ICS Seminar - A/Professor Corrinne Sullivan
Working digitally: Indigenous sex workers navigating digital environments
Abstract
The role of media and digital technologies in the working lives of people have grown exponentially, changing people’s workspaces and environments, including for those that buy and sell sexual services. Media and digital technologies have given rise to the creation of newer forms of sexual services, with the internet more broadly enabling advertising platforms online, and the creation of online sexual media spaces that cater to differing sexual and/or gender appetites. Paralleling the growth in these technologies has been the scholarly literature detailing various dimensions of these technologies particularly in relation to those that buy and/or sell sexual services. Despite this continued interest little attention has been given to the experiences of Indigenous sex workers in media and digital environments. Drawing from semi-structured interviews with Indigenous sex workers this paper will explore the way in which media spaces and digital technologies are utilised and consumed for their work.
Biography
A/Professor Corrinne Sullivan is the Associate Dean (Indigenous Education) and A/Professor of Geography in the School of Social Sciences. Her research interests focus broadly on experiences and effects of body and identity in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Her outstanding scholarly contributions on gender and sexual themes across geographic, feminist and Indigenous studies have provided valuable evidence-based data which has directly informed government policy, institutional practice, and community-based services and resources. Her recent scholarly contributions have been in the areas of Indigenous LGBTIQ+ people’s social and emotional wellbeing; Indigenous peoples and urban spaces; and Indigenous communities and organisations. A/Professor Sullivan is recognised as a leader with a strong commitment to improve the social, economic, and cultural wellbeing of Indigenous peoples through centring and amplifying their voices to promote positive change.
Event Details
Date & Time: 27 July 2023 | 11:30am - 1:00pm
Venue: Room: EB.G.02, Parramatta South Campus
