The word ‘governance’ can take on many different meanings and be used in various contexts, whether that be corporate, organisational or cultural. In this episode, we give particular attention to First Nations perspectives of cultural governance and discuss how the concept of cultural governance, whilst sometimes misunderstood, is one that can support collaboration across difference.
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, Jamie Jackett.
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.
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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.
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...
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.
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 and findings to date and share our plans for next steps in action research and culture change to enhance collaborative cultures at the ANU.
In this episode we hear thoughts on the skills and capabilities important to facilitate co-creative processes from a range of collaborative practitioners including three main guests David Lilley, Johanna De Ruyter and Callie Doyle Scott, who share insights from their diverse practice.
In this episode of the Collaboratory Conversation Series, Kaira Zoe Cañete shares reflections from her recent PhD research in the Philippines, and offers some practical advice on what it takes to co-create...
