Creative Equity Toolkit

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Article

Small-scale art organizations as participatory platforms for decolonizing practices & sensibilities

An academic article on decolonising small arts organisations. Unlike large art museums "smaller institutions and art spaces do not start out from the need to decentre collections and decolonize material objects. Instead, they work with artists, researchers, activists, and audiences to raise sensibilities."

Audio version available.

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  • 28 minute
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  • Author: Nina Montman

Audio

Surviving Society podcast: Gary Younge with Museums, 'knowledge' & colonial extraction

A podcast discussion on Gary Younge's latest BBC documentary 'The Empty Cases' which focused on how change might occur in British museums as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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  • 54 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: UK

  • Author: Surviving Society

Film

The Decolonising of Aboriginal Representation on our Screens

Host Leila Gurruwiwi and panel discuss First Peoples' identity, how First Nations people want to be portrayed, and the Australian film and television industry.

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  • Published: 2018
    Country: Australia

  • Author: ACMI

Checklist

The Museum Test

The Museum Test asks a series of questions within a visual flow chart system to determine how effectively a gallery or display handles topics of colonialism, empire, slavery, the transatlantic slave trade and representation. This is a tool for curators and museums when they are developing new displays which address these topics.

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  • 1 minute
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  • Published: 2023
    Country: UK

  • Author: The Changemakers

Article

Image of Daniel Day-Lewis in a field in a wheelchair in his role in My Left Foot

The problem with 'cripping up' and why casting disabled actors matters

Article examining 'cripping up': when able-bodied actors portray people with disability, such as Daniel Day-Lewis' role in 1990's 'My Left Foot'.

'what must it have been like to be one of those child actors on the set of My Left Foot? To not only watch a man act as though he too had cerebral palsy on screen, but to see him continue the charade once filming stopped.

How would they have felt, then, to later see him walking on stage to accept an award for how well he imitated them?'

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  • 8 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Gae Lee, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Webinar

Transforming Communities

Featuring Imagine case studies from Ethiopia (Fekat Circus), Egypt (Orchestra Al-Nour Wal Amal) and Australia (ActNow Theatre), this online session looks at organisations and initiatives that use various art forms, such as dance, theatre, film, storytelling, and music, to empower marginalised communities, promote social change, challenge stereotypes, and advocate for human rights.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2024
    Country: International

  • Author: Diversity Arts Australia