Back To Country

Back To Country: A Guided Reflection on Sovereignty

'Back to Country: A Guided Reflection on Sovereignty' guides the listener to reflect on the deep history of the land they are on, Aboriginal land. Listeners are taken on a journey back in time by Budawang / Yuin actor Jorjia Gillis and then Welcomed to Country by Gadigal / Dharug / Gundungurra, Yuin Elder Uncle Greg Simms. The project was led by Wiradjuri academic Tamara Power with creative and cultural contributions from Budawang / Yuin researcher and designer Danièle Hromek and design academic Gabriel Clark. The original script, written by Tamara Power and Maddy Lines was adapted by the team for this project. Sound Design is by Martin Peralta with dialogue Editing by Zacha Rosen. This stereo version of Back To Country is the companion piece to an immersive 16 channel binaural surround sound version that can be experienced at the Data Arena at the University of Technology Sydney. More information about the 16 channel version can be found at https://dataarena.net/projects This project was made on Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the Gadi people who continue to care for Country as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which this work was developed. We pay our respects to Elders both past, present and future. We acknowledge any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders listening to this audio.