Repurposing agricultural infrastructure to build cultures of democracy in rural communities: A case study from North-West Victoria
Author Identifier
Katya Johanson: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7332-4645
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life
PubMed ID
40098437
Publisher
Routledge
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
71572
Abstract
Natimuk is a small rural Australian town that is currently home to farmers, Indigenous Wotjobaluk families, and people attracted by a rural lifestyle. It possesses a history of settler colonialism and oppression of Wotjobaluk communities. The area also attracts rock climbers, whose activities come into conflict with First Nations sites and sacred and endangered plant and animal species. This chapter offers case studies of “democratic spectacle,” a combination of practice, process, and outcome to achieve community participation and co-creation through arts-based methods. The two cases are immersive multimedia arts events, Space and Place, and Vault. These arts interventions brought together diverse communities around inclusively soliciting, telling, and celebrating their different stories and the multiple histories of place, refusing a monolithic account of a place.
DOI
10.4324/9781003475996-4
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Molan, D., Johanson, K., & Potter, E. (2024). Repurposing agricultural infrastructure to build cultures of democracy in rural communities: A case study from North-West Victoria. In Democracy as Creative Practice (pp. 26-37). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003475996-4