Creative Equity Toolkit

B.O.S.S. Calls Turner Prize Nomination ‘Extractive and Exploitative’

A statement from the Black Obsidian Sound System that calls out institutions, prize-culture and demands the rights to thrive in conditions that a nurturing and supportive - forging a better path ahead in the future for collaborations between institutions and collectives that practice social art.

Best Practice Flows From My Connection to Community: Libby Collins

Libby Collins, Tiwi Islander and Producer at GARUWA, gave her checklist:

Engage early with mob when developing blak-specific work
Value the information you receive and the people who have given it to you
Have the cash to pay people what they’re worth
Value the connections they bring that you wouldn’t have without them
Ensure that your people are with you throughout the whole process
Bring community in and find initiatives that allow for your finished projects to be accessible for community mob.

Beyond The Toolkit: Ethical Commitments

Facilitation is not a neutral practice. Beyond the toolkit encourage practitioners to ask "What are the ethical commitments or values that guide your work?" Beyond The Toolkit are a team of community-based and academic community-engaged practitioners who have been interested in creating a dialogue about facilitation, participatory design and social justice across a number of fields.

Blak Nation Podcast conversations - Cultural Safety in the workplace

This article reviews two episodes of the Blak Nation podcast, which address workplace cultural safety. The author is critical of diversity policies and how they may compound the burden placed on First Nations workers.