Creative Equity Toolkit

Cultural Safety – An Indigenous methodology: Dr Lilly Brown

For over a decade Gumbaynggirr woman Dr Lilly Brown has supported individuals and organisations to strengthen their capacity to value, see clearly, engage with, and respond to the diverse needs of First Peoples.

'for someone to feel culturally unsafe means that they’ve likely experienced a space which is underpinned by racism. So in the absence of cultural safety, there is a presence of racism. And that’s a really important point.'

'Dance is not a museum': how ballet is reimagining problematic classics

A look at the ways major UK ballet companies are reimagining the classics like The Nutcracker to avoid the damaging stereotypes protrayed in scenes like the Chinese and Arabian variations. "Historical ballets are rife with offensive colonial politics but choreographers and dancers are finding creative ways to change them for today’s audiences"

Decolonising the written word

The ways in which the publishing industry is grappling with the project of decolonisation.

'As an editor, a relatively new part of my brief is to be on the alert for colonial exceptionalism. What has surprised me is the amount of material I would have waved through a few years ago.'

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Imagery Toolkits for 'authentic visual depictions'

These Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Imagery Toolkits are designed "to help marketers and communicators infuse authenticity into their visual storytelling across all communication channels and platforms."

The toolkit gives demographic information for different countries, strategies for converting intents into action, and a roadmap for incorporating 'authentic and multi-faceted depictions of people in global content' and 'identifies biases and stereotypes through specific lenses of identity'.

How did rock music get so white?

Professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and Slate music critic Jack Hamilton interviewed on how rock and roll changed from an inter-racial expression to the soundtrack of whiteness.

‘Pat Boone covering Little Richard is probably the most egregious example of this. “But he was able to get his music played on radio stations that wouldn't play the black originators of that music and he was someone who almost objectively made much worse versions of that than the originals.”’

Implicit Bias Module Series

Online course aimed at educators to understand and mitigate against unconscious bias.