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Terri Janke and True Tracks in the Sydney Morning Herald

Gabriela Dounis

Oct 14, 2019
1 min

Terri Janke and True Tracks in the Sydney Morning Herald

The clash between Indigenous knowledge and Western conventions such as the intellectual property system is featured in this interesting article recently released by the Sydney Morning Herald. Terri is featured throughout, commenting on the debate around ownership and commercialisation of Indigenous culture such as arts and native foods. The True Tracks model is highlighted as a blueprint for how to respectfully engage with Indigenous peoples and knowledge. “If you want to ali

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Rights to Culture:
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), Copyright and Protocols

By Jean Kearney, Aurora Intern and Terri Janke

Jan 29, 2018
5 min

Rights to Culture: Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), Copyright and Protocols

1. Introduction Indigenous Australian arts and cultural knowledge has been passed down in cultural practice (including ceremonies, on country transmission, paintings, songs, dances, stories etc.) for many generations. In recent years, the demand for Indigenous cultural products has grown rapidly: Indigenous artworks are in high demand, Indigenous imagery is reproduced on all manner of products (e.g. on T-Shirts), and Indigenous words and motifs are being used as brands and lo

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Indigenous Knowledge helps heal our planet

Jan 30, 2017
2 min

Indigenous Knowledge helps heal our planet

For more than 60,000 years Indigenous Australians lived in harmony with the Australian environment. Over this time through years of intergenerational transfer of knowledge, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have developed knowledge of our land, seas and the environment that is useful in managing our future challenges such as climate change, land erosion, species management and coastal care. Scientists are now seeing the value in the contributions Indigenous pe

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Terri Janke’s TEDxCairns Release: Creating a culture of innovation with Indigenous knowledge

Jan 10, 2017
1 min

Terri Janke’s TEDxCairns Release: Creating a culture of innovation with Indigenous knowledge

We are excited to announce the release of Terri’s TEDxCairns talk. Terri brings her knowledge to the international TEDx platform. One aspect of Terri’s talk discusses how Indigenous cultures are steeped in thousands of years of heritage and continuing practice. Using and reproducing traditional cultural expression within new works requires consideration of Indigenous cultural protocols. The protocols created by Terri are known as the True Tracks: Respect Self-determination Co

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Another successful True Tracks event in Canberra!

Apr 11, 2016
1 min

Another successful True Tracks event in Canberra!

On Wednesday 6th of April, we held another True Tracks workshop. The event was held at AIATSIS in Canberra. Taryn Saunders, Terri Janke and Sarah Grant at AIATSIS We welcomed 20 attendees, with representatives from IP Australia, Inventory Control Solutions and BUILT. Sarah Grant at the AIATSIS selfie wall The session started with a tour of AIATSIS by Terri's brother John Paul Janke, Director of Community and Public Relations at AIATSIS. John Paul Janke speaking at the worksho

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We Helped Some More People Discover the True Tracks for their Business

Terri Janke and Company

Sep 18, 2015
2 min

We Helped Some More People Discover the True Tracks for their Business

Twice a year, we at Terri Janke and Company, run our True Tracks: Indigenous Cultural Protocols in Business Workshop. On the 10th of September this year, we held one in Sydney. The event was held at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and this meant that Terri was able to head straight to the gym after the workshop. We welcomed a wide range of people from many different industries in the morning and jumped straight into learning about Indigenous Cultural Protocols in

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