Social Media as Art: An Indigenous Perspective

Poet, activist, and Indigenous literature expert Evelyn Araluen and activist and writer Nayuka Gorrie talk to Alison Whittaker about using social media as a platform for change. The panelists will examine the poetry, literature, political resistance and cultural healing that comes from engaging with social media and contemporary activism. Gorrie is a Gunai/Kurnai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman who works with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the National Indigenous Youth Leadership Academy. Araluen is a PhD candidate and educator who specialises in Indigenous literatures. And Whittaker is a Gomeroi poet and researcher, who won the 2016 Judith Wright Poetry Prize.