Collaboratory

Collaboratory Podcast explores co-creativity in action. Hosted by Dr Maya Haviland and Nicole Deen, the podcast draws on research and the experience of a range of practitioners to deepen and sustain our understanding of collaboration and co-creativity across cultures, communities and organisations.

Look for it on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify, find us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn or check out episodes and more below and on our blog.

For more info on the pod get in touch via collaboratorypodcast@gmail.

Conservation, Community & Collective Voices: A Conversation with Jaime Jackett

Conservation, Community & Collective Voices: A Conversation with Jaime Jackett

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What does a new moon have to do with conservation, community, co-creativity and music? We answer this interesting and exciting question in this special episode of Collaboratory Conversations featuring Broome-based musician and collaborative artist, Jaime Jackett. Topics explored include:

  • The creation and collaborative process behind “The Shorebird Quest”, a musical theatre show which celebrates the migratory shorebirds of Roebuck Bay
  • Jaime’s co-created musical practice, passion for the power of singing and the recent release of her song “Cradle to Caves”, written and performed in collaboration with her band, Belle Miners, and visitors to a number of Tasmanian national parks
  • The importance of having an open-mind and being flexible when approaching or engaging in a co-creative endeavour

Transcript

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Resources

The Shorebird Quest – Songs from the Original Broome Musical. Composed by Jaime Jackett and Hayden Kuhtze on Bandcamp: https://shorebirdquest.bandcamp.com/album/the-shorebird-quest-songs-from-the-original-broome-musical

Article on The Shorebird Quest: https://nit.com.au/30-04-2023/5784/thousands-expected-to-flock-to-brooms-beach-for-larger-than-life-shorebirds

Broome Bird Observatory: http://www.broomebirdobservatory.com/

Belle Miners Website: https://belleminers.com/

Belle Miners Social Media: @belleminers


Guests

Jaime Jackett, woman seated with arm above her head holding a red flower

Jaime Jackett is a Canadian-Australian musician and part of the internationally collaborative folk-pop trio Belle Miners. The band has thrived despite the seemingly impossible distance, touring 6 countries in Europe, Canada and Australia in 2018. 

You can find Jaime online at Jaime’s Website | Instagram | YouTube 

Get in touch

Email – collaboratorypodcast@gmail.com

Facebook – Collaboratory Podcast | Scaffolding Cultural CoCreativity

LinkedIn – Collaboratory Podcast

Instagram – @collaboratorypodcast

Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.

Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri  people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian’s past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.



Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.

Values in Action

Values in Action

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Reflecting on the values, mindsets and attitudes that we bring to our work is critical for fostering co-creativity. Our guests Dimitrios Papalexis and Aruna Venkatachalam, who work within the community development arts and corporate sectors, share insights about what guides their work and how they have put these values into practice. Topics explored include:

  • How Dimitrios and Aruna’s unique life experiences, cultural influences and exposure to different worldviews have shaped their values and how they work
  • Useful frameworks and tools for fostering co-creativity and identifying the strengths of a community or organisation, such as asset-based community development (ABCD) and ‘jugaad’, a strengths-based approach
  • The value of creating safe spaces which facilitate collaboration and trusting relationships and how the cultures of the organisations and systems we work in can greatly influence how we work and interact with others, and
  • The importance of looking within and possibly reconsidering our mindsets and values to better enable us to listen actively to others, build on strengths and be comfortable in the unknown

Transcript

To ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes – you can read the full transcript here.


Resources

Young Change Agents ‘Lighting the Spark’ report: https://youngchangeagents.com/research (to request access) 

ABC news article about Lighting the Spark program in Bundaberg:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-10/first-nations-entrepreneur-program-lighting-the-spark/101301144 

Design Thinking: Introduction from IDEO  https://designthinking.ideo.com/ 

The Circle Way: Pocket Guide https://www.thecircleway.net/booklets 

Podcast (teaser) about the Refugee Podcasting Initiativehttps://anchor.fm/dimitrios-papalexis/episodes/Refugee-Settlement-Journeys—Teaser-evba78   

Eight Aboriginal Ways of Learning – Framework and resources: https://www.8ways.online/  

The Circle Way website and resources:  https://www.thecircleway.net/  

Art of Hosting website and resources: https://artofhosting.org/ 

Ethical storytelling: 7 Steps to Ethical Storytelling (G.R.E.A.T) https://gettingattention.org/ethical-storytelling/ 


Guests

Dimitrios Papalexis is the founder of Soulgen, a social enterprise consultancy specializing in asset-based community development, storytelling and arts for social impact. He has a background in linguistics, communication, psychology and community development. 

You can find Dimitrios online on SoulGen website | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram 

Aruna Venkatachalam is the General Manager, Partnerships and International at Young Change Agents. She has worked in international community development, commercial leadership development and social enterprise for 15 years. Aruna spent four years in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka where she capacity-built local community organisations, social entrepreneurs, STEM professionals and students by providing training, frameworks, mentorship and connections in design thinking and best-practice community development. 

You can find Aruna online at Young Change Agents website | LinkedIn 

Get in touch

Email – collaboratorypodcast@gmail.com

Facebook – Collaboratory Podcast | Scaffolding Cultural CoCreativity

LinkedIn – Collaboratory Podcast

Instagram – @collaboratorypodcast

Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.

Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri  people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian’s past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.



Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.

Collaboratory Season Break Notice

Collaboratory Season Break Notice

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Thank you for listening to and engaging with the Collaboratory podcast. We wanted to let you know that we will be taking a break to do some back-end production work and will be back with new episodes from April 2023. In the meantime, check out episodes that you may have missed, and please provide us with your feedback.

We would really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us about Collaboratory – what you like, what you think can be improved and any topics that you would like the podcast to cover by completing this survey: https://forms.gle/oDTNCvrgxyWSXsvEA


Transcript

To ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes – you can read the full transcript here.


Resources

Catch up on past episodes of Collaboratory:

Check out blog posts written by the hosts and guests of Collaboratory here.


Get in touch

Email – collaboratorypodcast@gmail.com

Facebook – Collaboratory Podcast | Scaffolding Cultural CoCreativity

LinkedIn – Collaboratory Podcast

Instagram – @collaboratorypodcast

Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.

Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri  people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian’s past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.



Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.

Music, Co-Creativity and Cultures: A Conversation with Kim Cunio

Music, Co-Creativity and Cultures: A Conversation with Kim Cunio

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Music provides a fascinating example of co-creativity in action – whether that be through the coming together of instruments and performers, the space in which the music is played, or the process of audience members listening to music. Musician and academic, Kim Cunio, reflects on the co-creative musical projects that he has been involved with and shares insights into the responsibilities that different cultural roles and relationships require of us. Topics explored include:

  • Embracing the complexities of being positioned as the ‘other’ when engaging in non-traditional research
  • How Kim’s diverse cultural background combined with his creative and technical skills influences his approach to musical practice
  • The process of seeking cultural authority to work with particular knowledges and traditions
  • The challenges of transferring a co-creative musical approach into organisational and institutional settings such as universities
  • How music can help us understand what co-creation is and how it happens

Transcript

To ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes – you can read the full transcript here.


Resources

Dead Sea Scrolls Project: https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/140980?mode=full and https://www.discogs.com/release/7779456-Kim-Cunio-Heather-Lee-Music-Of-the-Dead-Sea-Scrolls

Gyuto Monks Project: https://newearthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-karma

Indigenous Collaborations and the Creative Academy – Article by Kim Cunio, Chris Sainsbury and Frank Milward:  https://nitro.edu.au/articles/2022/10/14/indigenous-collaborations-and-the-creative-academy-it-is-never-too-late-is-it

The Neuroscience of Music and the Concept of ‘Lull’: Liane Gabora | Sue Woolfe


Guests

Kim Cunio is the Head of the School of Music at the Australian National University (ANU), performer, researcher, and Grammy long listed composer. He writes for the Deans and Directors of the Creative Arts, the Crawford Centre for Public Policy at the ANU and hosts a regular segment on ABC Radio to discuss music and the larger world. 

You can find Kim online on ANU Researchers | Apple Music | Spotify 

Get in touch

Email – collaboratorypodcast@gmail.com

Facebook – Collaboratory Podcast | Scaffolding Cultural CoCreativity

LinkedIn – Collaboratory Podcast

Instagram – @collaboratorypodcast

Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.

Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri  people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian’s past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.



Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.

Navigating Positionality and Power

Navigating Positionality and Power

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How can our identities, knowledge, values and biases influence how we work? Our guests Kaira Zoe Cañete, Emma Blomkamp, Shona Coyne and Jilda Andrews seek to answer this question by drawing from their co-creative experiences from various sectors including social policy, academic research, and cultural institutions. Topics they explore include:

  • The importance of recognising our positionality to assess our roles in co-creative practices and identify any blind spots or biases
  • How to navigate the ‘middle ground’ and develop an understanding and appreciation for multiple perspectives
  • Techniques for understanding the impacts of positionality on our practice, such as peer learning and reflection

Transcript

To ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes – you can read the full transcript here.


Resources

Definitions of Positionality: Positionality – Dictionary.com and Positionality and Intersectionality – The University of British Columbia

Lesley Ann Noel: Critical Alphabet, “Decolonising Design Thinking” article, and “Emancipatory Research and Design Thinking” article

Articles on Power:  Hunjan, Raji and Jethro Pettit. 2011- Power: A Practical Guide for Facilitating Social Change and Institute of Development Studies – Participatory Methods: Power 

“Behind the Wheel” project (Emma Blomkamp): https://emmablomkamp.com/experience/behind-the-wheel

NMA Exhibition (Shona Coyne): https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/endeavour-voyage/tracing

Kaira Zoe Cañete’s Research: https://scccp.net/podcast/co-created-research-a-conversation-with-kaira-zoe-canete/


Guests

Kaira Zoe Cañete is a Filipino feminist scholar with training in Anthropology and Critical Development Studies. She specialises in gender, disasters, and development. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow for the Humanitarian Governance Project at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Her research interests include expanding/rethinking notions of disaster resilience, sustainability by centering perspectives of marginalised groups (the ‘vulnerable’) and advancing feminist ethics of care in disaster response and governance. 

You can find Kaira online at Institute For Global Development UNSW Sydney website, LinkedIn, Research Gate 

Alburo‐Cañete, Kaira Zoe. “PhotoKwento: co‐constructing women’s narratives of disaster recovery.” Disasters 45, no. 4 (2021): 887-912.  – Behind a pay wall

Alburo-Cañete, Kaira Zoe. “Benevolent discipline: governing affect in post-Yolanda disaster reconstruction in the Philippines.” Third World Quarterly 43, no. 3 (2022): 651-672. – Open Access 

Alburo-Cañete, Kaira Zoe, et. Al. “(Dis) comfort, judgement and solidarity: affective politics of academic publishing in development studies – Open Access 

Zoe Alburo-Cañete, Kaira. “Building back better? Rethinking gender and recovery in the time of COVID-19.” Global Social Policy 22, no. 1 (2022): 180-183. – Open Access 

Dr Emma Blomkamp is a facilitator, researcher and strategic designer, best known for her work in co-design for behaviour and systems change. A Pākehā New Zealander living on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, Emma is passionate about co-creating compassionate systems. She has been leading participatory design and social innovation projects with public purpose organisations since 2014. As an independent Co-Design Coach, Emma now focuses on supporting public, health and community organisations to apply creative and participatory approaches in their work. 

Emma’s current affiliations/links are: Co-Design Coach, emmablomkamp.com | Convenor and Founder, CoDesignCo | Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne

You can find Emma online at Emma Blomkamp’s website | LinkedIn | Medium | Twitter 

Shona Coyne is an Indigenous cultural practitioner currently based at the National Museum of Australia as a Senior Curator and Manager of Repatriation and Community Engagement. Shona’s research interests focus on the intersections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous colonial histories and is anchored by her heritage as a Menang/Nyungar woman whose cultural connections also extend to Yamatji Country in Western Australia and the Scottish Highlands. Her recent museum projects include the award-winning exhibitions ‘Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of Cook and the First Australians’ at the National Museum of Australia and ‘Yurlmun: Mokare Mia Boodja at the West Australian Museum. Recent publications also include ‘New postings? The Swan River Colony’ with Tiffany Shellam in Ancestors, Artefacts, Empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish museums (British Museum Press, 2021).   

You can find Shona online at the National Museum of Australia website | LinkedIn | Twitter 

Dr Jilda Andrews is a Yuwaalaraay woman, cultural practitioner and researcher based in Canberra. Jilda draws from her heritage to investigate the connectedness of land, story and culture to objects in museum collections. Her focus on material culture and their associated stories continue to push the definition of custodianship, from one which is focused on the preservation of objects, to one which strives to maintain connections between objects and the systems which produce them. 

You can find Jilda online at the Australian National University website | Research Gate Australia | Council for the Arts website 

Get in touch

Email – collaboratorypodcast@gmail.com

Facebook – Collaboratory Podcast | Scaffolding Cultural CoCreativity

LinkedIn – Collaboratory Podcast

Instagram – @collaboratorypodcast

Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Nicole O’Dowd.

Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri  people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian’s past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.



Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.

Community Engagement and Consent: A Conversation with Azure Hermes

Community Engagement and Consent: A Conversation with Azure Hermes

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Community engagement and ensuring informed consent are highly important processes when engaging in co-creative research with Indigenous communities. Azure Hermes, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (NCIG), shares her experiences navigating through these processes in her work with Indigenous communities consulting about potential uses of historical blood samples held by NCIG. Topics explored in the conversation with Azure include:

  • Azures’ process of learning how to do community engagement on complex and sometimes contentious issues
  • Changes in ethical standards over time for conducting genetic medical research, and engaging Indigenous people in research in general
  • How effective process of community engagement can form the basis of trust, protocols of access and informed consent, even for potentially unknown future uses of research material
  • The challenges associated with gaining iterative consent, where consent is gained multiple times during a process for each new step or use

Transcript

To ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes – you can read the full transcript here.


Resources

National Centre for Indigenous Genomics

NCIG: An Introduction

Guests

Azure Hermes

Azure Hermes is the Deputy Director for the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics at the Australian National University. She has made a career of bridging the gap between policy intention and policy implementation affecting Indigenous Australians.   

You can find Azure online at National Centre for Indigenous Genomics website, Twitter and Instagram 


Get in touch

Email – collaboratorypodcast@gmail.com

Facebook – Collaboratory Podcast | Scaffolding Cultural CoCreativity

LinkedIn – Collaboratory Podcast

Instagram – @collaboratorypodcast

Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Nicole O’Dowd.

Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri  people.We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian’s past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.



Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Center for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.