Daniels Lecture: Aura Country Terror Refrain

Aura Country Terror Refrain explores cultural and philosophical concepts of First Nations lived experiences with place and architecture in Western built environments. Framed through the lens of pedagogical approaches that enact self-reflection and personal storytelling relative to his Home, Dr Mossman presents the key words of the presentation title in relation to influential trips to Berlin Germany and Venice Italy. The presentation describes considerations of the impositions of colonialism, the vitality of human experience, the historical interactions with place across generations and Indigenising the built environment into the future. Growing up in Gimuy (Cairns Australia), studying architecture in Canberra, practicing and now teaching architecture on the Country of the Gadigal, Mossman invites participants to reflect on their experiences of place and culture relative to their Home.

Michael Mossman is a Kuku Yalanji man, born and raised in Cairns on Yidinji Country. He now lives and works on Gadigal land and is Associate Dean Indigenous Strategy and Services at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. He is also a registered architect who champions Country and First Nations cultures as agents for structural change in the broader architectural profession at educational, practice and policy levels