イザベル・ルーカスのインスタグラム(isabellucas) - 1月5日 16時12分

While I have been in the red centre, I have learnt about an amazing organisation that my friend Saha Jones is a brand ambassador and social justice advocate for, she is also the Next Generation Development Manager for The Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Maruku Arts was founded in the early 80s during the peak of the “hand back” movement, and are the biggest and oldest independent Aboriginal owned not for profit arts organisation. They support the cultural activities and traditions of Indigenous story telling across the central desert region, which is about the size of Sweden. If not for Maruku the infrastructure of Keeping Culture Stong would not exist...
“Maru” means “Black” and “ku” means “belonging to”. At the heart of its mission, is teaching about the importance of Punu. “Punu” means “alive wood” which connects to a deep science and understanding of land management and belonging to country. Any object that is made here, with the people who are custodians of this knowledge is considered ALIVE, it’s aliveness connects to Ancestal Spirit and the life force in all things. Tools and Totems are extensions of identity, knowledge systems and belonging.
Maruku also provide one of the only opportunities in the tourist environment based at Uluru to directly engage with the traditional owners specific to this region.
It’s soo important to support the platforms that enable Anangu to tell their own stories on their own country and be properly remunerated for this sharing. There are barely any other forms of employment for Anangu, outside of Arts and Culture and even here it is sparse.
Thank you so much for having me at the workshop @marukuarts @sahajonze and traditional owner Sarah Dalby, from who I learnt that Indigenous cultures did have characteristics of civilisation, blowing away the old story that underpins the justification for colonial invasion through Terra Nullius.
We have a lot to do to mend this wound, and it can be healing and transformational for us all. 🖤 #marukuarts #Uluru

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