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Indigenous arts contacts

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D'Art Topic No. 22: Indigenous Arts
Request date: March 2005

We were asked in March 2005 by Louise Profeit-LeBlanc from the Canada Council and Mark Stapleton from the Australia Council to assist with developing a database of organisations (operating nationally or internationally) that support Indigenous arts activity.

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Publications

Using intellectual property tools to protect Traditional Cultural Expressions/Traditional Knowledge related issues at Arts Festivals

World Intellectual Property Organization, Switzerland, April 2008

A paper on intellectual property issues prepared for the upcoming Festival of Pacific Arts in American Samoa in July 2008. more >

Our Culture: Our Future - Report on Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights

Frankel Lawyers, Australia, January 1998

This Report is part of a process to develop practical reform proposals for the improved recognition and protection of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property. more >

News

    Tapardjuk appointed Minister of Language

    Northern News Services, 29 September 2008, Canada

    Minister of Culture, Languages, Elders and Youth Louis Tapardjuk was given a new portfolio shortly before the Legislative Assembly dissolved on Sept. 19. The new ministerial position is intended to aid in the implementation of the Inuit Language Protection Act which was passed Sept. 18. more >

    Training program on documenting cultural traditions

    World Intellectual Property Organization, 10 June 2008, Switzerland

    WIPO will launch in September 2008 a pilot program to assist indigenous communities to document their cultural traditions, archive this heritage for future generations, and manage intellectual property.  more >

    WIPO to Launch Pilot Training Program for Indigenous Communities

    WIPO, 20 May 2008, Switzerland

    The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will launch in September 2008 a pilot program to assist indigenous communities to document their own cultural traditions, archive this heritage for future generations, and safeguard their interest in authorizing use of their recordings and traditions by third parties.  more >

    Australia Council to consult further about Indigenous key organisations

    Australia Council for the Arts, 27 March 2008
    Australia

    The Australia Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts board chair Dr Chris Sarra today announced the board would extend to September 2008 its consultation with the Indigenous arts sector about proposed changes to the Indigenous key organisations funding program. more >

    Code bolsters Indigenous artist protection

    ABC, 15 February 2008, Australia

    Aboriginal artists will have more commercial protection with the finalisation of a National Code of Conduct on Indigenous Art. more >

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