Presentation from the Diaspora Sisters, at Australian Fairy Tale Conference…
It was brilliant to present with Sharon Orapeling and Roselle Tenefrancia at the recent annual Australian Fairy Tale Conference hosted this year in Brisbane. Many more thoughts on this conference to come, but this is a summary highlight of our presentation.
We began by acknowledging the many nations, of Indigenous Australia before it was colonised.
It was extremely moving for us as we shared the process of collecting our stories from family, community and online following this with a telling of a story each.
Although we personally felt we could not fully do them the justice we hoped for in the time we had to prepare and tell, and saw all the ways to expand and improve our tellings in the future.
Still from the depths of our hearts, we honoured the past, whilst adapting to the present, our home country and the diaspora we all found within our identities…
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