March 1-10, 2002
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts
Conference is one of the key events of the 2002 Adelaide Festival. In 2002, there will be a strong
Indigenous visual and performing arts component in the festival,
and two Indigenous Associate Directors, Karl and Waiata Telfer.
The conference will link into the major Festival themes of 'Reconciliation', 'Belonging to Place' and a powerful word from the traditional
Kaurna owners of Adelaide, 'Palti'. As the festival programmers
describe
Palti is a traditional ceremony acknowledging
the history of a place, the connection of the people to that
place and the telling of its story. Palti is a space for visiting
cultures to be properly introduced to Kaurna country/people by
adhering to the appropriate protocols. By following these codes
of behaviour a communication based on integrity can be formed
with the traveller and host that will lead to understanding and
not conflict..Palti is about connecting people through a process
of protocols that will lead to an exchange of these forms of
social interaction.
The conference organisers
would like to acknowledge and thank the Kaurna people as traditional owners of the land where this
conference is being held, and we hope to work in the spirit of
'Palti'.
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