Salon #5: Crisis in Collaboration // Collaboration in Crisis
The fifth Collaborative Practices Salon focused on the theme of crisis, exploring crisis in collaboration and collaboration in crisis. The event included talks from Kirsten Wehner, Naomi Hay, and Maya Haviland, followed by group discussions on the intersections of collaboration, crisis, and self. The participants also explored ways to maintain well-being and hopeful momentum in…
Salon #4: Hope
The fourth salon welcomes the new year with the theme of Hope, featuring jazz musicians Miroslav Bukovsky, Eric Ajaye, and Colin Hoorweg. They explored the connections between improvisation, collaboration, and hope, highlighting the importance of solitary practice and shared commitment. The event was an uplifting start to the program for the year.
Salon #3: Time and attention
The last salon event for 2023 was held at the Marie Reay building in Kambri, ANU campus. The theme was “Time and Attention”, exploring how collaboration is hindered by lack of time and attention. Naomi Zouwer led participants in experimental drawing activities embodying the theme. The collective installation sparked discussions on trust, productivity, creativity, and…
Salon #2: Authority
The second salon explored the theme of authority in collaborations, highlighting its impact and manifestation at both institutional and individual levels. Rebus Theatre from Canberra collaborated, using playback theatre techniques to bring audience stories to life. The performances shed light on the often-hidden issue of authority in collaborations, providing validation and insight for participants.
Salon Guiding Principles
We aim to influence cultural change through Collaborative Practices Salons at the Australian National University. We prioritize inspiration, peer learning, and challenging conventional norms. The salons serve as a reflective community for collaborative practitioners, evolving with each gathering to shape subsequent ones. Our goal is to create a nourishing, fun, and valuable space for all…
Why a Salon?
The salon format for Collaborative Cultures work reflects the tradition of intellectual gatherings dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. These informal events facilitate idea exchange and creativity, emphasizing inclusivity and hospitality. Drawing inspiration from similar traditions globally, the salons aim to nourish participants and foster intellectual connection.
Salon #1: Emotions
The first Collaborative Practices Salon took place in March 2023 at the Shine Dome near the ANU campus, focusing on creating a space for reflection and exchange on collaboration. Emotions were the theme, emphasizing their impact on collaborations. Four guests shared their thoughts, fostering a reflective discussion among participants.
Transcript – Co-creating social change through theatre: A Conversation with Robin Davidson & Ali Clinch
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Co-creating social change through theatre: A Conversation with Robin Davidson & Ali Clinch “
Putting Collaborative Practice in Universities under the Microscope
by Sejul Malde, Julie Munro-Allison, Maya Haviland & Mitchell Whitelaw In this third part of our blog series on the Australian National University’s (ANU), College of Arts and Social Sciences CASS Collaborative Cultures Project we share key insights, reflections and processes from the first phase of the ANU’s Collaborative Practice Lab Program, a new initiative…
Curious about First Nations’ governance? Listen deeply- Guest Blog by Sharon Babyack, Doyen Radcliffe and Donna Stephens
A guest blog post by Doyen Radcliffe, Sharon Babyack and Donna-Maree Stephens on First Nations governance.
Transcript – Exploring Cultural Governance
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Exploring Cultural Governance”
Introducing CoCre8: Calling all members of the ANU community to vote for the SCCCP’s new project!
Calling all members of the ANU community to vote for the SCCCP’s new project: CoCre8. Your vote will help us get the chance to pitch our project for funding support to take our project to a broader audience.
Transcript – Conservation, Community & Collective Voices: A Conversation with Jaime Jackett
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Conservation, Community & Collective Voices: A Conversation with Jaime Jackett”
How Values and Mindsets Can Build Strengths-Based Co-Creation – Guest Blog by Aruna Venkatachalam
A guest blog post by Aruna Venkatachalam on how values and mindsets can build strengths-based co-creation.
I Want to Leave a Legacy! What About You? – Guest Blog by Dimitrios Papalexis
A guest blog post by Dimitrios Papalexis on Asset Based Community Development.
Flights paths in ethnographic film making
A few weeks back I had the privilege of having Wayne Barker, cultural programs Director of @KALACC come to the Australian National University, thanks to support from Australian Studies Institute, to work on AV research material from the Following the Trade Routes Project. We cooked up some big plans that will make their way into…
Conversation about significance of the Following the Trade Routes project now online
If you missed the online event with Wayne Barker from the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre and Professor Mark Kenny from the Australian Studies Institute discussing the significance of the Following the Trade Routes project you can check it out on ANU You Tube channel below.
Upcoming online seminar considering the significance of the Following the Trade Routes project
The Following the Trade Routes project is a cultural practice and research project, established and led by the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre. Over the last 4 years the project has been seeking to create new understanding of cultural economies and trade routes that shaped Aboriginal societies across Australia, and to explore how such…
Transcript – Collaboratory Season Break Notice
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Collaboratory Season Break Notice”
Co-Creation through music and music education, some reflections – by Kim Cunio
A guest blog post by Kim Cunio on co-creation through music and music education.
Transcript – Music, Co-Creativity and Cultures: A Conversation with Kim Cunio
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Music, Co-Creativity and Cultures: A Conversation with Kim Cunio”
Distanced Familiarity: Positionality in Feminist Co-Creative Research – Guest Blog by Kaira Zoe Cañete
A guest blog post by Kaira Zoe Cañete on navigating positionality in feminist co-creative research.
Navigating Power and Acknowledging Positionality in Co-Creative Work – Guest Blog by Emma Blomkamp
A guest blog post by Emma Blomkamp on navigating power dynamics in co-creative work.
Transcript – Navigating Positionality and Power
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Navigating Positionality and Power”
Free Prior Informed Consent & Iterative consent – What do they mean and why are they so important to co-creation?
The Collaboratory Conversation Series episode Community Engagement and Informed Consent – A Conversation with Azure Hermes talked about a couple of concepts that are really important ethical underpinnings to co-creative processes that work across differentials of power – the principles of Free, Prior & Informed Consent (FPIC) and Iterative Consent. In this article we dive…
Transcript – Community Engagement & Consent – A Conversation with Azure Hermes
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Community Engagement & Consent – A Conversation with Azure Hermes”
Program versus Mood: Guest Blog with Johanna De Ruyter
A guest blog post by Johanna De Ruyter on collaborative skills for improvisation in theatre and program versus mood.
Embracing the opportunities to develop stronger collaborative cultures in Universities
In this second part of our blog series on the CASS Collaborative Cultures Project we share recent participatory research undertaken with staff at the Australian National University’s (ANU) College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) investigating the institutional, project and individual enablers and challenges of collaborative practice in a university context. We outline our process…
Learning By Doing: Guest Blog with David Lilley
A guest blog post by David Lilley on learning by doing and systems thinking.
Transcript – Skills for Co-Creative Relationships
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Co-created Research: A Conversation with Kaira Zoe Cañete”
It won’t just happen by wishing it. Collaborative practice needs nurturing in Universities.
There is a clear and present gap in how universities consider and support effective collaborative practice. If we really are going to embrace collaboration as an essential way to help universities achieve their strategic goals, it is essential to consider how we will address this.
Transcript – Co-created Research: A Conversation with Kaira Zoe Cañete
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Co-created Research: A Conversation with Kaira Zoe Cañete”
Vanuatu contemporary art – Step Folem Step exhibition Online
Its been two years since the Step Folem Step exhibition was held for the first time at Fondation Suzanne Bastien in Port Vila, show casing new art work created as part of the Niu Yam Fellowship that ran from 2019/2020. Now we’ve made an online version of the exhibition which can be found at https://stepfolemstep.net/…
Transcript – Symbiosis as Co-Creativity
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “Symbiosis as Co-Creativity”
Safe Storytelling: Guest Blog with Jenni Savigny
A guest blog post by Jenni Savigny on her method of safe storytelling.
Digital Storytelling Workshop charter – Gen S Stories
In a recent episode of episode of Collaboratory Conversations, we heard from the Artistic Director of Gen S Stories, Jenni Savigny and her collaborator Stephen Corey, as they shared their experiences supporting non-professional storytellers to create personal digital stories as a form of community development and living social history. As a follow up Jenni also…
Safe Storytelling handout by Gen S Stories
In a recent epsode of episode of Collaboratory Conversations, Artistic Director of Gen S Stories, Jenni Savigny and her collaborator Stephen Corey shared their experiences supporting non-professional storytellers to create personal digital stories as a form of community development and living social history. As a follow up Jenni also wrote a guest blog post about…
Transcript – A Conversation with Jenni Savigny & Stephen Corey: Digital Storytelling
Transcript for Collaboratory episode, “A Conversation with Jenni Savigny & Stephen Corey: Digital Storytelling”
Transcript – Building Trusting Relationships
Transcript for Collaboratory Episode, “Building Trusting Relationships”. Features guests, Ali Clinch, Robin Davidson, Natalie Barr, Aruna Venkatachalam, and Anni Doyle.
Podcast episode – Intellectual Property and Agreements | A Conversation with Diana James
What does it takes to work collaboratively across cultures? To navigate the complexities of ownership and intellectual property of Indigenous traditional knowledge? To make and follow through on processes that ensure local communities retain ownership and control of their cultural knowledge in a co-creative process that involve multiple stakeholders and levels of power? If these…
Podcast episode – What is the Co?
Collaboration, cooperation, co-design, co-production, co-creation – the list goes on. The meanings of these terms may seem obvious, but do we always know if others are interpreting them in the same way? Why is it important to come to a shared understanding of the terms we use as we come together and work together over…
Podcast episode – Laying the Foundations for Co-Creation
What can help to make or break a co-creative process? How can individuals and organisations enhance what works and minimise what doesn’t in practice? Listen to this episode of Collaboratory as our guests share the learnings they’ve gathered over the years about what can help enable co-creation to happen, as well as what can create…
Welcome to Collaboratory!
We’re thrilled to welcome you to the first season of Collaboratory, a podcast that will explore what creating things together can look like in practice, and how we can put things in place to help us do it well, and enjoy the process along the way.
Transcript – Intellectual Property and Agreements: A Conversation with Dr Diana James
In this episode, Dr Diana James shares some of her early experiences of cultural co-creativity and the relationships and learning which laid important foundations for the Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters exhibition to take place. She reflects on some of the back-end and relational structures that underpin the work that got presented in the exhibition…
Transcript – What is the Co?
Collaboration, co-creation, co-creativity, collective, co-design, creativity, value creation, human centeredness, co-production…
There are just so many “co” words in circulation right now. What do they all mean? Are there any agreed definitions? Do we even need shared meanings of these buzzwords to actually get anything done together?
In this episode, we explore some of…
Transcript – Laying the foundations for co-creation
While collaboration and co-creation are often presented as what we want to do and what is needed in a particular context, the systems and organisational environment in which collaborations happen are not always supportive of what it takes for them to be successful. Despite our best intentions, we aren’t always ready or able to be…
Find us and subscribe to listen!
Collaboratory is now available to find and subscribe on these podcast players: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts We’ll be adding more players soon, so stay tuned! Remember to subscribe and share with your friends and colleagues so you’ll know as soon as episodes are released.
Transcript – Collaboratory Trailer
To ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes, including our short trailer for Season 1 – you can listen to the audio version here. Collaboratory Trailer Transcript [00:00:00] Maya Haviland: Hello, I’m Maya Haviland [00:00:04] Nicole Deen: and I’m Nicole Deen. We are the hosts of Collaboratory, a podcast exploring co-creativity in action. …
Collaboratory Teaser
Welcome to Collaboratory, a podcast exploring co-creativity in action. In each episode we focus on stories and dynamics of co-creative practice we think need talking about. Collaboratory launches September 7, 2022.
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.