Engaging with local first nations communities through the performing arts

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Title Engaging with local first nations communities through the performing arts
Creator Contributors
Abstract/Description A major consideration in touring a First Nations performing arts production is how to engage with local indigenous communities on whose country someone else's story is being told. Engagement strategies have often failed due to a systemic lack of direct consultation with and participation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the development of community engagement programmes and activities. Through a case study of the Indigenous Community Engagement initiative implemented by Performing Lines, an Australian producing and touring organisation, the concept of community engagement for touring on country is reimagined as one based on a responsive rather than a prescriptive approach, and on s elf-determined and Indigenous-led frameworks. The case study highlights the cultural responsibilities and challenges of presenting First Nations performance on country, the key considerations around connecting and engaging with local Indigenous communities, and the need to build awareness, protocols and culturally safe spaces with performing arts centres.
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Source Australasian Drama Studies, ADSA, VIC
Issue 73
Page 69-100
Date Issued October 2018
Language English
ISSN 0810-4123
Citation Denise Wilson, Karilyn Brown, Liza-Mare Syron, Tandi Palmer Williams, Engaging with local first nations communities through the performing arts, Australasian Drama Studies, 73, October 2018, 69-100
Data Set AusStage
Resource Identifier 68787