Values

Western paradigms tend to give rise to competitive and transactional ways of being. Whereas, ways of being premised on Indigenous knowing are relational in nature.

When we move relationally, we practice care and accountability within the collective we belong to. Barabirang Projects works with those who align relationally.

Action taken from strong decolonised notions of equitable Social Justice are integral for shaping the world we are creating for those to come.

Barabirang Projects advocates for social justice, and welcomes alignments on projects that create social justice. 

Empowered people, empower people. 

Settler-colonies like Australia are built on the intended erasure of Indigenous peoples, and inherently engineer environments for disempowered ways of being to condition us. We are all, Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, at a detriment because of this societal engineering. 

Barabirang Projects works to build empowerment-capacity within those we work with, both Indigenous peoples and allies, through ensuring our relationships are both respectful and reciprocal. 

Clarity of mind and clarity in communication is key to successful projects, healthy people and meaningful work. 

Barabriang Projects invests time in work where there is a clear alignment of intentions, meeting of mutual objectives and contribution to collective good.

Indigeneity can refer to the quality of an individual or collective identity that links a person or group of people to specific places with knowledge of and respect for original ways.

Barabirang Projects foregrounds narratives of First Nations' Sovereignty in the work it does in consulting, public art and in the course of collaborative work.

Icon photo: courtesy of Jayne Christian

When we create, we often do it in connection with others in a Community setting. Or when in solitude, we enter a receptive mode to receive guidance from our old ones. In any event, we are never alone in our creativity. 

Barabirang Projects invests in work based in creative thinking, connection and collaboration. 

Icon photo: courtesy of Tarni Eastwood