We live in cities and towns that reflect the denial of Indigenous histories and perspectives, but momentum around this issue is building. What role can design play in addressing the lack of memorials and visibility to the memories and legacy of the frontier wars in Australia? What are the challenges around this for both non-Indigenous and Indigenous designers?

MPavilion’s second annual BLAKitecture forum brings together Indigenous built environment practitioners on the Yaluk-ut Weelam land of the Boon Wurrung people. The forum aims to centralise Indigenous voices in conversations about architecture, the representation of histories, the present state and the future of our built environments. BLAKitecture is curated by MPavilion’s program consultant Sarah Lynn Rees.

This event has been kindly sponsored by RMIT Architecture.

More BLAKitecture MTALKS:

BLAKitecture: Women’s business

BLAKitecture: Indigenising procurement

BLAKitecture: Indigenising education

BLAKitecture: Looking backwards, looking forwards