About Zena Cumpston
Zena Cumpston is a Barkandji woman with Ancestral and familial belonging to Wilcannia, Menindee and Broken Hill in western New South Wales. She mostly works as a researcher, writer, artist and storyteller. Zena’s multidisciplinary practice is centred around protecting and celebrating Country. Through diverse adventures in storytelling she seeks to illuminate the innovation of her people, particularly focussing on plant knowledge. Zena strives to democratise research, creating projects that invite a wide audience and provide platforms and opportunities that empower her community and intergenerational learning opportunities.
Publications
On Informit
Cumpston, Z. (2020a). Food, tools and medicine: 5 native plants that illuminate deep Aboriginal knowledge. Science Education News, 69(4), 52–54. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.589044139011929
Other publications
Co-authored book as part of the First Knowledges series;