Darwin Community Arts and Qubit Gallery invite you to be part of their first workshop in person or online to unpack:

– What a refuge is in a climate crisis?
– How can this look in the NT?

DATE: Wednesday 27th November
TIMES: 9am – 12pm or 5.30pm – 8.30pm
LOCATION: Qubit Gallery, 7 Harriet Place, Darwin
ONLINE: A Zoom link will be sent upon registration

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OVERVIEW

Food shortages. Heatwaves. Floods. Pandemics. When we think about climate catastrophe, the images that come to mind are of overwhelming natural phenomena. But how do we imagine ourselves, and our human responses, within these events?

Here in the Northern Territory, as in many places, the existing disaster relief plans are military in character: a top-down chain of command marshalling the passive masses. But these catastrophes ultimately happen to communities, and the social destruction wrought by disasters can be as devastating as the physical. So perhaps there is room for communities to lead their own unique and creative responses to catastrophe led by cultural leaders, artists, local residents, emergency services staff, and a smattering of business, research and community partners.