True Tracks

Tue 3 May 2022

Queensland Terrace, level 2, State Library

Main Festival

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

With respectful engagement, Indigenous knowledge and culture can support dismantling many of the issues we face as a society. True Tracks author Terri Janke discusses innovation and respectful pathways in engaging with Indigenous people and Indigenous knowledges with black&write! editor Grace Lucas-Pennington.

Terri Janke in conversation with Grace Lucas-Pennington

#Artists

Terri Janke

Terri Janke is an Indigenous lawyer of Meriam and Wuthathi heritage. In 2000 she set up a law firm, Terri Janke and Company, focusing on Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) law and commercial law. She has acted for Indigenous and non-Indigenous clients, artists, community-controlled organisations, government and corporates.

Grace Lucas-Pennington

Grace Lucas-Pennington is an Aboriginal (Bundjalung) editor specialising in fiction and poetry. She grew up mostly between northern NSW and the greater Logan/Brisbane area. Grace is the Senior Editor at State Library of Queensland's black&write! Indigenous Writing and Editing Project.