Research
& Publications
A list of Shaneen’s key publications can be found below.
"Design and the Vernacular: Reframing vernacular architecture in the face of rapid globalisation"
2024 Fantin, S. Architecture Australia, November.
Brisbane 2032 Olympics First Nations Background Paper: Cairns, Barlow Park.
2024 Fantin, S, Buttrose, E, Fullarton, R, Lawson, K, Allwood, B. Report for Queensland Government and Blaklash. May.
"Country, Culture, Community"
2024 Fantin, S. Reflection on Conference Proceedings published in Parlour. March.
"Rehabilitation with Country in Mind"
2022 Lane, F, Fantin, S, Lane, A, Cullen, J, Taylor, J, Fourmile, G. Deadly Djurumin Yarn. Parlour, September.
Synapse project featured in: "Synapse Community Living Initiative"
2022 Charlesworth, E and Fien, J. in Design for Fragility, Routledge Taylor & Francis
"New Places on Old Country: Two Case Studies, Urban and Remote"
2020 Fantin, S and Allwood, B. in Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Yurlendj-nganjin, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Tyne, UK. In Process.
"Cultural Influencers or Influences by Culture" Hearing Architecture Podcast 01
2019 Fantin, S and Allwood, B. Australian Institute of Architects.
"A Portrait of Regional Practice"
2019 Fantin, S. Architecture Australia, January.
"Design in perspective: Reflections on intercultural design practice in Australia"
2018 Fantin, S & Fourmile, G. In Grant, E. et al. The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture, Springer publications, Singapore
"Designing Women"
2017 Fantin, S. Oasis Magazine, Aug-Sept, Issue 19
"Fresh-faced: the Hub on Echlin"
2017 Fantin, S. Architecture Australia, January, Issue 1.
"Housing conditionality, Indigenous lifeworlds and policy outcomes: Palm Island Study"
"Tropical Living Machine: Planchonella House"
2015 Fantin, S. Houses Magazine, August.
"The Least House Necessary: A Design Philosophy from Northern Australia."
2014 Fantin, S. Allwood, B & Cui, M. In Architecture Technology Journal, Beijing, May 2014.
"Oribin House + Studio (1956-58) Revisited"
2014 Fantin, S. Houses Magazine, April.
“Wabu Gadun Bulmba Gurriny Mukanji Centre: A case study of intercultural design practice”
2013 Fantin, S & Fourmile, G. Presented at Sustainable International Leadership in Indigenous Research: pathways, potential and practice conference, James Cook University Cairns July 9-10., etropic Journal. July.
"(-) Glass House"
2013 Fantin, S. Houses Magazine, Sept
"Book Review - The Biggest Estate on Earth" by Bill Gammage
2013 Fantin, S. Architecture Australia, July.
"Indigenous Architecture Victoria"
2013 Fantin, S. Architecture Australia, December
Bulmba, Wanga, Dwelling: learning how to make Indigenous places.
2012 Fantin, S. Conference Paper presented at National Housing Conference Brisbane 30 Oct – 2 Nov.
"The Least House Necessary"
2012 Fantin, S. Lecture and interactive design workshop for Tropical Green Building Network and for National Women’s Week 2011.
"Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal"
"Totems, Tokens and Tuning in..."
2011 Fantin, S & Lane, F. Paper presented at Austropex Conference Cairns, 12th August.
"Indigenous Home ownership on Community Title Lands"
2009 Memmott, P et al. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, May 2009.
"Sorcery and Spirits: Considerations for Contemporary Indigenous Housing"
2009 Fantin, S & Greenop, K. In Cultural Crossroads Proceedings, Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), Auckland, to be presented in July.
"Which Way?"
2008 Fantin, S. In Architecture Australia, Jan-Feb, P37-38.
"Northern Monsoonal Architecture"
2007 Fantin, S. In Memmott, P. Gunyah, Goondie & Wurley, University Qld Press, St Lucia. P156-181
"Symbolism and Meaning in Aboriginal Architecture"
2007 Fantin, S. In Memmott, P. Gunyah, Goondie & Wurley, University Qld Press, St Lucia. P232-257.
"Tropical Urban"
2005 Fantin, S. In Architecture Australia, Jan-Feb
"The Study of Indigenous ethnoarchitecture in Australia"
2005 Memmott, P & Fantin, S. In Rigsby, B & Peterson, N (eds), Donald Thomson: the man and the scholar. p185-210
"More than Just for Living"
2004 Fantin, S. In Architecture Australia, September/October
"Yolngu Cultural Imperatives and Housing Design: rumaru, mirriri and galka"
2003 Fantin, S. In Take 2, RAIA, Canberra.
"Transferring goanna essence: traditional Aboriginal place making and contemporary Aboriginal architecture"
2003 Fantin, S. Progress Proceedings, Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), Sydney, Oct.
"Aboriginal Identities in Architecture"
"Housing Aboriginal Culture in Northeast Arnhem Land."
2003 Fantin, S. PhD Thesis, Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, Brisbane.
"Dinosaur Conserve"
2003 Fantin, S. In Architecture Australia, Sept-Oct
"Yolngu Ceremonial Architecture"
"Recognising Aboriginal architecture from northeast Arnhem Land: The 'ancestral aesthetic' in Yolngu dwellings and ceremonial structures."
2002 Fantin, S. Additions Proceedings, Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), Brisbane Oct 4-7.
"The 'ancestral aesthetic' in Yolngu dwellings and ceremonial structures from northeast Arnhem Land"
"'The Longrassers'. A strategic Report on Indigenous Itinerants in the Darwin and Palmerston Area. Vol1-3."
2001 Memmott, P & Fantin, S. In Association with the AERC, University of Qld, Brisbane.
"Towards a bi-cultural product in remote area Aboriginal housing."
2001 Fantin, S. RAIA National Housing Conference. Adelaide. November 15-17.
"Considering Aboriginal Imperatives in Building Design."
"Donald Thomson’s Contribution to Understanding Aboriginal Architecture."
"Post Occupancy Evaluation of IHANT & NAHS Projects in the Northern Territory; Cultural & Social Component."
2000 Memmott, P. Long, S. & Fantin, S. AERC, Brisbane
"The interrelationships between kinship, avoidance law and spatial organisation in Yolngu living environments in northeast Arnhem Land."
"Feeding the Fire."
Logo: Lawyer Cane or wait-a-while plant (Calamus australis) from Yidinji Country. Permission for use granted by Gimuy Walubara Yidinji elder Uncle Bumi Hyde