 Artist: Judy Mundine |
(Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations)
This design was inspired by a request from 1999 CAPA President Tom Clark to the outgoing 1999 Executive and the incoming 2000 Executive at the January 2000 Hand over Meeting at the Melbourne office.
The central section represents the work of the National CAPA Office. The central dot represents the Presidents representative lobby function, and the white lines represent the communication with Federal, State and Territory Governments as well as industry and other peak bodies, which are depicted as the large green circles. The dotted central circle represents the Research and administrative staff of CAPA. The red circles bordering the central section represents the CAPA Executive members.
The yellow circles represent the universities in Australia who have CAPA affiliates attached to them. The dark blue circles are the respective Postgraduate Associations. The pink lines represent the communication between CAPA affiliates primarily through the CAPA list server. The National Indigenous Postgraduate Association is not attached to a university because it is unique in that it draws members from any university in Australia.
The grey background circles represent both the existence of and research conducted into Australia’s social issues and other challenges. The darker blue background circles represent global issues. The white circles represent the particular research work and study of Australia’s postgraduate students.
The dotted patterning used within the symbolic circles of the CAPA office and the postgraduate associations represents the particular research efforts into issues of Australian postgraduate education.
The turtle shell patterning used within the symbolic circles representing the universities and the peak bodies depicts that these old and established institutions are highly protected and slow moving in terms of change.
I am a Bungalung woman born in the Northern Rivers town of Casino, NSW, and at the time of painting this design I have been privileged to have been associated with CAPA for a period of eight years. I served parts of both 1999 and 2000 as the CAPA Indigenous People’s Liaison Officer. This design is my interpretation of the structure of CAPA and the way in which it operates. I hope it can be used as a corporate operation diagram to help newcomers to CAPA readily understand its work and influence.
Judy Mundine