The Big Mob, STEM it up Project
This podcast series is hosted by Associate Professor Marnee Shay and the Australia's Women in STEM Ambassador, who support the Commonwealth Government's Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review.
This podcast is part of a research project called Big Mob STEM it Up.
Quandamooka postdoctoral fellow, Ren Perkins, yarns with 12 Indigenous trailblazers in STEM.
Listen to hear their stories and experiences in STEM fields.
Artwork by Tara-Rose Gonebale
The Big Mob, STEM it up Project
Episode 12: Andrew Dowding
Andrew is the Managing Director of Winyama. Andrew’s role is to manage and guide Winyama, create opportunities for the team to grow into their roles and most importantly to generate work for the organisation to be sustainable. Andrew is from the Ngarluma traditional owner group and grew up between Perth, Sydney, and the Pilbara.
Andrew has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney majoring in both Anthropology and History, and is a current PhD candidate in Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne.
Andrew has lived and worked in a range of places from Perth, Broome, Arnhem Land, Los Angeles, Sydney, New Delhi and Roebourne. Each of these places has influenced the skills and experience that he brings to his current role. Andew’s major professional roles have been in the fields of Native Title, ethnographic heritage survey and more recently in Indigenous mapping.
Andrew’s passion is Indigenous mapping and the use of technology for cultural safeguarding. He co-founded Winyama in 2018 to provide more opportunity for Indigenous people to work in the geospatial industry and within the broader digital economy.