Ms Carroll Go-Sam
Lecturer
School of Architecture, Design and Planning
+61 7 336 57381
Room 319A:1
Zelman Cowen Building (51)
Zelman Cowen Building (51)
Researcher biography
Carroll Go-Sam is Dyirbal gumbilbara bama of Ravenshoe, North Queensland. A graduate with B.Arch (Hons) UQ in 1997 and lectures in the School of Architecture. She has research interests in Indigenous architecture where it intersects with public, civic, social and institutional architecture. Carroll is engaged in research, consultation and design practitice with specific interests in Indigeneity in architecture, civic spaces and Indigenous-led models of housing. She co-led the Gununa Futures research project (2022-2024) and UQ's Campuses on Countries Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement and Design Framework (2020-21).
Carroll has presented at national and international events, symposia and conferences including Asis Pacific Architectural Forum, SAHANZ, IASTE, Brisbane Writers Festival, academic symposia and MPavillion Blakitecture. She was formerly Indigenous Design Place researcher (2017-2019) and worked on the research consultancy about safe drinking water in the Torres Strait Islands. The recipient of an ARC Discovery Indigenous Award (2014-2016) on Defining the Impact of Regionalism on Aboriginal Housing and Settlement.
Publications
Book Chapters
Carroll Go-Sam (2022). Aunty Lillian's House at "Nigger" Creek, Wondecla. Camps, Cottages and Homes A Brief History of Indigenous Housing in Queensland. (pp. *-*) edited by Tim O'Rourke and Mandana Mapar. The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane: School of Architecture.
Go-Sam, Carroll and Keys, Catherine (2018). Mobilising Indigenous agency through cultural sustainability in architecture: are we there yet?. The handbook of contemporary indigenous architecture. (pp. 347-380) edited by Elizabeth Grant, Kelly Greenop, Albert L. Refiti and Daniel J. Glenn. Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6904-8_14
Go-Sam, Carroll (2018). Gaps in Indigenous Repair. Repair: Australian Pavilion 2018. (pp. 64-73) edited by Mauro Baracco and Louise Wright. New York, United States: Actar Publishers.
Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly, Clarke, Andrew, Go-Sam, Carroll, Birdsall-Jones, Christina, Harvey-Jones, William, Corunna, Vanessa and Western, Mark (2012). NATSISS crowding data: what does it assume and how can we challenge the orthodoxy?. Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia: Social Science Perspectives. (pp. 241-279) edited by Boyd Hunter and Nicholas Biddle. Canberra, Australia: ANU E Press.
Memmott, Paul C. and Go-Sam, Carroll (2007). Spinifex houses of the Western Desert. Gunyah, goondie & wurley: The Aboriginal architecture of Australia. (pp. 208-231) edited by Paul C. Memmott. St Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Qld Press.
Memmott, Paul and Go-Sam, Carroll (2003). Synthesizing indigenous housing paradigms: an introduction to Take 2. TAKE 2: Housing design in indigenous Australia. (pp. 12-17) edited by P. Memmott and C. Chambers. Canberra, ACT Australia: The Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Memmott, P. C. and Go-Sam, C. (2000). Aboriginal architecture. The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture. (pp. 405-413) edited by Kleinert, S. and Neale, M.. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Memmott, Paul, Lansbury, Nina, Go-Sam, Carroll, Nash, Daphne, Redmond, Andrew Martin, Barnes, Samuel, Simpson, Patrick (Pepy) and Frank, Patricia Narrurlu (2022). Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia: Crowded, unrepaired, and raising the risk of infectious diseases. Global Discourse, 12 (2), 255-284. doi: 10.1332/204378921X16315375796362
Hall, Nina L., Grodecki, Heidi, Jackson, Greg, Go Sam, Carroll, Milligan, Brad, Blake, Chris, Veronese, Toni and Selvey, Linda (2021). Drinking water delivery in the outer Torres Strait Islands: a case study addressing sustainable water issues in remote Indigenous communities. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 25 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/13241583.2021.1932280
Andrew, Brook, Neath, Jessica, Marino, Corina, Gilbert, Jock, Phillips, Christine and Go-Sam, Carroll (2019). Representation, remembrance and the memorial. Landscape Architecture Australia (161), 34-38.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2018). Do Yugambeh-Bundjalung cultural landscapes matter?. Architecture Australia, 107 (1), 51-53.
Go-Sam, Carroll and Memmott, Paul (2016). Remote Indigenous settlements - more than tiny dots on a map. Architecture Australia, 105 (5), 53-54.
Memmott, Paul and Go-Sam, Carroll (2016). Shifting Australian Indigenous Settlements. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, 278, 1-23.
Memmott, Paul, Birdsall-Jones, Christina, Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly and Corunna, Vanessa (2011). Modelling crowding in Aboriginal Australia. AHURI Positioning Paper, i-52.
Davidson, James, Memmott, Paul,, Go-Sam, Carroll and Grant, Elizabeth (2011). Remote Indigenous housing procurement: A comparative study. AHURI Final Report (167), i-144.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2010). Sep Yama: “Ground you cannot see” Finding Country (a primer) (exhibition review). Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, 11, 154-159.
Davidson, James, Go-Sam, Carroll and Memmott, Paul (2010). Remote Indigenous housing procurement and post-occupancy outcomes: A comparative study. AHURI Positioning Paper, 129, 1-74.
Carroll Go-sam (2008). Working with and against Indigenous design paradigms. Architecture Australia, 97 (5), 53-58.
Conference Papers
Milligan, B., Blake, C., Hall, N.L., Selvey, L., Grodecki, H., Jackson, G., Go-Sam, C. and Veronese, T. (2019). Safe and Healthy Drinking Water in Indigenous Local Government Areas Program: Service Delivery Model Prerequisites for Success. QWater Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 20 November 2019.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2014). Assimilating problems: from humpies to traditional houses. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2014. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: SAHANZ.
Go-Sam, Carroll (2011). Fabricating Blackness: Aboriginal identity constructs in the production and authorisation of architecture. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 7-10 July 2011. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ).
Go-Sam, Carroll (2008). 'Lest We Forget': Working with and against Indigenous Design Paradigms. RAIA Indigenous Housing Conference, Alice Springs, N.T., Australia, 26-27 Oct 2007. Victoria, Australia: Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Memmott, P. C. and Go-Sam, C. (1999). Australian indigenous architecture: Its forms and evolution. Thresholds, Launceston/Hobart, 28 Sept - 1 Oct, 1999. Launceston, Tas: SAHANZ.
Creative Work
Go-Sam, Carroll (2012). Resisting Brisbane. Brisbane, Australia: Finding Country project.
Design
Go-sam, Carroll and Hotston, Paul (2005). Shroud House renovation.
Thesis
Go-Sam, Carroll (1997). The Mutitjulu experiment : a study of decentralised houses designed by Paul Pholeros. B.A. Thesis, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.457
Research Reports
Carroll Go-Sam, Kelly Greenop, Kali Marnane and Maram Shaweesh (2024). Gununa futures: a report on housing, energy and town design in Gununa, Mornington Island, Queensland. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly, Marnane, Kali and Bower, Theresa (2021). Campuses on Countries: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Framework at The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/955791e
Hall, Nina L., Memmott, Paul, Barnes, Samuel, Redmond, Andrew, Go-Sam, Carroll, Nash, Daphne, Frank, Trisha Nururla and Simpson, Patrick (2020). Pilyii Papulu Purrukaj-ji (Good housing to prevent sickness): a study of housing, crowding and hygiene-related infectious diseases in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Habibis, Daphne, Memmott, Paul, Phillips, Rhonda, Go-Sam, Carroll, Keys, Cathy and Moran, Mark (2013). Housing conditionality, Indigenous lifeworlds and policy outcomes: towards a model for culturally responsive housing provision. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Davidson, James, Go Sam, Carroll, Memmott, Paul and Grant, Elizabeth (2012). Building new housing in remote Indigenous communities. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute).
Memmott, Paul, Chambers, Catherine, Go-Sam, Carroll and Thomson, Linda (2006). Good Practice in Indigenous Family Violence Prevention: Designing and Evaluating Successful Programs. Issues paper 11 University of NSW, Sydney: Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse.
Memmott, P. C., Channells, G., Go-Sam, C., Stacy, R., Spring, F., Taylor, S., Chambers, C. and Thomson, L. (2004). Evaluation report of National Indigenous Family Violence Grants Programme of the Office of the Status of Women. The University of Qld, St Lucia, Qld: Paul Memmott and Associates in association with AERC.
Memmott, P. and Go-Sam, C. (2003). Interim emerging good practice report: Round 03 of the Mentoring and Evaluation Scheme for the National Indigenous Family Violence Grants Programme (NIFVGP). St Lucia, Qld, Australia: Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, University of Queensland.