Tuesday, November 20 • 11:17am - 11:32am

We share with you stories of our cultural projects, which utilise contemporary and historical audiovisual recordings to support teaching and learning in the Kimberley region of North West Australia. We discuss the importance of collections being accessible in remote Aboriginal communities, engaging community members in digitisation and conservation practices, and examples of how elders and young people are activating collections to keep culture strong in Mowanjum Community and related homelands.

Dolord Mindi, Mowanjum Community's Collection and Media Space: http://www.mowanjumarts.com/dolord

Katie Breckon

Junba Project / Mowanjum Art and Culture Centre

Educator and Collection Management Consultant

Kimberley, Western Australia

Websitebreckon.co

Katie Breckon is an artist, educator and cultural heritage worker based in the remote Kimberley region of North West Australia. Originally from Wellington, Katie has dedicated the last six years to establishing and managing Dolord Mindi, Mowanjum Community's Collection and Media Space, working predominantly with Worrorra, Ngarinyin, and Wunambal Gaambera people. Katie has facilitated digital recording projects, teaching skills to young people and arts workers to support storytelling and documentation of cultural knowledge for the community archive. Katie recently secured funding for the Mowanjum Museum, which includes allocated space for a Rock Art Education and Traditional Song and Dance exhibition.

Johnny Divilli

Ranger, Junba Dancer / Singer, Junba Project

Pete O'Connor

Ranger, Junba Dancer / Singer, Junba Project / Dambimangari Rangers