Creative Equity Toolkit

Chapter excerpt from The Relationship is the Project

A good primer on "community-engaged practice" and ways to think about working with people in communities and building relationships without gatekeeping.

This book is published in Australia and this chapter excerpt has be posted by the UK based organisation Co-Creating Change

Collaboration: the good, the bad and the ugly

Co-Directors of Aphids & Aphids discuss collaboration tools including explicit conversations around crediting, project expectations and the environments where the collaboration will take place (do you you meet in a cafe or a bar or the park?). Daily check-ins on the workloads and responsibilities of each collaborator, such as childcare responsibilities and energy levels are recommended, as well as allowing transparent access to administrative documents, and information on scheduling and budgets.

Considering Co-Creation

A report commissioned by the Arts Council England that shares thoughts on principles, ethics, and references in the area of co-creation by two organisations that deal with socially engaged arts - and presents new ideas that challenge current paradigms of community arts. While it is not an exhaustive work, it features a literature review and a survey of 77 practitioners and contributors.

Supplementary materials such as podcasts and a survey analysis are included as part of this research.

Considering Co-creation

Discover how co-creation can help you actively listen to and collaborate with local communities and form new partnerships as well as helpful insight on putting it into practice. A report and three podcasts.

Cultural Appropriation: Another Form of Extractivism of Indigenous Communities

Indigenous communities around the world face attacks on multiple levels, including extractivism in their territories, and appropriation of their cultural creations and knowledge. This article highlights the requirements of respect for ancestral knowledge and Informed consent.
Photo: Ayuujk weaver, by Luis Balbuena Gómez.