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Are you really Designing with Country?

The term Designing with Country is increasingly being commodified and colonised by non-Indigenous organisations and professionals. Each person has a responsibility and a role to play in honouring this process.
Danièle Hromek
Architecture Australia
2025

The term Designing with Country is increasingly being commodified and colonised by non-Indigenous organisations and professionals. Each person has a responsibility and a role to play in honouring this process.

For a genuine Designing with Country outcome, the relationship between the First Nations designer or architect and the community on whose Country the project is located is critical.

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