Latin American Research Community (LARC)

Ralph Horne is Professor of Geography and Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation for the College of Design and Social Context at RMIT University. He is interested in social and policy change to support sustainable urban development, and has a specific research interest in low carbon urban transitions, housing and households. He combines research leadership and participation in research projects concerning the environmental, social and policy context of production and consumption in the urban environment. Ralph Horne has research expertise in urban social and policy change for sustainable design and development. He has extensive experience in environmental techniques and sustainability appraisal and has a specific research interest in low carbon urban transitions. He combines research leadership and participation in projects concerning the environmental, social and policy context of production and consumption in the urban environment. Research projects A selection of recent Category 1 grants includes: 2014–2018 Project HOME – Housing Outcomes Metrics and Evaluation. ARC LP150100089 with partners State Government; City of Melbourne, MIRVAC, SJB Urban. With Dr A. Martel, Professor G. London, Professor M. Carmona and Professor C. Fudge. 2013–2016 Decision-making for lifetime affordable and tenable city housing. ARC LP130100008 with partners; SJB Urban, VicUrban. With Professor L. Padgham and PIs P. Byrne and S. McPherson. 2013–2014 Living Change: Adaptive housing responses to climate change in the town camps of Alice Springs, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Fund. 2010–2013 Understanding the patterns, characteristics and trends in the housing sector labour force in Australia. Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute Project 30634. With Professor T. Dalton and Professor P. Chettri. 2010–2013 Current labour processes and management of subcontractors: impacts on productivity in the housing construction industry. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Project 30643. With Professor T. Dalton and Professor R. Wakefield. 2009–2012 More than a Roof Overhead: Meeting the Need for a Sustainable Housing System in Remote Indigenous Communities. ARC Linkage, LP0883615 with partners; Department of Housing and Works WA, Indigenous Business Australia, Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation, Northern Territory of Australia, Centre for Appropriate Technology. With Professors R. Wakefield, J. Fien, M. Christie, J. Altman and Dr E. Charlesworth. 2007–2011 Lifetime Affordable Housing in Australia: Integrating environmental performance and affordability. ARC LP0776834 with partners; Land Management Corporation (SA), VicUrban (VIC), Building Commission (VIC). With Professors M. Berry, S. Hamnett and Associate Professor J. Kellett. 2007–2010 Carbon neutral communities: making the transition. ARC LP0775120 with partners; State of Victoria – Department of Justice, Moreland Energy Foundation, Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action, Manningham City Council, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, City of Darebin, City of Playford (SA). With Professors J. Fien, S. Hamnett and Associate Professor J. Kellett. Research supervision Ralph is a registered research supervisor in the following areas: Low carbon urban transitions, retrofitting and compact cities. Housing and households, zero emission affordable and quality housing design and production, and the lived experience of households, including in indigenous Australia and Latin America. Resilient urban futures, including socio-technical change, climate action planning and sustainability appraisal, in Australia, UK and South East Asian contexts.

These days, Glenda lives, moves, un/learns, works, and breathes on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. She was born in Kuskatan, known as El Salvador, and raised between lines: Kuskatan, Jagera Country, Meajin Country, and Naarm. She uses the pronouns she/her/hers/ella. She completed her PhD at The University of Queensland, Brisbane.     Glenda is a cultural geographer, scholar and educator, and her work and un/learnings focus on feminismos descoloniales from Abya Yala, migration/displacement entangled with memory, and sensing-thinking pedagogy. As a co-member of archiving the present, Glenda collaborates in various community-based programs such as: Náhuat Saturday School and SHELF in which she collaborated with Arts Gen to develop a community curated library, with the focus on Central American texts.    Glenda is a facilitator and community engaged collaborator with over 20 years of experience working with different communities from Latin American countries in so-called Australia. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Global Language Studies program at RMIT University, and one of the few scholars in Australia to have published extensively on topics related to the Spanish-speaking community in Australia such as belonging, memory, and displacement. As a lifelong learner, educator and scholar, Glenda is committed to un/re/learning and teaching by engaging and embodying a praxis of senti-pensante pedagogies. Her ethics, teaching, and work are inspired by Gloria Anzaldúa and bell hooks.   Grants and awards 2024–2025: Creative Australia Grant. Salvadorian displacement: an illustrated bilingual e-publication 2024: Adobe x Creative Curriculum Grant, Diversity, and Inclusion in a digital Spanish book 2014: Award for Teaching Excellence, Higher Education (College of Design and Social Context) 2014–2015: DEEWR Study Overseas Short Term Mobility to La Salle University, Mexico 2011: DEEWR Study Overseas Short Term Mobility Program Study to Javariana University, Colombia 2009: Transition Funding, RMIT University. Aim: to develop listening material for various levels of Spanish 2007: Transition Funding, RMIT University. Aim: to develop a course for the students to prepare for the Spanish Proficiency Test (DELE) 2003: Graduate School Research Travel Award, The University of Queensland, St Lucia campus 2002: Philology Scholarship, Department of Romance Languages, The University of Queensland, St Lucia campus 2002: Nominated for Dean's List Most Effective Teacher Award, The University of Queensland, St Lucia campus

Lecturer in popular music, media, audio, music production, ethnomusicology, Latin American music, and video game music. Sebastian is an audio engineer, music producer, and lecturer in Music Industry at the School of Media and Communications at RMIT University. His research ranges from ludomusicology, musical narratology, videogame studies, music production, ethnomusicology, and Latin American social studies. Sebastian’s ludomusicological (game music) research focuses on the paraludical relationships between audiences and videogame music, and the personal, social, and economic forces which surround these relationships. He has studied the use of game music outside of gameplay, including the role of videogame cover bands in the social interactions amongst audiences. His current research examines the role of artificial intelligence in emerging musical narratives within interactive environments, musical production analysis of contemporary K-pop, and the narrative role of game music.