A meeting was held with the research team and members of the NT Government and Charles Darwin University (CDU) to discuss the implications of the report upon their partnership schedule. Clearly the question tabled was "what's next?"
Bill Wade, Head of School for Creative Arts and Humanities at CDU asked:
In terms of education and training, fostering innovation and nurturing intellect through research, what do you see as some key initiatives CDU and more specifically, the School of Creative Arts and Humanities might pursue to help move Darwin’s creative industries forward?
We invite your comments and suggestions.
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The development of enterprises to create employment and opportunity for remote living Aboriginal people should qualify as a creative industry.
ReplyDeleteThere are currently an army of bureaucrats in the government and non government sector working on existing programs to promote employment opportunities BUT these are all the ones that have failed in the past.
What I want to know is how many are working on creative ways of solving Aboriginal disadvantage and how many are simply maintaining the status quo?
Those in creative work must be recognised, networked and developed as an important area for developing relationships.
The CTC report recognises the closeness of Darwin to Aboriginal culture so who not extend that into the culture and help those trying to penetrate the morass of programs and policies that are holding back creative enterprises.
Happy to talk to anyone interested in listening and ask me for a summary of the case stated above if you want.
Me at rollom@iinet.net.au or view my Blog at http://remoteaboriginals.blogspot.com/
Cheers
Rollo Manning
RWM Consultancy
PO Box 98 Parap NT 0804
08 8942 2101 or 0411 049 872