Carroll Go-Sam is an Indigenous research fellow in the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre at the University of Queensland’s School of Architecture.
Carroll Go-Sam's Latest contributions
Are yarning circles the new decal?
With requests for yarning circles becoming increasingly commonplace in design briefs, Carroll Go-Sam suggests how this element might be more meaningfully and creatively incorporated.
Recognize cultural safety and cultural load
Learn what these terms mean, and how you can increase cultural safety and reduce cultural load in your work.
Indigenizing practice: Maximizing economic benefits
A new health and wellbeing centre in the Aboriginal community of Yarrabah demonstrates the value of projects that engage the local community not only in building design but in ongoing economic opportunities.
Addressing Indigenous heritage through design
Connecting to Country, rather than being overwhelmed by thousands of years of culture and history, is the first step to an architectural future more enriched by Indigeneity, says Dillon Kombumerri.
Future Indigeneity: Shared values in the built environment
In recognition of National Reconciliation Week, Carroll Go-Sam outlines how new approaches to design, agency and participation are securing the future of Indigeneity and reshaping architecture.
Do Indigenous cultural landscapes matter?
The growth in infrastructure overseen by the Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Masterplan, has missed an opportunity engage with significant Indigenous placemaking. Carroll Go-Sam takes a long-term perspective.
Remote Indigenous settlements – more than tiny dots on a map
Indigenous people and their settlements are more than tiny dots littered across a vast continent. These smaller settlements are under threat of closure by top-down policies in favour of urban concentration.
Indigenous Design Paradigms
Working with and against Indigenous design paradigms