BUILDING AWARENESS OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND PROTOCOLS FOR KNOWLEDGE SHARING

PAC is working with various partners to create these learning opportunities:

• Partnering with universities to design new short courses (blended learning - online and face-to-face), micro-credentialed for professional development, focusing on (i) building cross-cultural awareness and understanding (ii) appropriate knowledge sharing. 

• An annual multi-day 2-way learning opportunity on country for Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners to share knowledge and learn from each other.

• An on-demand online learning program based on readings, videos, podcasts and recorded webinars, arranged into modules addressing various aspects of Indigenous culture in Australia. Topics include: Connecting to Country; Principles of knowledge-sharing, cultural authority and safety; Knowledge partnerships in traditional and ‘western’ approaches to land management: two-way learning, right-way science and decolonising methodologies; Cultural fire; Legislation, treaties, principles & protocols. Live webinars presented by Traditional Owners will complement the online resources.

• Ranger exchanges (Indigenous with non-Indigenous) in partnership with the International Ranger Federation