Dr. Jock Gilbert
Details
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College: School of AUD
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Department: School of AUD
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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jock.gilbert@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-5741-2968
About
Dr Jock Gilbert is a lecturer in the Landscape Architecture Discipline at RMIT University.
He is the co-founder and co-lead of the Yulendj Weelam Design Research Laboratory. The lab explores the question of how academics, Indigenous knowledge holders and design practitioners can work together to ensure Australia’s built environment responsibly engages with, reflects and supports First Peoples and their knowledges?
Jock’s research and teaching interests lie in community engagement, regenerative practice and Indigenous-led design research, focussed around the development of green infrastructure through the convergence of concepts of place, Country and landscape.
Jock has been involved in projects throughout western NSW and the Sunraysia district with particular attention to the relationship between land-use, water and communities through the lens of the Murray-Darling Basin. He is also involved in practice-led design research around the Botanic Garden as a landscape typology.
Jock is a registered landscape architect and member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. His academic practice has been recognised with research awards at state and national levels. His work has been exhibited nationally and published internationally. An effective communicator, Jock is a regular participant in national issues through public presentations and interviews. These include Mpavilion presentations, ABC Radio (local and national) interviews and contributions to The Conversation, Landscape Australia journal, Foreground journal and Landscape Architecture Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Research fields
- 4302 Heritage, archive and museum studies
- 3301 Architecture
- 3601 Art history, theory and criticism
- 3602 Creative and professional writing
Teaching interests
Jock has taught into the Theoretical Framneworks stream since 2011, providing students with an understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline. His 'Working the Ground' design studios in western NSW have developed into the On Country studio offerings through the Yulendj Weelam Lab - taking students into immersive relationships with First Nations communities through an innovate Indigenous-led and relational pedagogy. This teaching endeavour was recognised with the 2023 RMIT Vice-Chancellor’s Eleanor A. Bourke Award for Indigenous Education (with Yulendj Weelam lab).
Teaching summary:
2019 - 2023 Program Manager, Bachelor Landscape Architectural Design
2018 - Coordination of MLA Design Research Seminar stream
2014 - 2017 Leading development and delivery of travelling design studio suite, ‘Working the Ground’ - western NSW
2012 - 2017 Development and teaching across LA Theoretical Frameworks stream
2014 - 2017 Leading development and delivery of University-wide elective ‘Farming the Future’ - Mallee/Sunraysia region
2015 - 2016 Coordination of LA Lower Pool Design Studio stream
2011 - 2014 Coordination and teaching of LA Foundation Design Studio
2011 - 2014 Co-coordination and development of LA Theoretical Frameworks stream
2012 onwards- Permanent on-going position - Associate Lecturer
2011 One year contracted position - Associate Lecturer
2009 - 2011 Sessional teaching across Design and Theoretical Frameworks streams
Research interests
Jock’s research interests lie in community engagement, regenerative practice and Indigenous-led design research, focussed around the development of green infrastructure through the convergence of concepts of place, Country and landscape.
Jock has been involved in projects throughout western NSW and the Sunraysia district with particular attention to the relationship between land-use, water and communities through the lens of the Murray-Darling Basin. He is also involved in practice-led design research around the Botanic Garden as a landscape typology.
He is the co-founder and co-lead of the Yulendj Weelam Design Research Laboratory. The lab explores research through the question of how academics, Indigenous knowledge holders and design practitioners can work together to ensure Australia’s built environment responsibly engages with, reflects and supports First Peoples and their knowledges?
His research work has been recognised with the following Australian Institute of Landscape Architects awards:
2020 - AILA National Award of Excellence for Research, Policy and Communications (with Sophia Pearce, Kulpa Mardita)
2020 - AILA NSW Award of Excellence for Research, Policy and Communications (with Sophia Pearce, Kulpa Mardita)
2020 - AILA NSW Regional Achievement Award (with Sophia Pearce, Kulpa Mardita)
2018 - AILA National Landscape Architecture Award: Landscape Architecture Award for Research, Policy and Communications: Interpretive Wonderings
2018 - AILA NSW Landscape Architecture Research Policy and Communications Award: Interpretive Wonderings
