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Brian Wattchow

Brian Wattchow is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director of Sport and Outdoor Recreation (SOR) in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. He is a foundation member of the Movement, Environment and Community (MEC) research group at Monash. Brian has published more than 30 articles in academic journals, scholarly books and in the public domain, most often centring on his interests in outdoor pedagogy, sense of place and land identity. He co-authored Group Management in the Wilderness (University of Calgary, 1989) with Bill March and has recently published his first collection of poetry titled The Song of the Wounded River (Ginninderra Press, 2010).

Away from work Brian is an avid golfer and reader, and enjoys camping, travelling and ‘toiling’ under the hot Australian sun on the small Gippsland farmlet where he lives with his family.


Publications View All

  • A Pedagogy of Place

    Brian Wattchow and Mike Brown

Events

Inside the Dunera: Beyond Conventional Narratives

Jewish Museum of Australia 26 Alma Rd, St Kilda, VIC

Join us to celebrate the launch of Tonia Eckfeld’s No One Knows Their Destiny: The Eckfeld Records: Inside the Dunera Story, in collaboration with Monash University Publishing. In this panel discussion, Professor Eckfeld will discuss...

Free

Highway to Hell including Isabelle Reinecke

30 Fingal Street 30 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads, NSW

On October 23, 2024, the Brunswick Picture House will host “Highway to Hell: Are We Stuck in a Climate Action Cul-de-sac?”, a pivotal event featuring a presentation by renowned climate...

$20

Author Talk: No One Knows Their Destiny – Inside the Dunera Story

The Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum 2 Murray Street, Sydney, NSW

A moving portrait of two Dunera Boys, from Kristallnacht in Vienna to VE Day in Melbourne, that complicates the traditional story of the Dunera. Popular culture has mythologised the Dunera Boys...

Meet the author: Tonia Eckfeld at the Sydney Jewish Museum

Sydney Jewish Museum 148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, NSW

Join us for an afternoon with Tonia Eckfeld, the acclaimed art historian and author of No One Knows Their Destiny. In this compelling work, Eckfeld delves into the deeply personal...