Dandighu Yimbana: Listening on Country for Social and Emotional Wellbeing

About the Research Project

Dandhigu Yimbana brings together knowledge from a cluster of five community arts projects that support Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing, using arts-informed Indigenist research (AIIR) approaches.

Led by community-based and academic Indigenous researchers, the project works alongside key knowledge holders and project partners to: 

• Co-create and document evidence on how arts and cultural practices contribute to wellbeing
• Co-create and develop a set of assertions articulating the place of arts and cultural practices in Indigenous research
• Develop clear insights into the role of Indigenist, arts-informed research (AIIR) in promoting wellbeing, guiding practice, and translating knowledge
• Address gaps in how AIIR methods are understood and how they support Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing. 

Dandhigu Yimbana highlights the power of culture and creativity in Indigenous-led research and wellbeing. 

Impact

This research will support reforms that promote the creative arts and wellbeing of First Nations community residents.

Partners

• University of the Sunshine Coast and The University of Melbourne (Listening to Country),
• The University of Sydney (Deadly Poets)
• Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good (No Shame in my Game)
• Arnya Songline Methodology (Western Cape York
• Wilya Janta (Tennant Creek)