CREATIVE RESPONDERS Podcast
Documentary Series
In-depth stories from communities across Australia, weaving the lived experience of disaster impacted communities with perspectives from experts and real life stories of creative recovery projects that use arts-based processes to repair, rebuild and recover.
Season 3
S3 Episode 10
Putting the pieces together: how the City of Melbourne is strengthening disaster preparedness through creativity
As cities and communities all over the world look to new models of disaster preparedness and response, how do we…
Putting the pieces together: how the City of Melbourne is strengthening disaster preparedness through creativity
As cities and communities all over the world look to new models of disaster preparedness and response, how do we…
S3 Episode 03
The healing capabilities of Country and Culture: a story of cultural revitalisation in Woorabinda
In this episode of Creative Responders, we’re heading to Woorabinda, an Indigenous community in Central Queensland on the Traditional lands of…
The healing capabilities of Country and Culture: a story of cultural revitalisation in Woorabinda
In this episode of Creative Responders, we’re heading to Woorabinda, an Indigenous community in Central Queensland on the Traditional lands of…
S3 Episode 01
Growing community connection: a story of renewal after the Beechmont bushfires
In 2019, Jessica Brown established The Little Pocket nature play space from her home in the peaceful hinterland village of…
Growing community connection: a story of renewal after the Beechmont bushfires
In 2019, Jessica Brown established The Little Pocket nature play space from her home in the peaceful hinterland village of…
Season 2
S2 Episode 04
Working sustainably in community practice
Arts workers in remote or trauma-impacted communities are often sent in to complex environments with little preparation or adequate peer…
Working sustainably in community practice
Arts workers in remote or trauma-impacted communities are often sent in to complex environments with little preparation or adequate peer…
S2 Episode 03
Storytelling in a changing climate: Indigenous art and tourism on the Great Barrier Reef
The climate crisis is one of the greatest disasters we may ever witness. In the face of such enormous challenges,…
Storytelling in a changing climate: Indigenous art and tourism on the Great Barrier Reef
The climate crisis is one of the greatest disasters we may ever witness. In the face of such enormous challenges,…
S2 Episode 02
Community-led recovery in a time of cascading disasters
The Blacksmiths’ Tree is a stunning nine-metre steel and copper gum tree which stands in the small town of Strathewen,…
Community-led recovery in a time of cascading disasters
The Blacksmiths’ Tree is a stunning nine-metre steel and copper gum tree which stands in the small town of Strathewen,…
S2 Episode 01
Growing new possibilities in the Snowy Valleys
Just down the road from the charred silence of the iconic Sugar Pines Plantation in the Snowy Valleys, is the…
Growing new possibilities in the Snowy Valleys
Just down the road from the charred silence of the iconic Sugar Pines Plantation in the Snowy Valleys, is the…
Season 1
S1 Episode 04
Artists’ wellbeing: Sustaining artists working with trauma impacted communities
When artist’s are called upon to work in remote or trauma affected communities, the impacts can be intense, usually without…
Artists’ wellbeing: Sustaining artists working with trauma impacted communities
When artist’s are called upon to work in remote or trauma affected communities, the impacts can be intense, usually without…
S1 Episode 03
The Tin-Sitters club: Farming, creativity, connection
Farming communities across Australia are dealing with the slow-building emergency of the worst drought the country has ever experienced. When…
The Tin-Sitters club: Farming, creativity, connection
Farming communities across Australia are dealing with the slow-building emergency of the worst drought the country has ever experienced. When…
S1 Episode 02
Caring for country: Indigenous leadership in disaster management
When Cyclone Yasi hit the coast of North Queensland in 2011, the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation and its active community of…
Caring for country: Indigenous leadership in disaster management
When Cyclone Yasi hit the coast of North Queensland in 2011, the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation and its active community of…
S1 Episode 01
A Sense of safety: What young people are capable of in the face of disaster
Children and young people hold a potentially powerful place of leadership within families and communities when it comes to preparedness…
A Sense of safety: What young people are capable of in the face of disaster
Children and young people hold a potentially powerful place of leadership within families and communities when it comes to preparedness…
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