Keeping Culture Strong and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights – Garma Festival Panel

Sep 26, 2024

A fantastic panel discussion was recorded at Garma festival this August, with former CEO of Aboriginal Lands Trust and supporter of Landcare, John Chester, talking about Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and how ICIP principles keep culture strong.

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property – or ICIP – is a framework that describes all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural expressions. This can mean medicinal knowledge, language, artistic expressions and more. ICIP offers a framework for ethical engagement with First Nations people.

Have a listen to the full ABC podcast here.

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