Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (University of Technology Sydney)
Research Interests
Dr Michael Davis works across an inter-disciplinary space in the humanities and social sciences, encompassing history, sociology, social policy, anthropology and postcolonial and Indigenous studies. His experience and interests include Indigenous/European histories of encounter, Indigenous knowledges, environmental history, Indigenous rights issues and ethics, cultural heritage, and biography, as well as multi-species and human-animal encounters in history and Anthropocene thinking.
- Social policy
- Anthropology
- Postcolonial and indigenous studies
Recent Publications
- Davis M. (2020) The “Culture” in Cultural Competence. In Frawley J; Russell G; Sherwood J (Ed.), Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice: 15-29. Singapore: Springer.
- Davis M. (2019) Indigenous Australian Identity in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts. In Ratuva S (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Davis M. (2017) Introduction: Backbone and Country. In Adamson J; Davis M (Ed.), Humanities for the Environment: Integrating Knowledge, Forging New Constellations of Practice: 46-54-46-54. London: Routledge.
- Davis M. (2017) Walking Together into Knowledge: Aboriginal/European Collaborative Environmental Encounters in Australia’s North-East, 1847-1849. In Adamson J; Davis M (Ed.), Humanities for the Environment: Integrating Knowledge, Forging New Constellations of Practice: 181-194. London: Routledge.
- Adamson J; Davis M (Ed.) (2016) Humanities for the Environment: Integrating Knowledge, Forging New Constellations of Practice. Routledge. 262.
