Dr Lisa Palmer
Office:PhD (Northern Territory University)
T: 03 8344 9157
Office: L2.14, 221 Bouverie Street
Lisa teaches in the the environmental studies program in SSEE. Her research interests span the disciplines of human geography and anthropology and focus on the areas of natural and cultural resource management, tourism, and governmental and resource industry agreements with indigenous and local peoples in postcolonial states. She is currently working on an ARC Linkage project Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements with Indigenous Peoples conducting research in Australia, Canada and south-east Asia (www.atns.net.au). With a group of SSEE colleagues, Lisa is also developing a research project on local approaches to resource management in Timor Leste (in collaboration with Universidade de Paz in Dili, Timor Leste. In 2001, she completed her PhD on competing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal land management interests in Kakadu National Park.
Teaching
121-021 Environmental Politics and Management
121-537 Managing Heritage and Cultural Environments
Publications
Most Recent Publications
Palmer, L. & Carvalho, D.A. – Nation building and resource management: The politics of ‘nature’ in Timor Leste. Geoforum 39: 3: pp 1321-1332 (2008).
Palmer, L. – Negotiating the Ritual and Social Order Through Spectacle: The (Re) Production on Macassan/Yolngu Histories. Anthropological Forum 17 (1): pp. 1-20 (2007).
Palmer, L. – Interpreting nature: The politics of engaging with Kakadu as an Aboriginal place. Cultural Geographies 14: pp. 1-19 (2007).
Palmer, L., Niner, S. & Kent, L. (Eds) – Exploring the Tensions of Nation Building in Timor Leste.Proceedings from the Forum, 15 September 2006, SSEE Research Paper No 1. (2007).
Palmer, L. – Developing Timor Leste: Recognising the Role of Custom and Tradition, in Exploring the Tensions of Nation Building in Timor Leste. Proceedings from the Forum, 15 September 2006, eds Palmer, L., Niner, S. & Kent, L., SSEE Research Paper No 1 (2007): pp. 35-40.
Edited Books
Langton, M., Mazel, O. Palmer, L., Shain, K., & Tehan, M. (EDS) – Settling with Indigenous Peoples, Federation Press, Annandale, NSW (2006).
Langton, M., Tehan, M., Palmer, L., & Shain K., (eds) – Honour Among Nations? Treaties and Agreements with Indigenous People, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne (2004).
Journal Articles
Palmer, L. – Nature, place and Indigenous Polities. Australian Geographer 37(1): pp 33-43 (2006).
Langton, M., Mazel, O., & Palmer, L. – The spirit of the thing: the boundaries of Aboriginal economic relations at Australian common law. The Australian Journal of Anthropology 17 (3): pp. 307-321 (2006).
Langton. M., Ma Rhea, Z. & Palmer, L. – Community Oriented Protected Areas for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Journal of Political Ecology 12: pp 23-50. (2005).
PALMER, L. – Fishing Lifestyles: ‘Territorians’, Traditional Owners and the Management of Recreational Fishing in Kakadu National Park. Australian Geographical Studies 42(1): pp. 60-76 (2004).
Palmer, L. – Bushwalking in Kakadu: A Study of Cultural Borderlands. Social and Cultural Geography 5(1): pp. 109-128 (2004).
Langton, M. & Palmer, L. – Indigenous People and Modern Agreement making in Australia: Issues and Trends. Australian Indigenous Law Reporter 8 (1): pp. 1-31 (2003).
Palmer, L. – Trepang Opening Night: Dramatising Shared Histories. Arena 45: pp. 9-10, (2000).
Palmer, L. – On or Off the Beaten Track?: Tourist Trails in Thailand. UTS Review 4(1): pp. 67-91 (1998).
Chapters in Books
Palmer, L. & Tehan, M. – Shared Citizenship and Self-Government in Canada: A Case Study of James Bay and Nunavik (Northern Quebec), in Settling with Indigenous Peoples, eds. Langton et al (eds) Federation Press, Annandale, NSW: pp. 20-43 (2006).
Palmer, L. & Tehan, M. – Anchored to the land: Asserting and Recognising Aboriginal Jurisdiction in the Northwest Territories, in Settling with Indigenous Peoples, eds. Langton et al (eds) Federation Press, Annandale, NSW: pp. 66-93 (2006).
Palmer, L. & Tehan, M. – From remnant lands to sustainable communities: negotiating spaces for indigenous land and jurisdiction in Darwin and Vancouver, in Settling with Indigenous Peoples, eds. Langton et al (eds) Federation Press, Annandale, NSW: pp. 231-256 (2006).
O'Regan, T., Palmer, L. & Langton, M. – Keeping the fires burning: Grievance and aspiration in the Ngai Tahu Settlement, in Settling with Indigenous Peoples, eds. Langton et al (eds) Federation Press, Annandale, NSW: pp. 44-65 (2006).
Langton, M., Mazel, O. Palmer, L. & Tehan, M. – Sharing Land and Resources: Modern Agreements and Treaties with Indigenous People, in Settling with Indigenous Peoples, eds. Langton et al (eds) Federation Press, Annandale, NSW: pp. 1-18 (2006).
Langton, M. & Palmer, L. – Treaties, Agreements Making and the Recognition of Indigenous Customary Polities, in Honour Among Nations? Treaties and Agreements with Indigenous People, eds Langton et al, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne: p. 34-49 (2004).
Langton, M. & Palmer, L. – Negotiating Settlements: Indigenous peoples, settler states and the significance of treaties and agreements, in McGlade, H (ed) Treaty Now, ATSIC, Canberra. (2003).
Publications Other
ARC Linkage project – Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements with Indigenous Peoples in Settler States: their role and relevance for Indigenous and other Australians, Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Database, (2003—) Online: www.atns.net.au. (ARC Project Team Joint Publication)
Palmer, L. – “Kakadu as an Aboriginal Place”: Tourism and the Construction of Kakadu National Park’, unpublished PhD thesis, Charles Darwin University, Darwin (2001).
Palmer, L. – Wildlife Tourism Report No. 8, Status Assessment of Wildlife Tourism in Australia Series,Indigenous Interests in Fishing and Safari Hunting Tourism in the Northern Territory, Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management, NTU & CRC Sustainable Tourism, Gold Coast (2001).
Pitcher, M, van Oosterzee, P. and Palmer, L. – ‘Choice and Control’: The Development of Indigenous Tourism in Australia, Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management & CRC for Sustainable Tourism, Darwin (1999).