Contact Details
| Organization: | Architecture, Building and Planning |
| Position: | LECTURER IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/staff/sheyes.html |
| Work: | (03) 8344 4982 |
| Fax: | (03) 8344 5532 |
| Room: | G 18 |
| Level: | 01 |
| Building: | Baldwin Spencer Building |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
Scott Heyes recently completed his PhD dissertation in Geography at McGill University, Montreal. He was awarded the John Crampton Travelling Scholarship from 2002-2005 to undertake indigenous studies of landscape in Canada for his doctorate.
With Montreal as a base, Scott travelled to the Arctic region of Nunavik on several occasions over four years, where he lived and hunted with Inuit families. He continues to pursue landscape studies research in Nunavik. He is an avid outdoor enthusiast and adventurer.
His thesis explored how a band of Inuit in the remote community of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Arctic Quebec perceive the Nunavik landscape. In addition, the study reported on the status and breadth of traditional knowledge that three generations of Kangiqsualujjuaq Inuit have of the coast. Using an intergenerational approach to explore whether perceptions of the land-water interface were consistent or inconsistent across and between the generations, the cohort responded to questions about spatial concepts, travel patterns, traditional narratives, senses of place, and hunting knowledge. In the field Scott collected a number of Inuit drawings and mythological stories of the coast.
Collectively, these mediums offered a tangible view of the Inuit knowledge base of the coast that have been wrought by changes to the physical landscape, to patterns of social interaction, and to new and non-traditional pedagogical methods. Scott's PhD thesis is available online as a PDF document (172MB) through the Humanities and Social Science Library at McGill University, Montreal. The thesis contains much historical information on the village of Kangiqsualujjuaq and its people.
Scott completed a Masters of Landscape Architecture (Research) Degree and a Landscape Architecture with Honours Degree at the University of Adelaide. His Master’s project, which involved relocating to Montreal to study for one year at the École d’Architecture de Paysage (Université de Montréal) in 2000, examined the various traditional techniques that Canadian Inuit use to navigate and way-find. His thesis entitled Inuit and Scientific Ways of Knowing and Seeing the Arctic Landscape is available from the Barr Smith Library at Adelaide University.
Scott developed an Aboriginal seasonal calendar for the Adelaide Plains, South Australia for his Honour’s project, which features in Adelaide, Nature of a City (ed. C. Daniels, 2005). He has worked for the landscape architecture firms Fifth Creek Studio (Adelaide) and Courchesneap Paysages (Montreal). He has lectured in geography and landscape architecture at the Universities of McGill and Adelaide. In 2008, Scott will be teaching a seminar subject about Indigenous ways of knowing and seeing the land and sea called Indigenous Conceptions of Landscape. This seminar will explore Inuit and Australian Aboriginal notions of place and space.
With funds from a Melbourne University Joint Research Grant and an Early Career Researcher Grant (2007), he is currently exploring how the Torngat National Park and the Kuururjuaq Provincial Park schemes, which are under development in Northern Canada, have incorporated Inuit traditions of managing and sustaining the environment. The project is being jointly undertaken with Peter Jacobs, Professor of Landscape Architecture at the École d’Architecture de Paysage, Université de Montréal. Support for this project is also provided by the Canadian High Commission in Canberra through the Faculty Research Program Grant.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Key Words | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Indigenous conceptions (particularly Inuit) and knowledge of land/sea; Indigenous land/sea units; cultural landscapes; Indigenous fishing enterprises | Canadian Inuit; Nunavik; Inuit Studies; National Parks and Protected Areas; Senses of Place; cultural landscapes; knowledge transmission | Canada, Australia |
International Linkages
| Country | Establishment | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | McGill University | Research |
| United States | Smithsonian Institution | Research |
| Canada | University of Montreal | Research |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Design Studies | Adelaide University | 28-Apr-1999 | |
| Honours Degree of Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with First Class Honours | Adelaide University | 19-Apr-2000 | |
| Master of Landscape Architecture by Research | Adelaide University | 13-Aug-2002 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy (Geography) | McGill University | 28-May-2007 |
Memberships
| Membership Type | Membership Body | Description | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) | Member | 01-Feb-2007 | |
| Member | Association of American Geographers (AAG) | Individual | 01-Feb-2007 |
Other Awards
| Award Type | Awarding Body | Comments | Date Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other (Award) | Melbourne University | Early Career Researcher Grant | 25-Sep-2007 |
| Other (Award) | Canadian High Commission, Canberra | Faculty Research Program Grant | 14-Dec-2007 |
| Other (Award) | University of Melbourne | Joint Research Project with the University of Montreal | 17-Aug-2007 |
| Other (Award) | Canadian High Commission, Canberra (International Council for Canadian Studies) | Faculty Research Program Grant | 01-Oct-2007 |
| Other (Award) | Adelaide University | Australian Postgraduate Award | 01-Mar-2001 |
| Other (Award) | Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada | ArcticNet Grant | 01-Jun-2004 |
| Other (Award) | McGill University | SSHRC Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council Award | 01-Jun-2005 |
| Other (Award) | McGill University | Alma Mater Travel Grant | 01-Jun-2004 |
| Other (Award) | McGill University | Alma Mater Travel Grant | 01-Feb-2006 |
| Scholarship | Adelaide University | International Studies Scholarship | 01-Feb-2000 |
| Scholarship | Adelaide University | Adelaide University Summer Scholarship | 01-Jan-1999 |
| Other (Award) | Adelaide University | Boral Resources Prize in Landscape Architecture | 01-Nov-1999 |
| Scholarship | Adelaide University | The John Crampton Travelling Scholarship | 01-Jun-2002 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Heritage and Conservation (ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT) (310102)
- Landscape Planning (ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT) (310104)
- Other Architecture, Urban Environment and Building (OTHER ARCHITECTURE, URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING) (319999)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology (ANTHROPOLOGY) (370302)
- Social and Cultural Geography (HUMAN GEOGRAPHY) (370402)
- Human Geography not elsewhere classified (HUMAN GEOGRAPHY) (370499)
- Aboriginal Studies (OTHER STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY) (379902)
- Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified (OTHER STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY) (379999)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Preserving the built environment (HERITAGE) (750801)
- Preserving movable cultural heritage (HERITAGE) (750802)
- Regional planning (HERITAGE) (750804)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage (HERITAGE) (750805)
- Heritage not elsewhere classified (HERITAGE) (750899)
- Understanding Australia's past (UNDERSTANDING PAST SOCIETIES) (750901)
- Understanding the pasts of other societies (UNDERSTANDING PAST SOCIETIES) (750902)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Additional Grant and Contract Information
Prospective PhD Students - Topics of Interest
Students that are interested in studying at the University of Melbourne under my supervision should have a topic in mind that relates to
- senses of place
- Indigenous perceptions and knowledge of landscapes
- traditional knowledge
- poetics of coasts
- Arctic Canada
- cultural geography
- landscape and language
- cultural landscapes
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.