Innovate, Create, Educate

I specialise in Indigenous engagement and conveying Indigenous focused content for audiences. I can assist your business to sensitively convey messages , which are culturally responsive, culturally appropriate, culturally compatible, and culturally relevant. I communicate information in a knowledge-centred learning approach through storytelling, facts, ideas, concepts, and principles.

Through simple techniques such as levels of information, your audience will be able to effortlessly comprehend complex concepts. I also teach the subtle skill of understanding the effect of emotive language and language bias. I endeavour too curate exhibitions with a minimum of three main background themes. This assists audiences to understand complex concepts, by making connections between topics, without the need to explain every concept.

Mission

To creatively engage audiences in content that considers Indigenous perspectives, knowledges systems and ways of knowing, being and doing.  

Values

Integrity: Authentic and honest engagement.

Passionate: Passion brings quality to the final product and delight for your audiences.

Creativity: Creatively provide unique solutions for your audience.

Publications

Ah Chee, J., Bennett, R., Cirkony, C., Coutts, K., Fairbrother, L., Gunning, T., Raven,
T., Sambono, J., Singh, L-J., Uink, B., Ziebell, A. (2024) A guide for curriculum
development – First Nations Australians’ Science. Australian Council of Deans of
Science grant project. Published by Deakin University

This guide was developed through a collaborative co-design process between both
First Nations and non-First Nations academics. Drawing on the seminal work of
Professor Joe Sambono, it represents our collective understandings at the time of
publication, informed by ongoing dialogue and the continuous development of our
perspectives.
We acknowledge the limitation that this guide is not fully comprehensive; however,
it serves as a valuable resource to support the incorporation of First Nations
Australian content during the development of science curricula. It is intended to
assist those responsible for advancing this important work in tertiary education.

Raven, Tui. 2023. Guidelines for First Nations Collection Description. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL), CAVAL, National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA).

The Guidelines are designed to support the Australian library sector in adopting reparative and anti-racist description practices. The Guidelines premise understanding Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property. The Guidelines are intended for our library sector to update records, to make Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander materials more discoverable.

The First Inventors

Between 2020 and 2022 I assisted with producing WA content for The First Inventors series. I worked as a remote and on-Country advisor, associate producer and on-screen investigator. As an advisor, I collaborated with Elders and Traditional Owners to ensure that Indigenous knowledges were protected and ensured that the film crew adhered to culturally safe practices.

TEDx UWA – What is it like to be Aboriginal?

In December 2017 I completed a TEDX UWA Talk. Someone said to me after they watched my talk, ‘it’s a bit cliché’. I guess that was the point really, racism is cliché. Understanding the history of my culture as it is projected against the ‘dominant’ culture, might seem cliché. However without our storytellers we don’t learn.

When I’m not working on projects I am taking photographs. I am trained in black and white photography, and yes I have my own darkroom equipment. I am still trying to find the time set it up. When I travel I mostly use digital due to the ease and cost. One day I dream of owning a Hasselblad with a polaroid back.

Head over to polaroid dreaming to check out my photographs from far flung places. (The site is consistently being updated)