Practice. Process. Protocol.
A First Nations-led Symposium-in-Action

Code of conduct

The Symposium brings together First Nations artists, cultural leaders, NAISDA graduates and students, and sector partners to share practice, experience and knowledge, explore pathways into sustainable professional careers, and consider the conditions needed for First Nations dance artists and choreographers to flourish.

All participants in the Symposium-in-Action are expected to comply with the following Code of Conduct, established by NAISDA and BlakDance for this event:

  1. This gathering has a zero tolerance policy regarding violence or harassment of any kind, including racism and lateral violence.

  2. Respect the Principles on which this gathering is founded:

    a. Self-Determination of First Peoples
    This gathering acknowledges the right of First Peoples to determine our own cultural and artistic expression or identity, including the rights of community-controlled organisations within our First Nations cultural arts sector and broader arts industry.

    b. First Nations Leadership
     We uphold and prioritise First Peoples lived experiences and voices.

    c. Cultural Protocols and Processes
    This gathering upholds our collective obligations to First Nations cultural protocols. Information shared with participants at this gathering may include Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP), including contemporary Indigenous ways of being and doing that apply to artists and art making. Participants are bound by Australia Council’s Protocols for First Nations Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts, by Dr Terri Janke. Information shared during the gathering should not be attributed to, reproduced or shared outside the event where it has been identified as confidential, culturally sensitive or not for circulation.

  3. Behave honestly and with integrity.

  4. Treat everyone with respect and courtesy and without harassment of any kind.

  5. Act in the spirit of care, consideration and collaboration.

  6. Take all reasonable steps to ensure your own safety and that of others, and actively contribute to a safe and respectful environment for all participants.

  7. Maintain appropriate confidentiality.

  8. Comply with all applicable Australian laws.

The hosts of this gathering reserve the right to take appropriate action where these standards are breached, including requiring an individual to remove themselves from the event.