Professor Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil
Professor,
Communications (SoHCA)
Professor,
Communication, Creative Industries & Screen Media
Biography
Dr Juan Francisco Salazar is an environmental and media anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. He is a Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society. He has been a University Research Theme Champion (Environment and Sustainability) since 2016. From 2020 he is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow.
Juan is best known for his substantive body of work and contribution to studies of indigenous media practices in Chile and Latin America. His current research and teaching is in the fields of social-environmental change; social studies of science; documentary film; futures and socio-technical imaginaries; and cultural research in Antarctica and Outer Space.
Juan has made several feature length documentary films exhibited internationally including Nightfall on Gaia (2015) and The Bamboo Bridge (2019). He has been a visiting fellow at Universidad de las Américas, Mexico (2006), the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (2008), Universidad Uniminuto, Colombia (2013), Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile (2015) and Temple University (2018). In 2018 he was also an Ostrom Fellow at Indiana University (Bloomington).
Juan was an international coordinator of the OURMedia Network from 2004 to 2017. Since 2010 he is a member of the Experts Group of the Humanities and Social Sciences Expert Group (HASSEG) of the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) of which he was co-chair between 2012-2014. Since 2014 he is co-director of the Future Anthropologies Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA).
This information has been contributed by Professor Salazar Sutil.
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
- MA University of Western Sydney
Professional Memberships
- Society for (2020 - 2020)
- American Anthropological Association (2014)
- European Association of Social Anthropologists (2014)
- International Association for media and communication research (2004 - 2007)
Interests
- Social-Ecological Transitions
- Antarctica
- Documentary Film
- Indigenous video
- Latin America
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Communications (SoHCA)
- Communication, Creative Industries & Screen Media
Committees
- Research Theme Champions
Contact
| Email: | J.Salazar@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9685 4666 |
| Mobile: | 0466110689 |
| Location: | ED.G.42 ParramattaBB.G.45 Penrith (Werrington South) |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 101935 Documentary Media, 2015
- 101962 Researching Convergent Media, 2014
Publications
Books
- Pertierra, A. and Salazar, J. (2020), 'Media Cultures in Latin America: Key Concepts and New Debates', : Routledge 9781138353954.
- Salazar, J., Granjou, C., Kearnes, M., Krzywoszynska, A. and Tironi, M. (2020), 'Thinking with Soils: Material Politics and Social Theory', : Bloomsbury Academic 9781350109575.
- Salazar, J., Pink, S., Irving, A. and Sjoberg, J. (2017), 'Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds', : Bloomsbury 9781474264884.
- Cohen, H., Salazar, J. and Barkat, I. (2009), 'Screen Media Arts: An introduction to concepts and practices', : Oxford University Press 9780195562446.
Chapters in Books
- Salazar, J. and Gorman, A. (2023), 'Social studies of outer space : pluriversal articulations', The Routledge Handbook of Social Studies of Outer Space, Routledge 9781032248615.
- Salazar, J. (2023), 'A chronopolitics of outer space : a poetics of tomorrowing ', The Routledge Handbook of Social Studies of Outer Space, Routledge 9781032248615.
- Dodds, K. and Salazar, J. (2021), 'Gateway geopolitics : assembling infrastructure, policies, and tourism in Hobart and Australian Antarctic Territory/East Antarctica', Tourism Geopolitics: Assemblages of Infrastructure, Affect, and Imagination, The University of Arizona Press 9780816539307.
- Pertierra, A., Salazar, J. and Martin Valdez, S. (2020), 'Media cultures in Latin America : an introduction', Media Cultures in Latin America: Key Concepts and New Debates, Routledge 9781138353954.
- Salazar, J. and Cordova, A. (2020), 'Indigenous media cultures in Abya Yala', Media Cultures in Latin America: Key Concepts and New Debates, Routledge 9781138353954.
- Salazar, J. (2020), 'The Anthropocene melt : Antarctica's geologic politics', Anthropocene Antarctica: Perspectives from the Humanities, Law and Social Sciences, Routledge 9781138367593.
- Tironi, M., Kearnes, M., Krzywoszynska, A., Granjou, C. and Salazar, J. (2020), 'Soil theories : relational, decolonial, inhuman', Thinking with Soils: Material Politics and Social Theory, Bloomsbury Academic 9781350109575.
- Salazar, J. and Dodds, K. (2020), 'Geosocial polar futures and the material geopolitics of frozen soils', Thinking with Soils: Material Politics and Social Theory, Bloomsbury Academic 9781350109575.
- Salazar, J., Granjou, C., Krzywoszynska, A., Tironi, M. and Kearnes, M. (2020), 'Thinking-with soils : an introduction', Thinking with Soils: Material Politics and Social Theory, Bloomsbury Academic 9781350109575.
- Salazar, J. (2019), 'Location technologies in extreme environments : the case of King George Island, Antarctica', Location Technologies in International Context, Routledge 9781138682948.
- Salazar, J. (2017), 'Polar infrastructures', Routledge Companion to Digital Ethnography, Routledge 9781138940918.
- Pink, S. and Salazar, J. (2017), 'Anthropologies and futures : setting the agenda', Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds, Bloomsbury Academic 9781474264884.
- Salazar, J. (2017), 'Speculative fabulation : researching worlds to come in Antarctica', Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds, Bloomsbury Academic 9781474264884.
- Salazar, J. (2017), 'Mediating Antarctica in digital culture : politics of representation and visualisation in art and science', Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica, Edward Elgar Publishing 9781784717674.
- Salazar, J. (2016), 'Contar para ser contados : el video indigena como practica ciudadana', Miradas Propias: Pueblos indigenas, comunicacion y medios en la sociedad global, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla 9786077901679.
- Salazar, J. (2016), 'Afterword : polar worlds : Arctic and Antarctic visions', Green Ice: Tourism Ecologies in the European High North, Palgrave Macmillan 9781137587350.
- Cameron, F., Hodge, B. and Salazar, J. (2015), 'Conclusion : climate change engagement : a manifesto for museums and science centers', Climate Change and Museum Futures, Routledge 9780415843911.
- Salazar, J. (2015), 'Futuring global change in science museums and centers : a role for anticipatory practices and imaginative acts', Climate Change and Museum Futures, Routledge 9780415843911.
- Salazar, J. (2015), 'Introduction : planet', A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film, Wiley-Blackwell 9780470671641.
- Salazar, J. (2015), 'Anticipatory modes of futuring planetary change in documentary film', A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film, Wiley-Blackwell 9780470671641.
- Salazar, J. (2015), 'Social movements and video indigena in Latin America : key challenges for 'anthropologies otherwise'', Media, Anthropology and Public Engagement, Berghahn Books 9781782388463.
- Salazar, J. (2014), 'Prefacio', Emergencia del Territorio y Comunicacion Local: Experiencias de Comunicacion y Desarrollo Sobre Medio Ambiente en Colombia, Editorial Universidad del Norte 9789587414325.
- Salazar, J. (2014), 'Practicas de autorepresentacion y los dilemas de la autodeterminacion : el cara y sello de los derechos la comunicacion Mapuche', Aproximaciones a la Cuestion Mapuche en Chile: Una Mirada Desde la Historia y las Ciencias Sociales, RIL Editores 9789560101211.
- Salazar, J. and Bushell, R. (2013), 'Heritage for sale : Indigenous tourism and misrepresentations of voice in Northern Chile', Heritage and Tourism : Place, Encounter, Engagement., Routledge 9780415532648.
- Salazar, J. (2013), 'Video assemblages of Shanghai', Shanghai Expo: an International Forum on the Future of Cities, Routledge 9780415524629.
- Salazar, J. (2011), 'Indigenous Media in Latin America', Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media, Sage 9780761926887.
- Salazar, J. (2010), 'Making Culture Visible: The Mediated Construction of a Mapuche Nation in Chile', Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere. Volume I Creating New Communication Spaces., Hampton Press 9781572737921.
- Salazar, J. (2010), 'MyMuseum: social media and the engagement of the environmental citizen', Hot Topics, Public Culture, Museums, Cambridge Scholars Press 9781443819749.
- Salazar, J. and Cordova, A. (2008), 'Imperfect Media: The Poetics of Indigenous Video in Latin America', Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics, and Politics, Duke University Press 9780822343080.
- Salazar, J. and Waterson, S. (2008), 'Play_Space: Interactive media practices for community participation and cultural transformation', Place: Local Knowledge and New Media Practice, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 9781847184849.
- Salazar, J. (2007), 'Indigenous People and the cultural construction of Information and Communication technology (ICT) in Latin America', Information Technology and Indigenous People, Information Science Publishing 1599042991.
- Salazar, J. (2007), 'Indigenous People And The Communication Rights Agenda: A Global Perspective', New Media Worlds: Challenges For Convergence, Oxford University Press 9780195558364.
Journal Articles
- Salazar, J., Leane, E., Roldan, G., Fraser, C., Macias Diaz, K., Power, C., Garro, F., Silima, R. and Barticevic, E. (2022), 'The Antarctic youth coalition : an experiment in citizen participation and south-south cultural diplomacy', The Polar Journal, vol 12, no 1 , pp 5 - 21.
- Robson, E., Crabtree, L., Langevad, W., Zhong, H., Barret, K. and Salazar, J. (2022), 'Implementing local planetary health : case study of Blue Mountains, Australia', Geographical Research, vol 60, no 4 , pp 563 - 574.
- Pollio, A., Magee, L. and Salazar, J. (2021), 'The making of Antarctic futures : participatory game design at the interface between science and policy', Futures, vol 125 .
- Khan, M., Magee, L., Pollio, A. and Salazar, J. (2021), 'Counter-fun, scholarly legitimacy, and environmental engagement - or why academics should code games', First Monday, vol 26, no 2 .
- Leane, E., Lucas, C., Marx, K., Datta, D., Nielsen, H. and Salazar, J. (2021), 'From gateway to custodian city : understanding urban residents' sense of connectedness to Antarctica', Geographical Research, vol 59, no 4 , pp 522 - 536.
- Granjou, C. and Salazar, J. (2019), 'The stuff of soil : belowground agency in the making of future climates', Nature and Culture, vol 14, no 1 , pp 39 - 60.
- Pink, S., Salazar, J. and Duque, M. (2019), 'Everyday mundane repair : banknotes and the material entanglements of improvisation and innovation', Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, vol 2, no 1 , pp 458 - 477.
- Salazar, J. (2018), 'Ice cores as temporal probes', Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, vol 5, no 1 , pp 32 - 43.
- Granjou, C., Walker, J. and Salazar, J. (2017), 'The politics of anticipation : on knowing and governing environmental futures', Futures, vol 92 , pp 5 - 11.
- O'Reilly, J. and Salazar, J. (2017), 'Inhabiting the Antarctic', The Polar Journal, vol 7, no 1 , pp 9 - 25.
- Granjou, C., Walker, J. and Salazar, J. (2017), 'Guest editorial to the special issue 'Politics of Anticipation : on knowing and governing environmental futures'', Futures, vol 92 , pp 1 - 4.
- Praet, I. and Salazar, J. (2017), 'Familiarizing the extraterrestrial : making our planet alien', Environmental Humanities, vol 9, no 2 , pp 309 - 324.
- Salazar, J. (2017), 'Microbial geographies at the extremes of life', Environmental Humanities, vol 9, no 2 , pp 398 - 417.
- Salazar, J. (2017), 'Antarctica and Outer Space : relational trajectories', The Polar Journal, vol 7, no 2 , pp 259 - 269.
- Leane, E., Winter, T. and Salazar, J. (2016), 'Caught between nationalism and internationalism : replicating histories of Antarctica in Hobart', International Journal of Heritage Studies, vol 22, no 3 , pp 214 - 227.
- Granjou, C. and Salazar, J. (2016), 'Future', Environmental Humanities, vol 8, no 2 , pp 240 - 244.
- Hemmings, A., Chaturvedi, S., Leane, E., Liggett, D. and Salazar, J. (2015), 'Nationalism in today's Antarctic', Yearbook of Polar Law, vol 7 , pp 531 - 555.
- Salazar, J. and Barticevic, E. (2015), 'Digital storytelling Antarctica', Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, vol 29, no 5 , pp 576 - 590.
- Salazar, J. (2015), 'Anticipating Antarctica in the 21st century : a view from the social sciences', ILAIA: Advances in Chilean Antarctic Science, vol 2 , pp 36 - 39.
- Cameron, F., Hodge, B. and Salazar, J. (2013), 'Representing climate change in museum space and places', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews : Climate Change, vol 4, no 1 , pp 9 - 21.
- Salazar, J. (2013), 'Geographies of place-making in Antarctica : an ethnographic approach', The Polar Journal, vol 3, no 1 , pp 53 - 71.
- Notley, T., Salazar, J. and Crosby, A. (2013), 'Online video translation and subtitling : examining emerging practices and their implications for media activism in South East Asia', Global Media Journal: Australian Edition, vol 7, no 1 .
- Salazar, J. (2011), 'The mediations of climate change : museums as citizens' media', Museum and Society, vol 9, no 2 , pp 123 - 135.
- Salazar, J. (2010), 'Digital stories and emerging citizens' media practices by migrant youth in Western Sydney', 3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication, vol 1, no 6 , pp 54 - 70.
- Salazar, J. (2009), 'Indigenous Video and Policy Contexts in Latin America', International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, vol 5, no 1-2 , pp 125 - 130.
- Salazar, J. (2009), 'Self-determination in practice : the critical making of indigenous media', Development in Practice, vol 19, no 40667 , pp 504 - 513.
- Pettit, J., Salazar, J. and Dagron, A. (2009), 'Citizens' media and communication', Development in Practice, vol 19, no 40667 , pp 443 - 452.
- Salazar, J. (2005), 'Digitising Knowledge: Anthropology and New Practices of Digitextuality', Media International Australia, vol 116 , pp 64 - 74.
- Salazar, J. (2005), 'Indigenous media in Latin America.', Codigos: Revista del Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicacion, vol 1, no 2 , pp 51 - 68.
- Salazar, J. (2003), 'Articulating an activist imaginary Internet as counter public sphere in the Mapuche movement (1997/2002)', Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy, vol 107 , pp 19 - 29.
- Salazar, J. (2002), 'Activismo Ind!gena en America Latina: estrategias para una construcci?n cultural de tecnolog!as de informaci?n y comunicaci?n', Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, vol 8, no 2 , pp 61 - 79.
Conference Papers
- Salazar, J. (2013), 'Perceptions and opinions of Antarctic values in Chile', Exploring Antarctic Values: Proceedings of the Workshop Exploring Linkages Between Environmental Management and Value Systems: the Case of Antarctica: Held at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (5 December 2011), SCAR Social Scie, Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Dyson, L., Salazar, J., Hendriks, M., Underwood, J. and Kay, R. (2006), 'ICT's for Intercultural Dialogue: an overview of UNESCO's Indigenous Communication Project', Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication, Tartu, Estonia.
Exhibitions
- 2009, '33?south'
Other Publications
- 2022, 'rivus: A Glossary of Water', Published Work
- 2022, 'The Impossible Mixtape', Published Work
- 2022, 'Framing the Futures of Australia in Space: Insights from Key Stakeholders', Report
- 2021, 'Nature Calls the Shots', Recorded Work
- 2021, 'Antarctic Cities. Volume 3, Antarctic Connectivity Index', Report
- 2021, 'Antarctic Cities. Volume 2, Urban Sustainability Profiles', Report
- 2021, 'Antarctic Cities. Volume 4, Principles for Antarctic Connectivity', Report
- 2021, 'Antarctic Cities: From Gateways to Custodial Cities', Report
- 2019, 'Antarctic Futures', Recorded Work
- 2019, 'The Bamboo Bridge', Recorded Work
- 2019, 'Closing the Loop on Waste: Community Engagement, Cultural Diversity, and Shared Responsibilities in Waste Management in Canterbury-Bankstown', Report
- 2016, 'Ntaria Heroes', Recorded Work
- 2015, 'Nightfall on Gaia', Recorded Work
- 2010, 'Elusion in Recent Australian Cinema', Published Work
- 2006, 'NMAI 13th International Film + Video Festival', Recorded Work
Current Projects
| Title: | Australia as a space-faring nation: An ethnographic study of socio-technical imaginaries of outer space |
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| Western Researchers: | Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil |
| Years: | 2020-05-25 - 2024-06-30 |
| ID: | P00025451 |
| Title: | Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan - Research Strategy and Implementation |
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| Western Researchers: | Paul Rymer, Uffe Nielsen, Jeff Powell, Yolima Carrillo Espanol, Catriona Macdonald, Matthias Boer, Elise Pendall, Rachael Nolan, Ben Moore, Markus Riegler, Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil and Neil Perry |
| Years: | 2021-05-01 - 2025-05-27 |
| ID: | P00027309 |
| Title: | Surfacing wetlands through design ethnography and visualisation in two urban renewal sites in Sydney [via University of Technology Sydney] |
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| Western Researchers: | Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil |
| Years: | 2024-01-01 - 2026-12-31 |
| ID: | P00028713 |
Previous Projects
| Title: | Digital Refuge: Urban Narrative Strategies and Sustainable Media in Western Sydney |
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| Western Researchers: | Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil, Hart Cohen and Antonio Castillo |
| Years: | 2007-11-02 - 2009-03-02 |
| ID: | P0015723 |
| Title: | 33? South; Mapping Sydney to Santiago |
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| Western Researchers: | Sarah Waterson and Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil |
| Years: | 2006-09-01 - 2009-04-30 |
| ID: | P0015484 |
| Title: | Closing the Loop on Waste Project |
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| Western Researchers: | Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil, Abby Mellick Lopes and Paul James |
| Years: | 2019-02-18 - 2019-06-15 |
| ID: | P00025538 |
| Title: | Global Citizenship and the Agency of the Museum Sector in Climate Change Interventions |
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| Western Researchers: | Fiona R Cameron, Bob Hodge, Brett Neilson, Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil and Jann Conroy |
| Years: | 2008-01-29 - 2012-12-31 |
| ID: | P0015673 |
| Title: | Climate Risk Ready NSW: Development of a Climate Change Risk Management Framework, Guidance and Training Course for NSW Government |
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| Western Researchers: | Phillip O'Neill, Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil, Sebastian Pfautsch and Mark Tjoelker |
| Years: | 2019-07-22 - 2020-06-30 |
| ID: | P00026024 |
| Title: | Antarctic Cities and the Global Commons: Rethinking the Gateways |
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| Western Researchers: | Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil, Paul James and Liam Magee |
| Years: | 2016-12-16 - 2020-12-31 |
| ID: | P00023079 |
| Title: | Field Work for RMIT project |
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| Western Researchers: | Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil |
| Years: | 2015-12-11 - 2016-04-06 |
| ID: | P00024431 |
| Title: | Futuro Infantil Hoy and the professional development of leaders in Early Childhood Education: A sociological study of transnational knowledge exchange between Australia and Chile |
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| Western Researchers: | Michael Singh, Christine Woodrow, Steve Wilson and Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil |
| Years: | 2010-06-01 - 2011-03-30 |
| ID: | P00018220 |
| Title: | Picturing Antarctica: emerging agendas for Antarctic cultural research |
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| Western Researchers: | Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil |
| Years: | 2010-11-30 - 2012-10-30 |
| ID: | P00019586 |
| Title: | Digital Archives, Datadiversity and Discoverability: The Strehlow Collection as Knowledge Resource for Remote Indigenous Communities |
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| Western Researchers: | Hart Cohen, Rachel Morley and Juan Francisco Salazar Sutil |
| Years: | 2012-01-24 - 2016-05-31 |
| ID: | P00019985 |
Supervision
Professor Salazar Sutil is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Change in the Global Public Sphere; Redefining Knowledge Ecology for Industrial Design Artifact and Expertise in Education and Industry |
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| Thesis Title: | The Birth of Kurdish Cinema |
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Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | LA PENA: The Politics of Early World Music |
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| Field of Research: | Music |
| Thesis Title: | Intimate Multiculturalism: Blurring Boundaries between Brazilians and Australians in Sydney |
| Field of Research: | Society And Culture |
| Thesis Title: | The Politics of Cultural Visibility: Latin American Art Practices in Sydney |
| Field of Research: | Society And Culture |
| Thesis Title: | Graffiti Archaeography: The Poetics of Engagement in Sydney's Inner Suburbs |
| Field of Research: | Visual Arts And Crafts, N.e.c. |
| Thesis Title: | Global Citizenship: The Agency of the Museum Sector in Climate Change Interventions |
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| Thesis Title: | A Personal Filmic Exploration of Contemporary Irish-Australian Identity |
| Field of Research: | Audio Visual Studies; Anthropology |
| Thesis Title: | Rethinking "Pirate Audiences" An Investigation of TV Audiences' Informal Online Viewing and Distribution Practices in Brazil |
| Field of Research: | Communication And Media Studies |
| Thesis Title: | Human Rights Acts. Media Reform and Politics in Argentina |
| Field of Research: | Studies In Human Society |
| Thesis Title: | Approaching Algorithmic Power |
| Field of Research: | Other Society And Culture |
Media
| Title: | Nightfall on Gaia |
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| Description: | Documentary film. 90 mins |