Using images, music and digital media

Research findings can reach wide audiences when using visual images, artwork, music and digital media. These links provide helpful resources and advice.

The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and The Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)

Australia Council for the Arts has a suite of protocol documents to help people understand the use of Indigenous cultural material. See:

• Visual arts: protocols for producing Indigenous Australian visual arts 
• Media art: protocols for producing Indigenous Australian media arts 
• Music: protocols for producing Indigenous Australian music 
• Performing arts: protocols for producing Indigenous Australian performing arts 
• Writing: protocols for producing Indigenous Australian writing 

Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) – Indigenous Programs Unit 

ABC Ethics and Code of Conduct 

Australian Copyright Council’s online information centre 

Australian Government - Indigenous Portal

Australian Indigenous Communications Association Incorporated 

AIATSIS Audiovisual Archive 

The Black Book Directory 

Black pages

Indigenous Remote Communications Association (IRCA)

National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)

National Library of Australia - PANDORA, Australia's Web Archive

Pathways & Protocols: A filmmaker’s guide to working with Indigenous people, culture and concepts by Terri Janke, 2009

Screen Australia

More information on using viaual images, artwork, music and digital media in research projects can be found in Chapter 10 of Researching Indigenous Health: A Practical Guide for Researchers.