Respectfully engaging with Indigenous knowledges and creative arts practices requires culturally safe and aware ways of thinking about knowledge, responsibilities and ownerships.

 

This micro-credential centres Indigenous approaches to learning and creating to provide the skills and knowledge to decolonise your thinking and engage in respectful and reciprocal knowledge sharing.

 

It’s valuable for anyone seeking to deepen their cultural understanding of Indigenous creative practices and connection to place, and to responsibly and respectfully engage with Indigenous knowledges.

 

Gain a historical overview of Indigenous creative practice

This micro-credential presents a historical overview of Indigenous creative practice in Australia, including contemporary cultural and creative practices. You'll learn to describe and reflect on the context of place in Indigenous cultures and creative practices, across this diverse history.

 

Decolonise your thinking and responsibly share Indigenous knowledges

Learn culturally aware and safe approaches to decolonising thinking about knowledge, 'know how', responsibilities, ownerships and interconnected relationships with Indigenous communities. You'll explore reciprocal and responsible knowledge sharing, the diverse approaches within a fluid field of knowledge, and appropriation. You'll also be introduced to the concept of 'know how' for finding archival information for, and with, Indigenous communities.

 

Engage with Indigenous technologies and creative practices

Drawing on your new understanding of reciprocal and responsible knowledge sharing, you'll engage in the practice of making a fishing net. This hands-on activity will allow you to practice following cultural protocols and respectfully using materials, techniques and traditional Indigenous technologies from Country.