About: Olivia Hamilton is a researcher and lecturer at RMIT in Interior Design, School of Architecture and Urban Design. She completed her Ph.D. titled "A Commoning Creative Practice: Tending to Mutuality in Spaces of Engagement' in 2018. Her research and work continue to explore the proposition that creative, collaborative practices can bring new perspectives and capacities to commoning. In return, the social and spatial praxis of commoning provides creative practice with ways to seek, recognise and value experiences of mutuality. Olivia conducts her research through creative spatial practice, design pedagogy and writing. Olivia has published and exhibited internationally since finishing her PhD.
Acknowledgments: I acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations as the traditional owners of the unceded land on which the University stands and where I live, work, and research. I respectfully recognise all Elders past and present, and in acknowledgment of my debt and this country, I contribute to pay the rent and firesticks
Awards:
The Plan Journal TJP Best Paper award for 2018
RMIT Vice Chancellors Award for Learning and Teaching in 2020.
