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GARMA FESTIVAL, 5-9 AUGUST 2005
Key Forum (Indigenous Cultural Livelihoods), 6-8 August

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THURSDAY 4 AUGUST
All day Yolŋu clans arrive
6.00-8.00pm   DINNER FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS
7.00-9.00pm Band performances, Main stage
9.25pm Qantas charter arrives Nhulunbuy (Gove) Airport
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST
All day Arrivals and registration
6.30-8.30   BREAKFAST
9.00-1.00

Yirrkala CEC Open Day and Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre tour
Coaster Bus Shuttle from reception

9.00-3.00 Sea Country Plan, Dhimurru Land Management
Buŋgul Shelter
10.00-12.00 Performance Symposium
National Recording Project  for Indigenous Performance In Australia: partners briefing
Gulkula
Main Forum Shelter
12.30-1.30   LUNCH including concert, Larrakitj Stage
1.30-3.00 Print Workshop
Introduction for Indigenous artists to the 2005 Garma collaborative print panel and lino block printing workshop
Garma Print Gallery
Approx
3.00-4.00

Yolŋu Introduction to Indigenous Cultural Livelihoods
Yolŋu open the Forum with importance of leadership theme to carry through whole Indigenous livelihoods theme
Buŋgul Shelter

Coordinator
Greg Wearne

4.00 WELCOME AND GARMA OPENING SPEECHES
Buŋgul Shelter
4.30-sunset

Buŋgul

6.00-8.00   DINNER
7.00-10.00 Band performances, Main Stage
 
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST
6.30-8.30   BREAKFAST
9.00-9.30

GARMA FORUM OPENING
Main Forum Shelter

Welcome to Forum Participants
Galarrwuy Yunupiŋu
Introduction to Garma Concepts and Practice
Mandawuy Yunupiŋu

Yolŋu Society and History

Performance Symposium
National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance In Australia
Closed sessions, Nhulunbuy Campus

Reports on fieldwork
Buses to leave gate at 8.30

9.30- 10.45 Introduction to Yolŋu Society
(all Forum participants)
10.45-11.15   MORNING TEA
11.15-11.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Senator the Hon Rod Kemp, Minister for the Arts and Sport
Main Forum Shelter
11.30-12.30

Tourism Forum, Session 1
Forum Shelter 1
"Indigenous tourism in Australia: culture and history"

Session coordinator
Sonia Smallacombe 

Visual Arts Forum, Session 1
Forum Shelter 2

"Artists motivations, aspirations and needs"

Session coordinator
Bilawara Lee

Performance Symposium
National Recording Project  for Indigenous Performance In Australia
Closed sessions, Nhulunbuy Campus
Reports on fieldwork
12.30-1.30  LUNCH including concert, Larrakitj Stage
1.30-2.45

Tourism Forum, Session 2
Forum Shelter 1

"Why do the business of tourism?"

Session coordinator
John Morse

Visual Arts Forum, Session 2
Forum Shelter 2

"Art Centres: What works, what doesn't and what's needed now?"

Session coordinator
Howard Morphy

Performance Symposium, Session 2
Main Shelter
"Yolŋu Music and Dance 1"

Session coordinator
Aaron Corn

Chair
Allan Marett

Panel
Aaron Corn,
Djangirrawuy Garawirrtja, Neparrŋa Gumbula, Mandawuy Yunupiŋu

2.45-3.15   AFTERNOON TEA
3.15-4.15

Tourism Forum, Session 3
Forum Shelter 1

"Learning from others"

Session coordinator
Joc Schmiechen

Visual Arts Forum, Session 3
Forum Shelter 2

"Indigenous visual arts training: concept of a National Indigenous Art School"

Session chair
Stephanie Hawkins

Including opening comments from Sally Basser, DCITA

Performance Symposium, Session 2
Main Shelter

"Yolŋu Music and Dance 2"

Session coordinator
Aaron Corn

Chair
Allan Marett

Panel
Aaron Corn,
Djangirrawuy Garawirrtja, Neparrŋa Gumbula, Mandawuy Yunupiŋu

approx
5.00 to sunset
Buŋgul
6.00-8.00   DINNER
7.00-10 Band performances,  Main Stage Film, Main Shelter
 
SUNDAY 7 AUGUST
6.30-8.30    BREAKFAST
8.30-9.30

Northern Territory Indigenous Economic Development Strategy
Main Shelter

Panel
NT Indigenous Economic Development Taskforce members

9.45-10.30

Visual Arts and Tourism joint session, Session 4
Main Forum Shelter

"Art & Tourism: What's the connection"

Session coordinators
Bilawara Lee and Richard Austin

Performance Symposium
National Recording Project  for Indigenous Performance In Australia
Closed session, Nhulunbuy Campus
Project Development
Buses to leave gate at 8.30

10.30-11.00   MORNING TEA
11.00-12.30

Tourism Forum, Session 5
Forum Shelter 1

"Cultural livelihoods from festivals"

Session coordinator
Rhoda Roberts

1. "The Dreaming " Rhoda Roberts
2. "Garma" Simon Balderstone

Visual Arts Forum, Session 5
Forum Shelter 2

"Marketing"

Session coordinator
Stephanie Hawkins

Performance Symposium
National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance In Australia
Closed sessions, Nhulunbuy Campus
Project Development

12.30-1.30  LUNCH including concert, Larrakitj Stage
1.30-2.30

Tourism Forum, Session 6
Forum Shelter 1

"Where have we been?
Where are we going?
Yolngu tourism in Arnhem Land over the past 10 years"

Session coordinator
Joc Schmiechen

Visual Arts Forum, Session 6
Forum Shelter 2

"Working together to develop and support the Indigenous visual arts industry"

Session coordinator
Beverly Knight

Performance Symposium
Main Forum Shelter

Chair
Raymattja Marika

1. The History of Yolŋu Macassan Contact, Marcia Langton
2. Macassan Music and Dance, Halilintar Lathief

2.30-2.45   AFTERNOON TEA
2.45-4.30

Tourism Forum, Session 7
Forum Shelter 1


Livelihoods from tourism: Who can help?

Session coordinator
Joc Schmiechen

Visual Arts Forum, Session 7
Forum Shelter 2
"Art documentation"
Gappan Gallery 

Session coordinator
Emma Fowler-Thomason

Chair
Howard Morphy

Field trip: details to be provided by Chair

Performance Symposium
Main Forum Shelter

Macassan Yolngu performance workshop 

Yolngu musicians
Djangirrawuy Garawirrtja, Djalu Gurruwiwi, Milkayŋu Munuŋgurr, Neparrnga Gumbula, Yomunu Yunupiŋu

Macassan musicians
Mile Ngalle, Panai Saleh, Muhsin, Bakri Bali

4.30-5.00

Daily Forum conclusion session
"Building Cultural Livelihoods"
Chaired by John Morse and Yolngu Leadership Group

Approx
5.00 to sunset
Buŋgul
6.00-8.00   DINNER
7.00-10.00 Band performances, Main Stage Film, Main Forum Shelter
 
MONDAY 8 AUGUST
6.30-8.30    BREAKFAST
9.00-10.15

Tourism Forum, Session 8
Forum Shelter 1

"Caring for country and culture through tourism"

Session coordinator
Richard Austin

Programs to be highlighted
1.  Steps
2.   Joint Management Strategy, CALM
3.  Dhimurru Land Management
4.  ROC

Visual Arts Forum, Session 8
Forum Shelter 2

"Training and business development"

Session coordinator
Sylvia Kleinert

Performance Symposium
National Indigenous Recording Project
Main Forum Shelter

9.15am
Report back to Forum, outcomes of closed sessions
Allan Marett

Chair
Mandawuy Yunupiŋu

10.15-10.30   MORNING TEA
10.30-12.30

Tourism Forum, Session 9
Forum Shelter 1
"
Three tourism stories"

Session coordinators
Chris Buykx and John Morse

 Local case studies
1. World Expeditions
2. Walking the Vision: a tourism vision for Kakadu
3. Farout Adventures

Visual Arts Forum, Session 9
Forum Shelter 2

"Funding"

Session coordinator
Bilawara Lee

Performance Symposium 
Main Forum Shelter
Presentation and discussion of recordings made at buŋgul

Chair
Galarrwuy Yunupiŋu

Panel
Linda Barwick, Aaron Corn,
Allan Marett, Mandawuy Yunupiŋu, Neparrnga Gumbula, Djangirrawuy Garawirrtja

12.30-1.30  LUNCH including concert, Larrakitj Stage
1.30- 2.30

Tourism Forum, Session 10
Forum Shelter 1

"Tourism forum outcomes: moving forward"

Session coordinators
Aden Ridgeway
Richard Austin
Stephen Mahoney

Visual Arts,  Session 10
Forum Shelter 2

"Visual arts forum outcomes: moving forward"

Session coordinator
tba

Performance Symposium
"
Performance symposium outcomes: moving forward"

Main Forum Shelter

Chair
Marcia Langton

2.30-3.00  AFTERNOON TEA
3.00-4.00

Information Session
Main Shelter

"Indigenous Stock Exchange"

Speakers
Gerhardt Pearson, Kevin Fong

4.00-5.00 FORUM CLOSING PLENARY SESSION, Session 11
Main Forum Shelter
Combining the outcomes of all sessions and delivering the overarching statements and actions that come out of Garma. Two-way discussion to include action plans moving forward.
Approx
4.00 to sunset
Buŋgul
4.00-10.00pm Garma open to visitors from Nhulunbuy
6.00-8.00   DINNER
7.00-10pm Band performances, Main Stage Film, Main Forum Shelter
 
TUESDAY 9 AUGUST
6.30-8.30   BREAKFAST
All day

KEY FORUM, "Indigenous Cultural Livelihoods", has formally concluded. 
Registered participants still at Garma are welcome to participate in listed activities that are still running. FOR DETAILS, REFER TO THE DAILY NOTICE BOARDS AT
RECEPTION AND CATERING

10.15-10.30    MORNING TEA
12.00-1.30      LUNCH
2.30-3.00        AFTERNOON TEA
6.00-8.00        DINNER
7.00-10.00 Film, Main Forum Shelter
 
WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST
6.30-8.30    BREAKFAST
  Final departures
12 noon Gulkula site officially closed to all Garma participants
 

 


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