BENNETT, Lou

Indigenous Australian Dr Lou Bennett AM is of the Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung people. She is a consummate performer, playing audiences worldwide, and is a former member of the internationally acclaimed trio Tiddas. Bennett is a prolific songwriter/composer and during her ten years with Tiddas (1990-2000) penned some of the group’s signature songs.

Bennett’s work stretches over a vast area within the arts industry including her various roles as Performer, Songwriter, Musical and Artistic Director, Composer, Actor, Soundscape and Music Designer and Educator. Bennett completed her PhD by project at RMIT Melbourne in October 2015. Her dissertation discusses the importance and relevance of Aboriginal language retrieval, reclamation and regeneration through the medium of the Arts to community health and wellbeing and explores the importance of Indigenous epistemology, methodology and pedagogy in artistic and academic contexts.

Bennett is also a Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Studies (Partnerships) at the University of Melbourne.