Dr Jordan Ralph

Partner Investigator
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Organisation

The PKKP Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

About

Jordan is the Chief Heritage Officer with the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation and an adjunct lecturer in the College of Human Sciences and Culture at Flinders University. Jordan is an expert in native title and heritage management agreement-making in the resources sector, having pioneered the concept of co-management alongside the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people and colleagues. He completed his PhD in archaeology at Flinders University in 2020, examining how government policy shapes identity and daily life through material culture in Barunga, Northern Territory. His research analyses how communities acquire, use, and discard objects over time to understand social change. He has a long-standing collaboration with Jawoyn communities, conducting annual fieldwork since 2010. Jordan is also the President of the World Archaeological Congress.

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The ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Archaeology in the Resources Sector received Australian Government funding through the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Program.

Contact: archaeologyittc@flinders.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country

The ARC Training Centre for Archaeology in the Resources Sector acknowledges and honours the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our Centre operates. We acknowledge Elders past, present and emerging and recognise this was always a place of learning, teaching and research, and that Sovereignty was never ceded.