Jennifer Deger

Professor Jennifer Deger is a Professorial Fellow in Digital Humanities at Charles Darwin University's Northern Institute, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Society. Her work bridges anthropology, art, and environmental studies, focusing on co-creative media projects with Yolŋu communities in Arnhem Land. She co-founded Miyarrka Media, an award-winning arts collective, and co-curated Feral Atlas: The More-than-Human Anthropocene, exhibited globally. Deger holds a PhD from Macquarie University and has held fellowships at NYU and Aarhus University. Her research emphasizes visual ethics, Anthropocene studies, and experimental ethnography.

Education:

• PhD in Anthropology, Macquarie University (2004)

Research Interests:

• Co-creative methodologies with Indigenous partners
• More-than-human worlds and environmental humanities
• Visual and digital ethnography
• Yolŋu Sea Country and coastal stewardship
• Anthropological curation and public engagement

Awards:

• Gregory Bateson Book Prize (2020)
• AAANZ Best Artist Led Publication Prize (2020)
• IPPY Award for Best International E-book (2021)

Grants & Projects:

• ARC-funded project Caring for Cosmologies: Making Living Maps for West Miyarrka (2022–2026)
• ARC-funded Rangingur: a Yolngu Digital Art of Renewal (2022–2026)

Labs/Teams: Co-director of the Centre for Creative Futures; member of Curatorium Collective (intergenerational anthropologists rethinking disciplinary practices).