Thanx for stopping by today!
In November I was very fortunate to be part of a five day residency with Dr Jodi Edwards of the University of Wollongong and members of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, at London on Art Museum. During the course of our stay, we engaged with a number of On Country activities and deep discussions about decolonisation frameworks, in particular allyship roles and the changing dynamics of relationships between allies and Aboriginal communities, namely knowledge keepers.
As part of our residency program we presented as a group a range of topics to the Profound Reorganising of Things, International Conference at the University of Melbourne via Zoom. on points of changing pressures of cultural revitalisation, ally roles within these changing times, ally support and mentoring and a concept I’ve begun to call ‘old business’.
Dr. Alan Hill, Dr. Kelly Hussey-Smith, Dr. Amy Spiers, Dr. Stephen Loo, Dr. Polly Stanton, Dr. Marnie Badham, Dr. Jodi Edwards & me.
Over the 5 days we were privileged to learn weaving with Corrine Tillet, yarn with Aunty Lauren Chapman, learn possum skin with Amanda Reynolds and traditional fire knowledge with Joel Deaves.
If you’d like to watch our presentation, here’s the link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/13gapx7ohnvkahdyqhbum/Edited-clip-Bundanon-Presentation-for-a-Profound-Reorganising-of-Things.mp4?rlkey=dg0d9p8e2qwspyjhjetw4t5uk&e=1&st=ti6zuqau&dl=0
Here’s the Conference link: A Profound Reorganising of Things, International Conference, November, 2023, https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/australiancentre/a-profound-reorganising-of-things#:~:text=’A%20Profound%20Reorganising%20of%20Things’%20will%20delve%20into%20how%20contemporary,between%20climate%20change%20and%20colonialism
Juundaal Strang-Yettica 