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In remote communities access to the Internet is particularly powerful. For example, farmers have access to the same weather forecasting data as the Bureau Of Meteorology (BOM). Indigenous Arts Centres can send photos of their work to a gallery instantly and receive an order. In a remote context, information-flow makes life-changing differences. Many Australians haveRead more

In a space shared by two or more cultures there can be created intercultural space. Participating cultures form and communicate, tolerate, compromise, collaborate and explore ambiguities. This is different and distinct from cross-cultural communication that occurs within a dominant framing culture. Interculturality can be defined as: “the capacity to experience cultural otherness and to useRead more

Diversity and Oppotunity Simon Crean stated in his speech in October 2011 on diversification and opportunity: “With economies around the world in transition, diversification holds the key. Diversification is the challenge of our time. Diversification unlocks opportunities. Investment in the arts and culture is central to that unlocking.” The underlying idea in his statement isRead more

Digital cultures, the Internet, replication and copying systems allow clear manifestations of the concept that wonderful things can come from intercultural practices and frameworks. If we use an intercultural framework in National Cultural Policy and discussions, concepts like sharing, collaborative development, open source, crowd-sourcing, user editable wiki, creative commons and cross-generational suddenly make much moreRead more

All, societies and nations define themselves by their ongoing creative arts and cultural activities, for example languages, music, debating, images and writing. Now is the right time for Australian Cultural Policy to assert that culture is at our core, our foundation, it forms the frameworks of civil society. To exist and survive in and beyondRead more