JM Field

Dr J.M. Field (Spearim) is a Gamilaraay mari from Moree way, but grew up on Darug land in a small town along the Great Dividing Range. He studied maths and French literature at the University of Sydney, before completing a doctorate at Balliol College, Oxford. He remains a research mathematician, with a focus on the mathematics and genetics of traditional kinship systems. He is also the author of Etta and the Shadow Taboo, which was highly commended for the Victoria Premier’s Literary Prizes (Indigenous Writing) as well as shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Prizes (Children’s Literature). Outside of mathematics and writing, with his eldest sister, he is attempting to rejuvenate the rich tradition of Gamilaraay weaving.