An Acknowledgement of Country can open a door.
What happens once the words have been spoken?
After Acknowledgement invites participants to move beyond acknowledgement as a statement and begin exploring it as a relationship.
Through storytelling, illustration and reflection, cultural educator Rhys Paddick asks a deeper question:
How will Country recognise you?
The experience explores what we inherit from the past, how we participate in the present and what our choices make possible next.
Together, participants consider the fears and assumptions that can keep people standing still—and what it might mean to move towards Country with greater curiosity, attention and responsibility.
This is not another script.
It is an invitation to notice where you stand, what you are already part of and how a relationship with Country might be practised through everyday attention and action.
Rather than offering a checklist for getting culture right, After Acknowledgement offers a direction.
Participants leave with
A deeper understanding of what it means to build a relationship with Country
Greater confidence to move beyond symbolic acknowledgement
New ways to notice and engage with the place where they live and work
A clearer sense of their own agency, responsibility and capacity to participate
A renewed understanding of acknowledgement as the beginning of a relationship, rather than the end of one
Who It Is For
After Acknowledgement is especially suited to organisations that have experienced Acknowledge This and are beginning to ask:
What comes next?
It can also stand alone for organisations ready to explore identity, responsibility and their relationship with Country beyond introductory cultural awareness.
Format
One-hour keynote
$5,750 + GST
