With the role out of the NBN over the next decade we thought we would use KUMUWUKI / Big Wave to help map where this nation is in creating healthy and dynamic digital communities. These panels will give you an insight into how digital cultures/platforms are supporting different practices, new art forms and assisting to build resilient people and strong communities?
The Digital Culture Lens is proudly co-presented by Freerange Future. Freerange Future's innovations in CMS development, website design and development has been crucial in the development of the Kumuwuki / Big Wave website and other digital applications.
This morning's keynote session will include a presentation by Sara Diamond & Fee Plumley.
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A facet of leadership is about being committed to taking risks. The work artists produce is the material of questioning and risk taking. Embracing uncertainty increases our capacity to turn a problem or crisis into an opportunity. But there’s a tension between artistic risk and innovation, and accessibility and acceptance.
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DJ TR!P will showcase his findings from a recent Cultivate Grant he received to explore the possibilities of the iPad as a next generation tool in creating, recording and performing electronic music in a live context.
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Smart regional communities are focusing on their young people and their leadership potential to maintain vibrancy and relevance. Meanwhile young people are communicating globally on digital platforms.
Where do our traditional notions of regional arts and culture fit into this picture?
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We are currently witnessing a changing landscape in regional and national touring in Australia with hotly contested frameworks and mechanisms along with a national review delivered in April.
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Welcome to country, then what? RAA conference participants can share how they give back.
Workshops will be led by award winning director and producer Jennifer Lyons-Reid and Carl Kuddell. Surfing on Country salutes the Kumuwuki / Big Wave theme by combining appropriate digital media practices with an inquisitive exploration into what happens after the Welcome to Country acknowledgments: What aspects of Indigenous culture do people take home, what can we all share, and what experiences of reconciliation can regional artists and arts workers bring back into their daily practice?
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Crowd funding has emerged as a significant new player in the global fundraising landscape. Over the past few years we have witnessed different crowd funding campaigns ‘go viral’ – crowd funding’s real point of difference because it allows supporters to access global supporters who would never otherwise have been able to connect with a campaign.
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A selection of pixels from the digital world. The panel’s breadth of experience ranges from a remote community experience in WA to a writer who lives in the Northern Rivers region in NSW.
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| Venue: | Centenary Hall |
| Themes: | Organisations, Policies, Partnerships and Futures Models, Resilient People, Strong Communities |
| Lenses: | Cultural Leadership, Digital Culture |
It’s Coming! The NBN is coming! And with it a prediction that a wave of mainstream product from the United States will be streaming straight to our houses filling our lives with digital soap bubbles overflowing from our screens!
However the NBN is two way tube of communication and these panelists know it.
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| Venue: | Centenary Hall |
| Themes: | Resilient People, Strong Communities, Organisations, Policies, Partnerships and Futures Models |
| Lenses: | Cultural Leadership, Digital Culture |
Be it inhabiting empty spaces in new ways or using digital tools to re-imagine community spaces, people are place making all over the place! And they’re getting their local governments on board to assist them!
This panel will bring together the energy required that activates such initiatives to discuss the main tools used, the successes and challenges, the pitfalls and benefits.
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Okay, so the internet has been around for a while now right? And we all know how broadband is going to change our worlds and revolutionise our sector - especially in rural and regional communities. But are we actually connecting yet as a sector? If not, why not?
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| Venue: | Yunti Walan |
| Themes: | Organisations, Policies, Partnerships and Futures Models |
| Lenses: | Digital Culture |
Official Goodbyes, Regional Arts Australia's Closing Plenary Notes and Handover Ceremony to the next Regional Arts Australia National Conference, 2014.
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