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Biography
Jo McDonald is the Director of the Centre for Rock Art Research + Management at UWA. She holds the Rio Tinto Chair in Rock Art Studies. Jo has recently completed an ARC Future Fellowship. Her four year research project studied rock art, social and environmental change in two of the great deserts of the world: the Western Desert in Australia and the Great Basin in the USA.
Prior to taking up her role as Director of CRAR+M, Jo was Director of Jo McDonald CHM Pty Ltd, a leading cultural heritage practice based in Sydney. She has more than 35 years’ experience in managing Indigenous archaeology and has been researching rock art throughout this time.
Prior to taking up her role as Director of CRAR+M, Jo was Director of Jo McDonald CHM Pty Ltd, a leading cultural heritage practice based in Sydney. She has more than 35 years’ experience in managing Indigenous archaeology and has been researching rock art throughout this time.
Roles and responsibilities
Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management
Rio Tinto Chair of Rock Art Studies
ARC Future Fellow
Rio Tinto Chair of Rock Art Studies
ARC Future Fellow
Future research
Rock Art of the Pilbara
Kimberley and desert art connections
Pilbara and desert art connections
Great Basin rock art
Rock art of the early Americans and Australians
Kimberley and desert art connections
Pilbara and desert art connections
Great Basin rock art
Rock art of the early Americans and Australians
Funding overview
AIATSIS Grant for dating arid zone rock art 2005 Canning Stock Route ARC Linkage Project (Rock Art and Jukurrpa) 2007-2011
Jo was Principal Investigator and JMcD CHM was a Partner organisation.
ARC Future Fellowship: Arid zone rock art of the Western Desert and Great Basin 2011-2016
Lead Chief Investigator - Murujuga: Dynamics of the Dreaming ARC Linkage Project (2015-2018)
Jo was Principal Investigator and JMcD CHM was a Partner organisation.
ARC Future Fellowship: Arid zone rock art of the Western Desert and Great Basin 2011-2016
Lead Chief Investigator - Murujuga: Dynamics of the Dreaming ARC Linkage Project (2015-2018)
Previous positions
Director, Jo McDonald Cultural Heritage Management Pty Ltd
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University
Director, Brayshaw McDonald Pty Ltd
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University
Director, Brayshaw McDonald Pty Ltd
Industrial relevance
As a long term cultural heritage practitioner, Jo has good links with Industry and government, and is well versed in the practicalities of heritage management in Australia. This long term experience has seen her involved as an expert witness in Native Title and Land and Environment Court actions, as well as providing advice to government (Stage and Commonwealth) on heritage matters.
Teaching overview
ARCY 2004 - Rock Art in Archaeology Undergraduate course 2012
ARCY 2005 - Rock Art Field school (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
ARCY 2005 - Rock Art Field school (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Research
Rock art and information exchange;
Gender and rock art;
Arid zone rock art;
The contemporaneity of rock art with other occupation evidence;
Direct-dating rock art;
Rock art and dreaming tracks (Jukurrpa);
Applied rock art research (Native Title arena, National Heritage and World Heritage)
Gender and rock art;
Arid zone rock art;
The contemporaneity of rock art with other occupation evidence;
Direct-dating rock art;
Rock art and dreaming tracks (Jukurrpa);
Applied rock art research (Native Title arena, National Heritage and World Heritage)
Languages
English
written and colloquial French
written and colloquial French
Keywords
- Rock art method and theory
- Archaeological method and theory
- Pleistocene archaeology
- Chronometric dating of pigment art
- Archaeology of gender
- The archaeology of Indigenous Australia
- Hunter-gatherer archaeology
- Open site archaeology
- Regional archaeological studies
- Application of geographical information systems in archaeology
- Rock art database development
- Visualization of rock art
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Network
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Projects 2012 2016
- 12 Finished
Murujuga - Dynamics of the Dreaming
Hampson, J., Whitley, T., McDonald, J., Paterson, A., Bourke, P., Glaskin, K. & Veth, P.
1/01/14 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
Research Output 2006 2017
Archaeological discontinuities in the southern hemisphere: A working agenda
Barberena, R., McDonald, J., Mitchell, P. & Veth, P. Jun 2017 In : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 46, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Linguistics
Sampling
social agencies
reorganization
population development
Australia’s Rock Art Heritage: A Thematic Approach to Assessing Scientific Value
McDonald, J. 30 Jun 2017 The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art. David, B. & McNiven, I. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 31 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
art
Values
UNESCO
synergy
cultural heritage
Murujuga, Northwestern Australia: When Arid Hunter-Gatherers Became Coastal Foragers
McDonald, J. & Berry, M. 2 Jan 2017 In : Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 12, 1, p. 24-43 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
hunter-gatherer
predictive model
rock art
art
archipelago
Pilbara rock art: Laser scanning, photogrammetry and 3D photographic reconstruction as heritage management tools
Davis, A., Belton, D., Helmholz, P., Bourke, P. & McDonald, J. 4 Jul 2017 In : Heritage Science. 5, 1, 25Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
reconstruction
art
cultural heritage
management
archaeology
Where art meets industry: protecting the spectacular rock art of the Burrup Peninsula
McDonald, J. 16 Feb 2017 The ConversationResearch output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
Open Access
Datasets
Cape Lambert Site CL3-12-02
McDonald, J. (Creator), Carson, A. (Creator), Winton, V. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 12 Oct 2012
Dataset
Bunuba Lifeways project
Balme, J. (Creator), Winton, V. (Creator), Carson, A. (Creator), McDonald, J. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 22 Oct 2012
Dataset
Happy Valley field school 2012
McDonald, J. (Creator), Winton, V. (Creator), Carson, A. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 12 Oct 2012
Dataset
Karnatukul, Katjarra (Serpents Glen)
McDonald, J. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 23 Mar 2018
Dataset
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Port Hedland Legacy
McDonald, J. (Creator), Paterson, A. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 27 Feb 2013
Dataset