Kantolong The Gift of Mixed Gum on Awabakal Country

Gothe, J; Harris, L; Fielding, S; Wegener, J

Kantolong The Gift of Mixed Gum on Awabakal Country

Gothe, J

Harris, L Fielding, S Wegener, J

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Publisher:: Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Network Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grant
Publication Type:: Creative Work (written)
Citation:: 2024, pp. 1-144
Issue Date:: 2024

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dc.contributor.author	Gothe, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0422-498X
dc.contributor.author	Harris, L
dc.contributor.author	Fielding, S
dc.contributor.author	Wegener, J
dc.contributor.editor	Gothe, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0422-498X
dc.contributor.editor	Wilson, K
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-11T03:44:02Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-11T03:44:02Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.identifier.citation	2024, pp. 1-144
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-646-88988-7
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/185663
dc.description.abstract	DESCRIPTION A collective and collaborative story of the return of cultural fire to the lands of the Awabakal People in the Hunter Valley. This publication documents the workshop held in partnership with Biriban Local Aboriginal Land Council in October 2023 to celebrate the revival of cultural practices and traditional knowledge in the Hunter Valley. For the previous three years twenty Cultural Fire Practitioners in the Hunter Valley, with the guidance of Victor Steffensen (Tagalak) and Jessica Wegener (Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan Mayi) as part of the Firesticks Land and Fire Management Mentoring program have consolidated their understanding of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous cultural practices. This publication celebrating this achievement is rich in content and designed to be shared as an intergenerational experience respecting traditional oral transfer and Indigenous ways of knowing and being. The book provides opportunities for different levels of readership to participate and share the understandings of Country and the benefits of Cultural Fire applied by the right people at the right time in the right way. To ensure respectful representation, free prior and informed consent was negotiated with all participants before the workshop and consultation during the design process to ensure that protocols are in place for reproduction and dissemination of materials gathered at the workshop. Worimi artist Saretta Fielding contributed artwork for the project and led participants through drawing and painting activities at the workshop to represent what they heard as they listened to the fire practitioners describing the phenomena of Cultural Fire. The photographer, Saskia Wilson, was commissioned by Firesticks Alliance and briefed by the co-authors to provide a visual record of the site before and after Cultural Fire was applied and to document the process of fire practitioners sharing their knowledge with community including Elders and children. The structure of the workshop and the publication followed the principles of the Firesticks Mentoring Program – Reading Country, People and Protocol, Spirit and Practice. As the fire practitioners shared their understandings with the Elders and the children, their voices were recorded, and the words formed the basis for the text in the publication. This co-design process reflected the traditional oral transfer and became a demonstration of leadership by the Indigenous Fire Practitioners.
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dc.title	Kantolong The Gift of Mixed Gum on Awabakal Country
dc.type	Creative Work (Written)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/Visualisation Institute (VI)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/Jumbunna Research
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DESCRIPTION A collective and collaborative story of the return of cultural fire to the lands of the Awabakal People in the Hunter Valley. This publication documents the workshop held in partnership with Biriban Local Aboriginal Land Council in October 2023 to celebrate the revival of cultural practices and traditional knowledge in the Hunter Valley. For the previous three years twenty Cultural Fire Practitioners in the Hunter Valley, with the guidance of Victor Steffensen (Tagalak) and Jessica Wegener (Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan Mayi) as part of the Firesticks Land and Fire Management Mentoring program have consolidated their understanding of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous cultural practices. This publication celebrating this achievement is rich in content and designed to be shared as an intergenerational experience respecting traditional oral transfer and Indigenous ways of knowing and being. The book provides opportunities for different levels of readership to participate and share the understandings of Country and the benefits of Cultural Fire applied by the right people at the right time in the right way. To ensure respectful representation, free prior and informed consent was negotiated with all participants before the workshop and consultation during the design process to ensure that protocols are in place for reproduction and dissemination of materials gathered at the workshop. Worimi artist Saretta Fielding contributed artwork for the project and led participants through drawing and painting activities at the workshop to represent what they heard as they listened to the fire practitioners describing the phenomena of Cultural Fire. The photographer, Saskia Wilson, was commissioned by Firesticks Alliance and briefed by the co-authors to provide a visual record of the site before and after Cultural Fire was applied and to document the process of fire practitioners sharing their knowledge with community including Elders and children. The structure of the workshop and the publication followed the principles of the Firesticks Mentoring Program – Reading Country, People and Protocol, Spirit and Practice. As the fire practitioners shared their understandings with the Elders and the children, their voices were recorded, and the words formed the basis for the text in the publication. This co-design process reflected the traditional oral transfer and became a demonstration of leadership by the Indigenous Fire Practitioners.

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