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Download: Digital Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Workshop Series
Key dates
Expressions of Interest have now closed
Contact
Please direct your enquiries to: digital@creative.gov.au
About the opportunity
Download is a workshop for First Nations artists and arts workers at all career stages, who are engaging or wish to engage more with digital practice and learn more about ICIP. This is a program developed in partnership with Arts Law Centre of Australia to provide practical advice on how to manage and protect ICIP when working digitally.
Workshops will cover:
- intellectual Property (IP) laws, including Australian copyright laws, and strategies to protect, use, and share copyright material in digital arts practice
- Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), focusing on its protection within the Australian legal framework
- protocols for working in digital arts practice, including industry standards and guidelines for collaborating with institutions, government, and businesses in Australia
- techniques for managing and safeguarding ICIP across digital platforms, especially when creating, sharing, using, or selling digital artworks
- strategies for managing and protecting rights through contracts and partnership arrangements, particularly in commissioned or funded projects, creative collaborations, and co-authorship
- insights into current policy and legal developments regarding ICIP protections in Australia
- guidance on accessing legal, consumer law, and licensing services, and understanding how organisations like Arts Law and other support or agent organisations can provide assistance.
Other details:
- each attendee will be provided with a $200 stipend for participating
- refreshments and a light lunch will be provided
- each participant will be provided with a Resource booklet covering key information from the workshop to take with them.
There will also be four Download workshops taking place online in May and June. You can find full details here.
Workshop format and times
| 10.00am – 10.30am | Welcome to Country |
| 10.30am – 10.50am | Housekeeping & Introductions |
| 10.50am – 11.50am | Digital ICIP Workshop – Session 1 |
| 11.50am – 12.00pm | Tea break |
| 12.00pm – 1.00pm | Digital ICIP Workshop – Session 2 |
| 1.00pm – 1.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.30pm – 3.30pm | Digital Doctor Sessions – one-on-one ICIP info sessions for each artist with Arts Law lawyer. Optional in person on the day, or another date via Zoom – Artists in the Black briefing, what they do and how you can access support – update on current opportunities at Creative Australia and information on First Nations and digital programs. |
Animation on how First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property Protocols are used in assessments
Animation on how First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property Protocols are used in assessments
Eligibility
Who can submit an EOI
This opportunity is only open to:
- First Nations individuals and groups
You cannot apply if:
- you are an organisation
- you received a grant from Creative Australia in the past and that grant has not been satisfactorily acquitted
- you owe money to Creative Australia.
You can only submit one EOI.
Protocols
- Protocols for using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts
More information on the First Nations Protocols is available here.
Selection process
EOIs will be reviewed and assessed by Creative Australia staff to ensure individuals meet the eligibility requirements.
Your EOI will be assessed based on how well it addresses the selection criteria below, and in line with Creative Australia’s commitment to diversity and access.
Assessment criteria
- Impact of the proposed workshop on your professional development.
- Timeliness and relevance of the workshop to your professional development.
Acknowledgements
This program is generously supported by The Sun Foundation.
This workshop series will be delivered by Arts Law Centre of Australia and Artists in the Black.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
What is ICIP?
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) refers to the rights of Indigenous peoples to protect their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and intellectual property. This encompasses a wide range of elements including but not limited to:
- Traditional knowledge: Practices, innovations, and wisdom developed by Indigenous communities over time.
- Cultural expressions: Art, music, dance, stories, symbols, and rituals that are integral to the cultural identity of Indigenous peoples.
- Genetic resources: Biological materials and their derivatives that hold cultural significance or traditional use.
- Cultural heritage: Tangible and intangible heritage, such as sacred sites, artifacts, languages, and oral traditions.
ICIP aims to ensure that Indigenous communities have control over the use, representation, and dissemination of their cultural and intellectual property, safeguarding it from misuse or exploitation.
Do I need to be an artist to participate?
No. First Nations artists and artworkers are welcome to apply. You could, for example, be working as a curator, the general manager of an arts centre, in a role focused on digital archiving, in marketing for an arts organisation or as an independent artist. Your arts practice may or may not include work in digital. This workshop would also be suitable for those who are working directly in digital arts including gaming, AR/VR, AI and those with an interest in e-commerce.
If I am an artist, do I need to be working in digital arts practice to participate?
This workshop is open to those interested in digital arts practice and individuals who might already be using digital tools, platforms or approaches to creating work. You do not need to be actively using digital approaches in your work.
Can I submit an EOI on behalf of someone else?
Yes, you can. This might include situations where you are applying on behalf of an Elder, someone with accessibility issues, or other circumstances that prevent a person from applying themselves.
What do we mean when we say digital?
We use the term ‘digital’ broadly. Digital includes both online and other technologies that extend or impact on the creation, presentation and distribution of creative content.
Importantly, we refer to digital as a way of doing things and a way of thinking: a digital mindset. We also use the term when referring to the technology that enables these actions.
Digital is constantly evolving. The pace of change is speeding up, as are the expectations of arts audiences and consumers, so shifting from fixed and historical mindsets to a flexible, growth mindset and culture is how new opportunities will be identified and realised.
