communities. Key themes are visual storytelling, indigenous knowledge systems, and ethical aesthetics.
Articles Trends: Recent work engages with Arctic indigenous narratives, Palestinian confinement, and African critiques of Hollywood. Highlights include using comics to address global health disparities and reimagining cultural memory through graphic forms.
Awards: Recognized for teaching innovation (2019) and mobile learning contributions (2006).
Grants & Supervision: Leads projects funded by Arts & Health Alliance and Wellbeing SA. Supervised theses on cultural theory, literary trauma, and media representation. Teaches courses on visual culture, decolonial literature, and interdisciplinary research methods.
Labs/Teams: Part of UniSA Creative’s cross-disciplinary research initiatives, including exhibitions on Xhosa culture and international symposiums on comics’ futures.
