Walanga Wingara Mura Design Principles

A written document published by the University of Sydney. The document informs how institutions belong to Country and how they should approach designing and building on Country by outlining the principles three directives: Engaged Enquiry, Community of Practice and Mutual Accountability.

What is cultural safety and how do we design for it?

An article written by Dr Danièle Hromek exploring cultural safety in the built environment. The article explores the concept from a First Nations perspective and why it is imperative that designers understand cultural safety and consider it from project conception onwards.

Eora Journey Harbour Walk Storytelling Report

The Eora Journey – Harbour Walk Storytelling Report is a draft for the City of Sydney. The written report provides the foundational storytelling framework and recommendations to guide the implementation of the Harbour Walk being developed by the city in collaboration with community members and project partners. The document was last updated September 2019.

Exploring ‘Aboriginal’ sites in Sydney: a shifting politics of place?

This essay was written by Melinda Hinknkson with the aim of addressing the issues that arose in the context of the research that were not canvassed in the authors other work, Aboriginal Sydney. The book was a guide to fifty places in the greater Sydney region designed to be used as a straightforward guidebook as well as a selective and short social history of Sydney. It aims to address what exactly was being produced in this process of uncovering Aboriginal history in Sydney while exploring what kinds of representations of Aboriginality were emerging. It further explores the idea that these representations differed from those identified and analysed in relation to Sydney’s Aboriginal sites in the past.

The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Protocol

This document is the Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Protocol for The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS). The MAAS encounter a broad range of Indigenous Cultural Material, including within their own collection. The main purpose of the document is to recognise Indigenous peoples’ rights surrounding their cultural heritage (ICIP) and to detail the principles that guide how MAAS engages with Indigenous peoples.

Wingara Mura Design Principles

Walanga Wingara Mura Design Principles (Walanga Design Principles) is a document published by the University of Sydney. The purpose of the Walanga Design Principles is to provide guidance on how to incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, world views and practices into the University. The document serves as a guide to those who are involved in realising the University’s aspirations in physical design, as well as in scholarship.