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Through Sheltering, Bangarra Dance Theatre proves one of its greatest strengths is in nurturing talented new voices.
This exhibition is not driven by aesthetics alone. It is a coming together of rich individual identities voicing their history, knowledge and lived experiences.
The number of New Zealanders who speak te reo Māori grew 15% from 2018 to 2023 – and the nation’s artists are reflecting this.
In the 1970s, a huge concrete dome was built on Runit Island to cover some 85,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste dumped by the US. It still leaks radiation today.
The river’s health has been suffering, with a number of harrowing mass fish deaths events taking place in recent years.
First Nations artist Reko Rennie possesses the gift of creating memorable images that are simultaneously puzzling, intriguing and entertaining.
The Protectionist era was a painful time for First Nations people – but artists are recreating clothing from this time as a powerful method of healing,
First Nations people have been making and crafting clothes and accessories for millennia, and for international exhibitions for hundreds of years.
My top three works situated witnessing as a political act. These works invite you to revisit what you thought you knew.
There’s one simple rule when buying First Nations art or crafts: the more information the better.
A new film about Bangarra Dance Theatre carries the deep Indigenous knowledge and personal trauma behind its 30-year history.
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Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Researcher, RMIT School of Design, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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RMIT University
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Scientia Associate Professor and Co-Associate Dean Indigenous (ADA), UNSW
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Lecturer, Communication Design, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer and Researcher in Music Psychology, Auckland University of Technology
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Lecturer, School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Barkindji/Malyangapa Indigenous Knowledge holder, Indigenous Knowledge
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Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
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Vice-president of the Menindee Aboriginal Elders Council, Indigenous Knowledge
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Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Indigenous and Population health, University of Sydney
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Sessional Academic, School of Languages and Cultures, Discipline of French and Francophone Studies, University of Sydney