Cara Kirkwood Cara Kirkwood i(10626346 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Mandandanji ; Aboriginal Pitjara/Bidjara
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Relationship is the Project: Working With Communities Jade Lilli (editor), Kate Larsen (editor), Cara Kirkwood (editor), Jax Jacki Brown (editor), Melbourne : Brow Books , 2020 19658793 2020 multi chapter work essay

'A brilliant new ‘right now’ resource that aims to assist emerging practitioners, artists and cultural workers better engage with community-based projects.

'The breadth of the advice shared in this non-academic, practitioner-led book includes insights into the ethics and logistics of working in community contexts – from collaboration and leadership to platforming and duty of care.

'Featuring 20 curated chapters from thought-leaders across the arts, cultural and community sectors, this unique publication is a must-have resource for community-engaged practice.

'Contributors include Genevieve Grieves about working in First Nations contexts; Caroline Bowditch on access and disability; Dianne Jones, Odette Kelada and Lilly Brown on racial literacy; Ruth De Souza and Robyn Higgins on cultural safety in the arts; as well as Esther Anatolitis, Adolfo Aranjuez, Paschal Berry, Lenine Bourke, Tania Cañas, Rosie Dennis, Alia Gabres, Eleanor Jackson, Samuel Kanaan-Oringo, Fotis Kapetopoulos, Kate Larsen, Lia Pa’apa’a, Anna Reece, Daniel Santangeli, and Jade Lillie herself.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

1 Culture as Yoghurt : The Ubiquitousness of Culture and the Work of Cultural Safety in the Arts and Cultural Sector Robyn Higgins (interviewer), Cara Kirkwood (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , November vol. 6 no. 2 2016;
'Robyn Higgins (RH): I’d be interested to start the discussion with asking: what is "cultural work", with this understanding – which I think we all share - that it goes beyond some kind of connection to the creative object/artifact?' (Introduction)
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