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Seeding Treaty:Inclusion and Cooperation
Still from Barkindji Story by Maddison Gibbs
in Seeding Treaty
RESPONSES to Seeding Treaty:
Our land itself contains the power to seed and grow Treaty - all we have to do is grasp and wield this powerful force, visually, scientifically, and musically. This display of the intricate, multilayered web of life and culture that sustains us all, grasps this power and charges its viewers with a communal responsibility to protect and care for country.
Elizabeth Shepherd, Noongar-Yamatji composer/visual artist
May 28, 2019
Seeding Treaty is a trio of animations that reflects the spirit of inclusion and cooperation that's sustained Aboriginal Australia for tens of thousands of years, and that's at the heart of the Antarctic Treaty System. This work expands on the basic premise of the Lens on Health project, "...that humans and environments are interconnected, and that because world views reflect diverse experiences and beliefs, we must integrate (not separate) our ways of knowing, being and doing, to ensure the diversity in communities and environments that is necessary for sustaining life - physical, biological, emotional".
