Recognising and protecting Indigenous cultural and creative Intellectual Property is key to the continuation, reclamation and revitalisation of Indigenous culture and cultural expression.

 

Centring Indigenous approaches to learning and creating, this Melbourne MicroCert provides an understanding of Intellectual Property in Indigenous creative and cultural practices with a focus on cultural management.

 

It’s valuable for anyone seeking to respectfully engage with Indigenous knowledges, creative arts and music practice and practitioners, and to support the protection and reclamation of Indigenous culture, heritage and creative practice.

 

Learn to source information with appreciation of interconnectedness

Develop the skills and capabilities to source knowledge with, and for, Indigenous communities while appreciating its relationality and interconnectedness, including with Country, beyond a Western framework. Engaging with diverse case studies, you'll examine protocols of knowledge finding and explore the significance of Country in reclaiming, reviving and restoring Indigenous knowledge and cultural and creative practices in Australia.

 

Understand how to safely preserve knowledge

Learn different approaches to knowledge safe keeping, including via digital means. Discuss issues and protocols surrounding access, responsibilities and gatekeeping, as well as reflect on the role of unconscious bias in cultural management.