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University of Melbourne

  • 37% international / 63% domestic

Indigenous Cultural and Creative IP - micro-credential

  • Non-Award

Gain the skills and understanding to support the continuation and reclamation of Indigenous culture and cultural expression. This course focuses on Indigenous approaches to learning and creating, providing an understanding of Intellectual Property in Indigenous creative and cultural practices.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Duration
6 - 6 weeks full-time
Study Mode
Online

About this course

Indigenous Cultural and Creative IP

Gain the skills and understanding to support the continuation and reclamation of Indigenous culture and cultural expression.

Recognising and protecting Indigenous cultural and creative Intellectual Property is key to the continuation, reclamation and revitalisation of Indigenous culture and cultural expression.

Centring Indigenous approaches to learning and creating, this Melbourne MicroCert provides an understanding of Intellectual Property in Indigenous creative and cultural practices with a focus on cultural management.

It's valuable for anyone seeking to respectfully engage with Indigenous knowledges, creative arts and music practice and practitioners, and to support the protection and reclamation of Indigenous culture, heritage and creative practice.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

What you will learn

Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.

Recognising and protecting Indigenous cultural and creative Intellectual Property is key to the continuation, reclamation and revitalisation of Indigenous culture and cultural expression.

Centring Indigenous approaches to learning and creating, this Melbourne MicroCert provides an understanding of Intellectual Property in Indigenous creative and cultural practices with a focus on cultural management.

It's valuable for anyone seeking to respectfully engage with Indigenous knowledges, creative arts and music practice and practitioners, and to support the protection and reclamation of Indigenous culture, heritage and creative practice.

Learn to source information with appreciation of interconnectedness

Develop the skills and capabilities to source knowledge with, and for, Indigenous communities while appreciating its relationality and interconnectedness, including with Country, beyond a Western framework. Engaging with diverse case studies, you'll examine protocols of knowledge finding and explore the significance of Country in reclaiming, reviving and restoring Indigenous knowledge and cultural and creative practices in Australia.

Understand how to safely preserve knowledge

Learn different approaches to knowledge safe keeping, including via digital means. Discuss issues and protocols surrounding access, responsibilities and gatekeeping, as well as reflect on the role of unconscious bias in cultural management.

Engage in Indigenous technologies and creative practice

Using making as a way of learning and enacting cultural safety, you'll engage in a weaving activity, plus hear stories about how these skills were learned and reawakened. You'll collect and prepare the weaving material, research and engage with Indigenous technologies from Country, and learn weaving techniques to create an object for gathering. You'll follow cultural protocols throughout and reflect on the making practice.

Career pathways

This course is valuable for anyone seeking to deepen their cultural awareness and engage respectfully with Indigenous cultures and communities. It's particularly beneficial for teachers and education professionals, arts workers and practitioners, community and cultural development workers, and corporate, business or government leaders.

Course structure

Course details

This micro-credential runs over six weeks.

Your total time commitment is 42 hours, which includes approximately:

  • 9 hours guided learning
  • 20 hours independent study
  • 13 hours assessment activities.
Assessment:
  • A digital portfolio in two parts that presents both a creative outcome and reflective text and video presentations: weaving creative project and cultural management research (100%).