Dr Mary Ann Hunter
Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Course Coordinator
PhD, Dip Ed, BA Hons
Contact Details
| Contact Campus |
Newnham Campus |
| Building |
Building A |
| Room Reference |
A225C |
| Telephone |
+61 3 6324 3252 |
| Fax |
+61 3 6324 3048 |
| Email |
MaryAnn.Hunter@utas.edu.au |
Teaching Responsibilities
Areas of teaching and research:
- Arts education
- Applied arts practice
- Community cultural development
- Creative partnerships in education
- Contemporary theatre and performance
- Arts and peacebuilding
Publications
- Hunter, M. (in press). Alternative politics of learning: The legacy of TIE in Australia. In A. Jackson & C. Vine (Eds.) Learning Through Theatre. London: Routledge.
- Hunter, M. & Bourke, L. (in press). A quiet kind of magic: Young people’s performance in Australia. In R. Fotheringham & J.Smith (Eds.) Our Australian Theatre in the 2000s. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
- Fotheringham, R., Forgasz, R., Ginters, L., Hunter, M., Warrington, L., & Milne, G. (2012). ADS at thirty: Three decades of Australasian drama, theatre, performance and scholarly research. Australasian Drama Studies, 60, 6-19.
- Hunter, M. (2011). Community Partnerships Artists in Residence Initiative: Evaluation Report. Sydney: Australia Council. [commissioned research report].
- Hunter, M. (2011). Change the world as we know it: Peace, youth and performance. In Cohen, C., Varea, R. & Walker, P. (Eds.) Performance and the creative transformation of conflict. Vol. 2. Oakland, CA: New Village Press.
- Bourke, L. & Hunter M. (2011). Not just an audience: Young people transforming our theatre. Platform papers quarterly essay series, 26, 1-70.
- Hunter, M. (2008). Cultivating the art of safe space, Research in Drama Education: Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 13(1), 5-21.
- Hunter, M. (2008). Youthful presence: Nick Enright as teacher and Property of the Clan. In Pender, A. & Lever, S. (Eds) Nick Enright: An Actor’s Playwright. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
- Hunter, M. (2007). Drama for Young People (Australia). In Cody, G.H. & Springchorn, E. (Eds) Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Hunter, M. (2006). A ‘how to’ guide to writing case-studies. Brisbane: Queensland Arts Council. [industry publication]
- Hunter, M. (2006, September 17). Peace by artful means. [Feature radio broadcast]. Brisbane: ABC Radio National.
- Hunter, M. (2005). Education and arts research overview. Sydney: Australia Council. [commissioned research report]
- Hunter, M. (2005). Of peacebuilding and performance: Contact Inc’s ‘third place’ of intercultural collaboration, Australasian Drama Studies, 47, 140-58.
- Hunter, M. & Milne, G. (2005). Young people and performance in Australia and New Zealand, Australasian Drama Studies, 47, 3-13.
- Hunter, M. (2005, March 6). Sacred Space [Feature radio broadcast]. Brisbane: ABC Radio National.
- Hunter, M. & Clarke, R. (2004). Developing cultural citizens through Australia’s young artists mentoring program. In Kochan, F.K. & Pascarelli, J.T. (Eds) Global perspectives on mentoring: transforming contexts, communities, and cultures. Greenwich: Information Age.
- Hunter, M. (2004). Utopia, maps and ecstasy: Configuring space in Barrie Kosky's 1996 Adelaide Festival. Australasian Drama Studies, 44, 36-51.
- Hunter, M. (2002). Getting connected: Making your mentorship work. Sydney: Australia Council. [industry publication]
- Hunter, M. (2001). No safety gear: Skate girl space and the regeneration of Australian community-based performance. In S. Haedicke & T. Nelhaus (Eds), Performing Democracy: International perspectives on urban community-based performance, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
- Hunter, M. (2001). Performing youth: A tactical arts response . ARIEL A Review of International English Literature, 32(4), 229-243.
- Hunter, M (2001). Anxious Futures: Magpie2 and 'New Generationalism' in Australian youth specific theatre, Theatre Research International, 26 (1), 71-81.
- Hunter, M (2001). Contemporary Australian youth-specific performance and the negotiation of change, NJ (Drama Australia Journal), 24(1) 25-36.
Achievements
Mary Ann is a recipient of various teaching and research awards including:
- Most Effective Teacher commendations (UQ)
- Australian Philip Parsons Prize for Performance as Research (ADSA)
- UQ Deans’ List for Outstanding PhD Research
- Flinders University Medal.
She has chaired various creative industry and community-based committees and was an expert advisor on the Qld Government’s cultural infrastructure program. Mary Ann is a former editor of peer-reviewed journal Australasian Drama Studies (2000-2004) and continues to be an editorial panel member of ADS and About Performance.
Career summary
Mary Ann is Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Arts Education. She facilitates the Faculty’s Creativity and Arts Teaching and Research Group and is an Honorary Research Advisor with the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland (UQ).
Mary Ann’s research interests focus on the role of arts and creative practice in education and applied settings. Current projects include:
- Curious Schools: a project to support teachers’ engagement with creative pedagogies and peer-based professional learning in Tasmania;
- Arts and Peacebuilding: an investigation of the role of the arts and cultural practice in peacebuilding in association with the Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University, Boston. The project includes the development of a website, anthology, film documentary, and toolkit for artists, educators and NGOs. http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/peacebuildingarts/actingtogether
Before joining UTAS, Mary Ann held positions at the National Institute of Education, Singapore and the Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland, where she was also a research associate with the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. She began her career as a theatre-in-education practitioner in secondary education. Alongside national and international consultancy work in cultural policy development, mentoring, evaluation and curriculum design, Mary Ann has produced feature programs for ABC Radio National, was a Queensland contributing editor for
Real Time+Onscreen, and in 2008-2009 was coordinator of
meenah mienne, an innovative arts-based mentoring and literacy program founded by Aboriginal Elders and artists supporting young people in the justice system in Tasmania.
