Indigenous Literacy Day & Inclusion Resources

Culture

Words
DE&I Committee

Date
August 2024

In honour of Indigenous Literacy Day, and to continue our exploration into principles of inclusion and what inclusive design means to us, our DE&I team has compiled a list of recommended resources to read, watch, and listen to, to help deepen our connection to Country and broaden our understanding of inclusion in diverse ways. A curated selection of resources pertaining to First Nations knowledge and education, and topics of inclusion.

Read

The Welcome to Country Handbook: A guide to Indigenous Australia

by Marcia Langford

Song Spirals: Sharing women’s wisdom of Country through songlines

by the Gay’wu Group of Women

Finding the Heart of the Nation

by Thomas Mayor

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

by Anita Heiss

Loving Country: A guide to sacred Australia

by Bruce Pascoe & Vicky Shukuroglou

Indigenous Aged Care Design Guide

Dementia Training Australia

First Knowledges: Building on Country ‘Design’

by Alison Page & Paul Memmott

Growing Up Disabled in Australia

by Carly Findlay

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Design for Men

by Caroline Criado Perez

She City: Designing Out Women’s Inequity in Cities

by Nicole Kalms

The Amazing Edie Eckhart

by Rosie Jones
Watch

Trip Hazard - My Great British Adventure

by Rosie Jones

A travel documentary by Rosie Jones, a British comedian with cerebral palsy, that sees Rosie and celebrity guests travel around the UK.

Listen

Yalinguth App

by Yalinguth

An audiovisual experience that shares history from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. There are two story walk experiences in Naarm/Melbourne – one in Ngár-go / Fitzroy and the other along the Birrarung / Yarra River in the CBD.

The Guilty Feminist

by Deborah Frances-White

a comedy podcast by Deborah Frances-White. Episodes 283, Agility, and 207, The Body, feature Monique Murphy, a Paralympic silver medalist, professional speaker and ambassador for QENDO Inc.

[Un]Marginalised

by Liel K. Bridgford

A podcast by disabled activist and psychologist, Liel K. Bridgford, that reveals hidden truths we all want to know about through interviews of real people who belong to multiple disadvantaged groups.

Resources

National Aged Care Design Principles & Guidelines

Alzheimer’s WA Dementia Enabling Environments

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