Working together: Indigenous and Non-indigenous Collaboration in Australian Film and Literature

Questions of inequality, appropriation, ownership and cultural rights recur about Australian films and literature made by Indigenous and non-indigenous collaborators despite ethics protocols. Through comparative and contextual study of cross-cultural films and literature, this project evaluates collaboration in relation to Indigenous practices of production, custodianship and customary ownership, and non-indigenous concepts such as the author and intellectual property. This project rises to the challenge of providing a foundation study of collaboration in Australian films and literature relevant to cultural policy. The major outcomes will be an expert workshop and a book.