Nyikina Women, Development & Agency
Photo: Alexander Hayes
On the 11th August 2016 I attended the thesis presentation by Dr. Magali McDuffie by invitation from the Nulungu Institute, Notre Dame University, Broome in Western Australia.
McDuffie spoke of participatory action research and filmmaking using the ‘Kalara’ principle developed over a 10 year period working with Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia in a presentation titled ‘Nyikina Women, Development & Agency: The Importance of Booroo (Country) in an International, Intercultural Space’.
“... Of great interest and validation was the focus on Country, the reverence and respect for cultural space and the many and varied means by which to leverage filmmaking as an emancipatory listening tool for communities facing massive pressure from international consortia which threatens the natural environment in that region.”
Figure: Kalara Framework
The Kalara Framework figures dataset is available at https://figshare.com/articles/Kalara_-_Reveal_-_Make_Seen/4763383
