Creative Equity Toolkit

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Furore sparked by Jamie Oliver children's book cultural appropriation opens wider debate

An article describing how another novel written by a UK author has been withdrawn as publishers and booksellers grapple with the issues of First Nations culture and history as plot points.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2024
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Kelly Burke, The Guardian

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Guidelines for Discussing Incidents of Hate, Bias, and Discrimination

Very clear and thorough guidelines for dealing with discussions around hate, bias and discrimination from this educational institution which can be easily applied.

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  • 16 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: USA

  • Author: University of Michigan

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Here’s why Palestinians object to the term ‘Israeli food’: It erases us from history

Palestinian cookbook author Reem Kassis describes her mixed feelings about the food of her homeland being described as 'Israeli'. 'Food, after all, is an expression of history, culture and tradition. By this token, presenting dishes of Palestinian provenance as “Israeli” not only denies the Palestinian contribution to Israeli cuisine, but it erases our very history and existence.'

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  • 7 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Reem Kassis , The Washington Post

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How can we belong together despite our differences?

An interview with the director of 'Ends of Worlds,' a science-fiction dance production presented at Kaaitheater Brussels on how “we are longer part of one interpretable world.” Explores Vandevelde’s approach to the contemporary impasse of trying to create universality through difference.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Belgium

  • Author: Michiel Vandevelde and Esther Severi, Kaaitheater

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Screen shot from Radio NZ showing a black and white photo of Jimi Hendrix

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.”’

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2016
    Country: NZ

  • Author: Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Radio NZ

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Cover of the report with a panel of a purple Indigenous painting

Indigenous Cultural Protocols and the Arts

Case studies in multiple art forms of how arts organisations have implemented the landmark Creative Australia Indigenous Protocols, developed in 2002 to ensure Indigenous culture is used ethically and legally with appropriate consultation and consent, according to both Australian copyright law and Indigenous cultural protocols.

Includes question prompts for developing project methodology to ensure respect and consent when making art that draws on another community's culture.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2016
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Terri Janke