Creative Equity Toolkit

First Nations Arts - Stereotyping, Tokenism and Funding

Merindah Donnelly speaks to Larissa Behrendt about tokenistic programming decisions, how to challenge stereotypical audience expectations through contemporary expression of First Nations identity, and how in spite of positive audience engagement, First Nations performing artists struggle to secure funding.

First Nations First — Best Practices for Creating with Community: Genevieve Grieves

Worimi educator and storyteller Genevieve Grieves co-created storytelling and production company GARUWA with her brother Kieran Satour.

'We’re interested in shifting that dynamic by exploring new models of co-creating that bring the storyteller — the person whose story we are sharing — to the fore, giving them complete control over how their story’s represented… the person who would normally be the director takes the role of producer and the person whose story is being told is the director.'

‘Getting it Right’: Anita Heiss on Indigenous Characters

Indigenous Australian author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator, Anita Heiss, speaks about tokenism and how to research and write stories with ‘believable, meaningful and (hopefully) empowering Indigenous characters’.