Collaboratory Season 1: Recent Episodes
Maya Haviland & Nicole Deen
Collaboratory is a podcast that explores co-creativity in action. In each episode we focus on stories and dynamics of co-creative practice we think need talking about, with guests whose practice range from art and culture, education, community and organisational development, public and for purpose sectors and much more. Hosted by Dr Maya Haviland and Nicole Deen, Collaboratory draws on research and real world experience to deepen and sustain our understanding of collaboration and co-creativity across cultures, communities and organisations. It is produced by the Scaffolding Cultural CoCreativity Project, hosted at the Australian National University on Ngunnawal, Ngambri and Ngunawal country.
How can we use theatre to create spaces for authentic dialogue, empathy and seeing from new perspectives? Spaces where people can play together, create together and take action on issues of personal and social importance? Find out in this episode of Collaboratory Conversations, where we bring you an edited interview with Canberra-based theatre company, Rebus Theatre. Speaking with Robin Davidson and Ali Clinch, we explore:
- How Rebus use a variety of applied theatre methods, including Forum Theatre and Playback Theatre, to influence social change and why they can be so effective at helping to change mindsets, attitudes and ultimately behaviours, of audience members
- How using applied theatre methods can foster spaces where people feel seen, heard and understood, which then can then lead to more authentic co-creation
- The intentional practices and mindsets Rebus use to scaffold people's participation, and what difference that makes to both the process and outcomes of their shows
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Resources Forum Theatre, developed by Brazilian theatre director Agosto Boal, is a form of applied theatre in which audience members are active participants in how the story is played out.
Playback Theatre is another form of applied theatre in which audience members tell stories from their own lives and watch as actors and musicians enact them in the show.
Access all areas is Rebus' Workplace Accessibility and Inclusion Training program that uses Forum Theatre to help workplaces, communities and service providers feel more equipped and at ease in assisting customers, employees and clients with disability.
Flair - The Rebus program in which people with disability and lived experience of mental ill health devise an original performance. The Beauty Thief was the 2021 show that was produced as part of this program.
What if Scientists Ruled the World? was a Rebus production in 2021 that used the Forum Theatre method to engage the audience in an intriguing alternate world where science just might save humanity, or destroy it, depending on how it is used. Watch the recording of the this interactive show here.
Guests Robin is the founding and Artistic Director of Rebus Theatre and Workplace Training, a Canberra-based mixed ability theatre for social change company. He is also an actor, clown, director, teacher and writer.
You can find Robin online on Rebus Theatre website
Ali Clinch is an award-winning practitioner in Applied Theatre, the application of performing arts for social change and the Artistic Director for ‘Acting With Ali'.
You can find Ali online on Acting With Ali website
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people.We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
The word ‘governance’ can take on many different meanings and be used in various contexts, whether that be corporate, organisational or cultural. In this episode, we give particular attention to First Nations perspectives of cultural governance and discuss how the concept of cultural governance, whilst sometimes misunderstood, is one that can support collaboration across difference. Our guests Wayne Barker, Doyen Radcliffe, Sharon Babyack and David Lilley explore topics including:
- Their understanding of cultural governance and the governance structures of the organisations that they work at – the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC), Collaboration for Impact and Community First Development
- The idea of ‘right way governance’ which involves understanding and respecting the structures and decision-making processes within First Nations communities in addition to the idea of ‘bridging governance’ – where First Nation governance practices intersect with Western governance requirements.
- How ‘good’ cultural governance is malleable and recognises the importance of establishing structures and processes which help us build and maintain trusting relationships
- The skills that can help with navigating governance in practice such as emotional intelligence and deep listening.
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Resources Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Cultural Centre: 'KALACC Cultural Governance Evaluation 2016' Shares information about cultural governance more broadly as well as how KALACC navigated cultural governance during the repatriation of ceremonial objects to Ardyaloon community.
Community First Development: 'Good Governance Practice leads to Good Relationships: Final report' June 2021. Presents findings and lessons learnt from their Participatory Action Research Project, with a focus on Governance.
Community First Development: 'Good Governance Practice leads to Good Relationships: First report' March 2020. Shares the Action Research design, early findings and first four case studies.
The Hive: 'Insights Paper - Community Development' June 2022. Outlines 'Together in 2770's Collective approach to community development and mobilisation, including their local governance approach.
Guests Wayne Barker is the Festival and Cultural Events Coordinator at the Kimberly Aboriginal Law and Cultural Centre (KALACC), an activist, musician, film maker and the Co-Director of the Stompem Ground Festival. KALACC's cultural maintenance mission is supporting the traditional cultural practices of the 30 Aboriginal language groups of the Kimberley Region, WA
You can find Wayne online at KALACC website| KALACC Facebook | LinkedIn
Doyen Radcliffe is a Yamatji Naaguja Wajarri man from the Midwest Region of Western Australia and a Regional Manager with Community First Development based in Perth, WA. He is a community minded individual with a passion for empowering Indigenous communities to reach their real potential to improve quality of life, health, social and economic wellbeing, and inclusion within Australian society. Doyen is also director to the Australian Evaluation Society and a director of two community based Indigenous corporations – Naaguja Warangkarri Aboriginal Corporation and Marr Koodjal Aboriginal Corporation.
You can find Doyen online at Community First Development website | LinkedIn | Research Gate
Sharon Babyack is the General Manager Impact and Strategy at Community First Development, a First Nations Community Development and Research Organisation. Sharon is passionate about promoting self-determination for First Nations people and considers her role as one of continual learning.
You can find Sharon online at Community First Development website | LinkedIn | Twitter
David Lilley is undertaking a PhD in public health, public policy and urban environments at the University of New South Wales. He also works as a consultant with Collaboration for Impact, supporting mission and place-based initiatives involving community around Australia.
You can find David online on Collaboration for Impact website | LinkedIn
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
What does a new moon have to do with conservation, community, co-creativity and music? We answer this interesting and exciting question in this special episode of Collaboratory Conversations featuring Broome-based musician and collaborative artist, Jaime Jackett. Topics explored include:
- The creation and collaborative process behind "The Shorebird Quest", a musical theatre show which celebrates the migratory shorebirds of Roebuck Bay
- Jaime’s co-created musical practice, passion for the power of singing and the recent release of her song “Cradle to Caves”, written and performed in collaboration with her band, Belle Miners, and visitors to a number of Tasmanian national parks
- The importance of having an open-mind and being flexible when approaching or engaging in a co-creative endeavour
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ResourcesThe Shorebird Quest - Songs from the Original Broome Musical. Composed by Jaime Jackett and Hayden Kuhtze on Bandcamp: https://shorebirdquest.bandcamp.com/album/the-shorebird-quest-songs-from-the-original-broome-musical
Article on The Shorebird Quest: https://nit.com.au/30-04-2023/5784/thousands-expected-to-flock-to-brooms-beach-for-larger-than-life-shorebirds
Broome Bird Observatory: http://www.broomebirdobservatory.com/
Belle Miners Website: https://belleminers.com/
Belle Miners Social Media: @belleminers
GuestsJaime Jackett is a Canadian-Australian musician and part of the internationally collaborative folk-pop trio Belle Miners. The band has thrived despite the seemingly impossible distance, touring 6 countries in Europe, Canada and Australia in 2018.
You can find Jaime online at Jaime's Website | Instagram | YouTube
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
Reflecting on the values, mindsets and attitudes that we bring to our work is critical for fostering co-creativity. Our guests Dimitrios Papalexis and Aruna Venkatachalam, who work within the community development arts and corporate sectors, share insights about what guides their work and how they have put these values into practice. Topics explored include:
- How Dimitrios and Aruna’s unique life experiences, cultural influences and exposure to different worldviews have shaped their values and how they work
- Useful frameworks and tools for fostering co-creativity and identifying the strengths of a community or organisation, such as asset-based community development (ABCD) and ‘jugaad’, a strengths-based approach
- The value of creating safe spaces which facilitate collaboration and trusting relationships and how the cultures of the organisations and systems we work in can greatly influence how we work and interact with others, and
- The importance of looking within and possibly reconsidering our mindsets and values to better enable us to listen actively to others, build on strengths and be comfortable in the unknown
TranscriptTo ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes - you can read the full transcript here.
ResourcesYoung Change Agents ‘Lighting the Spark’ report: https://youngchangeagents.com/research (to request access)
ABC news article about Lighting the Spark program in Bundaberg: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-10/first-nations-entrepreneur-program-lighting-the-spark/101301144
Design Thinking: Introduction from IDEO https://designthinking.ideo.com/
The Circle Way: Pocket Guide https://www.thecircleway.net/booklets
Podcast (teaser) about the Refugee Podcasting Initiative: https://anchor.fm/dimitrios-papalexis/episodes/Refugee-Settlement-Journeys---Teaser-evba78
Eight Aboriginal Ways of Learning – Framework and resources: https://www.8ways.online/
The Circle Way website and resources: https://www.thecircleway.net/
Art of Hosting website and resources: https://artofhosting.org/
Ethical storytelling: 7 Steps to Ethical Storytelling (G.R.E.A.T) https://gettingattention.org/ethical-storytelling/
GuestsDimitrios Papalexis is the founder of Soulgen, a social enterprise consultancy specializing in asset-based community development, storytelling and arts for social impact. He has a background in linguistics, communication, psychology and community development.
You can find Dimitrios online on SoulGen website | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
Aruna Venkatachalam is the General Manager, Partnerships and International at Young Change Agents. She has worked in international community development, commercial leadership development and social enterprise for 15 years. Aruna spent four years in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka where she capacity-built local community organisations, social entrepreneurs, STEM professionals and students by providing training, frameworks, mentorship and connections in design thinking and best-practice community development.
You can find Aruna online at Young Change Agents website | LinkedIn
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
Thank you for listening to and engaging with the Collaboratory podcast. We wanted to let you know that we will be taking a break to do some back-end production work and will be back with new episodes from April 2023. In the meantime, check out episodes that you may have missed, and please provide us with your feedback.
We would really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us about Collaboratory - what you like, what you think can be improved and any topics that you would like the podcast to cover by completing this survey: https://forms.gle/oDTNCvrgxyWSXsvEA
TranscriptTo ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes - you can read the full transcript here.
ResourcesCatch up on past episodes of Collaboratory:
- Laying the Foundations for Co-Creation
- What is the Co?
- Intellectual Property and Agreement: A Conversation with Dr Diana James
- Building Trusting Relationships
- A Conversation with Jenni Savigny and Stephen Corey: Digital Storytelling
- Symbiosis as Co-Creativity
- Co-Created Research: A Conversation with Kaira Zoe Cañete
- Skills for Co-Creative Relationships
- Community Engagement and Consent: A Conversation with Azure Hermes
- Navigating Positionality and Power
- Music, Co-Creativity and Cultures: A Conversation with Kim Cunio
Check out blog posts written by the hosts and guests of Collaboratory here.
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
Music provides a fascinating example of co-creativity in action – whether that be through the coming together of instruments and performers, the space in which the music is played, or the process of audience members listening to music. Musician and academic, Kim Cunio, reflects on the co-creative musical projects that he has been involved with and shares insights into the responsibilities that different cultural roles and relationships require of us. Topics explored include:
- Embracing the complexities of being positioned as the ‘other’ when engaging in non-traditional research
- How Kim’s diverse cultural background combined with his creative and technical skills influences his approach to musical practice
- The process of seeking cultural authority to work with particular knowledges and traditions
- The challenges of transferring a co-creative musical approach into organisational and institutional settings such as universities
- How music can help us understand what co-creation is and how it happens
TranscriptTo ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes - you can read the full transcript here.
ResourcesDead Sea Scrolls Project: https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/140980?mode=full and https://www.discogs.com/release/7779456-Kim-Cunio-Heather-Lee-Music-Of-the-Dead-Sea-Scrolls
Gyuto Monks Project: https://newearthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-karma
Indigenous Collaborations and the Creative Academy - Article by Kim Cunio, Chris Sainsbury and Frank Milward: https://nitro.edu.au/articles/2022/10/14/indigenous-collaborations-and-the-creative-academy-it-is-never-too-late-is-it
The Neuroscience of Music and the Concept of 'Lull': Liane Gabora | Sue Woolfe
GuestsKim Cunio is the Head of the School of Music at the Australian National University (ANU), performer, researcher, and Grammy long listed composer. He writes for the Deans and Directors of the Creative Arts, the Crawford Centre for Public Policy at the ANU and hosts a regular segment on ABC Radio to discuss music and the larger world.
You can find Kim online on ANU Researchers | Apple Music | Spotify
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Yichen Li.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
How can our identities, knowledge, values and biases influence how we work? Our guests Kaira Zoe Cañete, Emma Blomkamp, Shona Coyne and Jilda Andrews seek to answer this question by drawing from their co-creative experiences from various sectors including social policy, academic research, and cultural institutions. Topics they explore include:
- The importance of recognising our positionality to assess our roles in co-creative practices and identify any blind spots or biases
- How to navigate the ‘middle ground’ and develop an understanding and appreciation for multiple perspectives
- Techniques for understanding the impacts of positionality on our practice, such as peer learning and reflection
TranscriptTo ensure accessibility we are committed to providing transcripts of all our podcast episodes - you can read the full transcript here.
ResourcesDefinitions of Positionality: Positionality - Dictionary.com and Positionality and Intersectionality - The University of British Columbia
Lesley Ann Noel: Critical Alphabet, "Decolonising Design Thinking" article, and "Emancipatory Research and Design Thinking" article
Articles on Power: Hunjan, Raji and Jethro Pettit. 2011- Power: A Practical Guide for Facilitating Social Change and Institute of Development Studies - Participatory Methods: Power
"Behind the Wheel" project (Emma Blomkamp): https://emmablomkamp.com/experience/behind-the-wheel
NMA Exhibition (Shona Coyne): https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/endeavour-voyage/tracing
Kaira Zoe Cañete's Research: https://scccp.net/podcast/co-created-research-a-conversation-with-kaira-zoe-canete/
GuestsKaira Zoe Cañete is a Filipino feminist scholar with training in Anthropology and Critical Development Studies. She specialises in gender, disasters, and development. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow for the Humanitarian Governance Project at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Her research interests include expanding/rethinking notions of disaster resilience, sustainability by centering perspectives of marginalised groups (the 'vulnerable') and advancing feminist ethics of care in disaster response and governance.
You can find Kaira online at Institute For Global Development UNSW Sydney website, LinkedIn, Research Gate
Alburo‐Cañete, Kaira Zoe. "PhotoKwento: co‐constructing women's narratives of disaster recovery." Disasters 45, no. 4 (2021): 887-912. - Behind a pay wall
Alburo-Cañete, Kaira Zoe. "Benevolent discipline: governing affect in post-Yolanda disaster reconstruction in the Philippines." Third World Quarterly 43, no. 3 (2022): 651-672. - Open Access
Alburo-Cañete, Kaira Zoe, et. Al. "(Dis) comfort, judgement and solidarity: affective politics of academic publishing in development studies - Open Access
Zoe Alburo-Cañete, Kaira. "Building back better? Rethinking gender and recovery in the time of COVID-19." Global Social Policy 22, no. 1 (2022): 180-183. - Open Access
Dr Emma Blomkamp is a facilitator, researcher and strategic designer, best known for her work in co-design for behaviour and systems change. A Pākehā New Zealander living on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, Emma is passionate about co-creating compassionate systems. She has been leading participatory design and social innovation projects with public purpose organisations since 2014. As an independent Co-Design Coach, Emma now focuses on supporting public, health and community organisations to apply creative and participatory approaches in their work.
Emma's current affiliations/links are: Co-Design Coach, emmablomkamp.com | Convenor and Founder, CoDesignCo | Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
You can find Emma online at Emma Blomkamp's website | LinkedIn | Medium | Twitter
Shona Coyne is an Indigenous cultural practitioner currently based at the National Museum of Australia as a Senior Curator and Manager of Repatriation and Community Engagement. Shona’s research interests focus on the intersections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous colonial histories and is anchored by her heritage as a Menang/Nyungar woman whose cultural connections also extend to Yamatji Country in Western Australia and the Scottish Highlands. Her recent museum projects include the award-winning exhibitions ‘Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of Cook and the First Australians’ at the National Museum of Australia and ‘Yurlmun: Mokare Mia Boodja at the West Australian Museum. Recent publications also include ‘New postings? The Swan River Colony’ with Tiffany Shellam in Ancestors, Artefacts, Empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish museums (British Museum Press, 2021).
You can find Shona online at the National Museum of Australia website | LinkedIn | Twitter
Dr Jilda Andrews is a Yuwaalaraay woman, cultural practitioner and researcher based in Canberra. Jilda draws from her heritage to investigate the connectedness of land, story and culture to objects in museum collections. Her focus on material culture and their associated stories continue to push the definition of custodianship, from one which is focused on the preservation of objects, to one which strives to maintain connections between objects and the systems which produce them.
You can find Jilda online at the Australian National University website | Research Gate Australia | Council for the Arts website
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Nicole O'Dowd.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
Community engagement and ensuring informed consent are highly important processes when engaging in co-creative research with Indigenous communities. Azure Hermes, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (NCIG), shares her experiences navigating through these processes in her work with Indigenous communities consulting about potential uses of historical blood samples held by NCIG. Topics explored in the conversation with Azure include:
- Azures' process of learning how to do community engagement on complex and sometimes contentious issues
- Changes in ethical standards over time for conducting genetic medical research, and engaging Indigenous people in research in general
- How effective process of community engagement can form the basis of trust, protocols of access and informed consent, even for potentially unknown future uses of research material
- The challenges associated with gaining iterative consent, where consent is gained multiple times during a process for each new step or use
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ResourcesNational Centre for Indigenous Genomics
GuestsAzure Hermes is the Deputy Director for the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics at the Australian National University. She has made a career of bridging the gap between policy intention and policy implementation affecting Indigenous Australians.
You can find Azure online at National Centre for Indigenous Genomics website, Twitter and Instagram
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Nicole O'Dowd.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people.We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Center for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
What are the skills and capabilities that are really important to facilitate co-creative processes? In this episode we hear thoughts on this question from a range of collaborative practitioners including three main guests David Lilley, Johanna De Ruyter and Callie Doyle Scott, who share insights from their diverse practice across theatre, business, social change and role play games. Topics we explore include:
- The mindsets and attitudes conducive to collaborating effectively with others
- What we can learn from tabletop role play game facilitation skills and improv theatre
- The essential, but often overlooked, soft skills we need, such as listening and flexibility
- How we can go about learning and practicing these skills and capabilities over time
- What’s needed to build relationships that generate new, more imaginative, creative, innovative possibilities, actions or ideas or responses
Transcript
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Resources
Reimagine STEM Podcast: Episode 1 Engineering Education for the Future
Reimagine STEM Podcast: "When a game means life or death"
Playback Theatre: "What is Playback Theatre?"
Creative Collaboration: Lessons from Improv Theater
Guests
Johanna de Ruyter is the founder of Moving Communication and co-founder of Wicked Elephants Coop. She integrates core practices and principles from improvisation, storytelling, and embodied language as developmental tools to enhance group connection and communication. Collaboration is at the heart of the methodologies she embraces - how we listen and respond to ourselves, others and our world.
You can find Johanna online on Wicked Elephants Coop, Moving Communication website and Medium
David Lilley is undertaking a PhD in public health, public policy and urban environments at the University of New South Wales. He also works as a consultant with Collaboration for Impact, supporting mission and place-based initiatives involving community around Australia.
You can find David online on Collaboration for Impact website and LinkedIn
Callie Doyle-Scott is an independent writer, game maker and contributor to the College of Engineering and Computer Science inaugural CoDesign Culture Lab at the Australian National University. She has written articles for the Verity La and Writer’s Bloc webjournals.
This episode also included guests: Natalie Barr, Dimitrios Papalexis, Anni Davey, Kim Cunio, Tirrania Suhood, Emma Blomkamp, Rebecca McNaught, Diana James, Johanna De Ruyter, Anni Doyle Wawrzynczak, Doyen Radcliffe, Sharon Babyack and Michelle Halse.
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Nicole O'Dowd.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Center for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
In this episode of the Collaboratory Conversation Series, Kaira Zoe Cañete shares reflections from her recent PhD research in the Philippines, and offers some practical advice on what it takes to co-create research that gives back to its participants rather than just extracting knowledge.
In this edited conversation with Kaira, we explore:
- How Kaira’s background influenced the approach she took to her research
- The development and use of her photo-based research tool with women in urban communities in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan
- How she approached and engaged with women as co-creative research participants
- The complexities of sharing power and control in a research project
- The importance of self-reflection and awareness as a researcher
- The value of co-creative research for participants
While Kaira's story focuses on academic research, the experiences and insights she shares are relevant for anyone wanting to engage authentically with community members to co-create something together.
Transcript
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Resources
Alburo‐Cañete, Kaira Zoe. "PhotoKwento: co‐constructing women's narratives of disaster recovery." Disasters 45, no. 4 (2021): 887-912. - Behind a pay wall
Alburo-Cañete, Kaira Zoe. "Benevolent discipline: governing affect in post-Yolanda disaster reconstruction in the Philippines." Third World Quarterly 43, no. 3 (2022): 651-672. - Open Access
Alburo-Cañete, Kaira Zoe, et. Al. "(Dis) comfort, judgement and solidarity: affective politics of academic publishing in development studies - Open Access
Zoe Alburo-Cañete, Kaira. "Building back better? Rethinking gender and recovery in the time of COVID-19." Global Social Policy 22, no. 1 (2022): 180-183. - Open Access
Guests
Kaira Zoe Cañete is a Filipino feminist scholar with training in Anthropology and Critical Development Studies. She specialises in gender, disasters, and development. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow for the Humanitarian Governance Project at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Her research interests include expanding/rethinking notions of disaster resilience, sustainability by centering perspectives of marginalised groups (the 'vulnerable') and advancing feminist ethics of care in disaster response and governance.
You can find Kaira online at Institute For Global Development UNSW Sydney website, LinkedIn, Research Gate
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Nicole O'Dowd.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people.We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Center for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
In this episode of Collaboratory, Dr Maya Haviland talks with Professor Celeste Linde and Dr Merryn McKinnon about what the science of symbiosis, and fungi in particular, can teach us about the dynamics of co-creativity. Read the full show notes on our website scccp.net/collaboratory/
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Guests
Professor Celeste Linde is a researcher focused on fungal-plant-interactions. Her work includes both applied and pure research on a range of important pathogens as well as plant beneficial organisms such as mycorrhizal fungi. She is also interested in evolutionary aspects of plant-fungal-interactions, often utilising population genetic and phylogenetic tools to investigate fungal biology.
You can find Celeste online at Australian National University website, Research Gate
Dr Merryn McKinnon is a scientist and science communicator who designs and delivers science communication workshops, as well as workshops specifically for women in STEM. Her research explores why publics react and respond to scientific issues the way they do. She is actively building a research program exploring the influence of equity, inclusion and intersectionality in STEM, especially STEM communication. She regularly contributes to ABC Radio on ABC Sydney's Nightlife and Radio National's Research Filter, talking about interesting science from around the world.
You can find Merryn online at Australian National university website, LinkedIn, Twitter
Resources
"Entangled Life: How Fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures ", Merlin Sheldrake, 2020, Bodley Head, London.
"Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest", Suzanne Simard, 2021, Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
"Trees and fungi are the ultimate friends with benefits", Gemma Conroy, ABC Science, 2 August, 2022.
"Do we need a new theory of evolution?", Stephen Buranyi, The Guardian, 28 June, 2022.
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston. Music made especially for us by Seprock. Additional research and production support by Nicole O'Dowd.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people.We pay our respects, an ongoing gratitude to the custodian's past present and future of the lands on which we work and of the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project hosted by the Center for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University funding is generously provided by the Australian National University Translational Fellowship Scheme.
Gen S Stories Artistic Director Jenny Savigny and collaborator Stephen Corey share their experiences of supporting non-professional storytellers to create personal digital stories as a form of community development and living social history.
In this episode of Collaboratory, hosts Dr Maya Haviland and Nicole Deen hear from several people who have firsthand experience fostering trusting relationships for very different types of co-creative enterprises. Featured guests, Ali Clinch, Robin Davidson, Natalie Barr, Aruna Venkatachalam, and Anni Doyle.
Dr Diana James shares some of her early experiences of cultural co-creativity and the relationships and learning which laid important foundations for the Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters exhibition to take place.
Collaboration, co-creation, co-creativity, collective, co-design, creativity, value creation, human centeredness, co-production...
There are just so many "co" words in circulation right now. What do they all mean? Do we even need shared meanings of these buzzwords to actually get anything done together? In this episode, we explore some of what people mean when they use "co" words. We also hear a little about the histories of some of the ideas which have shaped our usage of these words and the ideas that they point to.
While collaboration and co-creation are often presented as what we want to do and what is needed in a particular context, the systems and organisational environment in which collaborations happen are not always supportive of what it takes for them to be successful. Despite our best intentions, we aren't always ready or able to be really effective collaborators. In this episode of Collaboratory, we explore some of what can enable and constrain collaborative practice at organizational, project and individual levels.
Welcome to Collaboratory, a podcast hosted by Maya Haviland and Nicole Deen that explores co-creativity in action. In each episode we focus on stories and dynamics of co-creative practice we think need talking about. In season 1 of Collaboratory, we are asking what it takes personally and organizationally to enable co-creation to succeed.
Collaboratory podcast launches September 7, 2022. You can subscribe through your podcasting app of choice.
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Collaboratory is written, edited and produced by Maya Haviland with production and editorial assistance from Nicole Cooper Deen. Audio engineering by Nick McCorriston.
Collaboratory is produced on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects and ongoing gratitude to the custodians past, present and future. Of the lands on which we work and the knowledges from which we learn.
Collaboratory is a production of the Scaffolding Cultural Co-Creativity Project, hosted by the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University with funding generously provided by the Australian National University.