Creative Equity Toolkit

The Creative Equity Toolkit has links to hundreds of practical resources, inspiring case studies and important research on increasing diversity in the arts.

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A "Postdevelopment" zine

A short zine introducing "Postdevelopment," an approach responding to capitalism, Eurocentrism, Anthropocentrism and ongoing colonial legacies that calls for the end of development and proposes alternatives to it. Resolves definitions of post- and de- colonialism, and offers further reading.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Global

  • Author: Julia Schöneberg, Convivial Thinking

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections Commitments

These Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections Commitments develop upon Protocols published by State Library of Queensland in 2006. They align with state, national and international frameworks around First Nations cultural heritage and provide a foundation for the State Library to enable greater access and use of these unique collections.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: State Library of Queensland

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An Unsettled Settler Response to Open Cut

This article discusses the ways in which colonial development funding is implicated in the arts industries, using the example of Jacky Green’s 2018 exhibition Open Cut. The author probes the meaning of how we, in the arts, are implicated in the settler colonial processes of mining and dispossession.

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  • 25 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Kate Rendell

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Anti-Colonial Research Library

Created by researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the Anti-Colonial Research Library was created to be used as a research and teaching tool for knowledge democracy. It holds a collection of open-access articles and books, websites, and YouTube videos on Indigenous and anti-colonial research methodologies.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2024
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Caroline Lenette

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Art, Whiteness, and Empire

Curator Dr. Kelli Morgan explores the themes of colonialism and whiteness in encyclopedic art museums. Morgan proposes a reinstallation framework that includes showcasing vital works that can anchor a reinstall about colonialism, highlighting portraits of actual colonizers, and using art to illustrate the history of global economy and colonialism.

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: 2023
    Country: USA

  • Author: Dr. Kelli Morgan

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Cover of Awake to Woke to Work with a graphic showing three gears

Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture

A comprehensive yet simple guide that contextualises the race outcomes and leadership gaps in the US social sector, and offers approaches for building a 'Race Equity Culture' in your organisation. Identifies equity cycles, investments, levers, vocabularies and and tools.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: USA

  • Author: Equity in the Center by ProInspire