POWER OF COMMUNITY presenter
Jock Gilbert will speak about the Yulendj Weelam Lab at RMIT University and their work combining design thinking with Indigenous cultural heritage knowledge to support the built environment sector through partnerships, advocacy, and community-led projects. Their work builds organisational capacity, embeds First Nations perspectives into practice, facilitates respectful Indigenous-led design processes, and supports First Peoples communities to advance projects that reflect their needs and aspirations.
DR JOCK GILBERT
Yulendj Weelam Lab, RMIT
Jock Gilbert is a senior lecturer in Landscape Architecture and the co-founder and co-lead of the Yulendj Weelam Design Research Lab in the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University. 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 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 and he is a regular participant in national issues through public presentations and interviews including MPavilion, Open House Melbourne, Melbourne Design Week, ABC Radio and Landscape Architecture Australia journal.
EVENT INFO
POWER OF COMMUNITY - Yarrayne / Guildford
DATES 12-14 March 2026
LOCATION Yarrayne / Guildford on Dja Dja Wurrung Country in the Victorian Central Goldfields region. The Friday main seminar day will be at the Guildford Public Hall, 32 Fryers St, Guildford Victoria
CPD 6 formal points available on the Friday. Delegates can make their own assessment for informal CPD for fringe events attended.
