A guide to working with communities
Welcome to The Relationship is the Project: a book of provocations, tools and practical tips for those who are currently working or are interested in working with communities.
This exciting new resource is intended to be a solid starting point for organisations, project managers, artists, cultural workers and other community-engaged practitioners who want to bring new perspectives and ideas to their work.
Continue reading “Welcome”Huge thanks to Nikita Vanderbyl and Professional Historians Australia for this extraordinary review of The Relationship is the Project.
Continue reading “Professional Historians Australia review”Many thanks to Astrid Edwards, whose review of The Relationship is the Project was published in the Australian Book Review (ABR) no. 465 in June 2024.
Continue reading “ABR review: Difficult questions – an iterative collaboration”The RITP co-pilot Kate Larsen is back on The Garret Podcast this month talking about community-engaged practice, duty of care, our monocultural literary sector, the politics of publishing, arts orgs in crisis, and why the relationship is the project.
Continue reading “The RITP on The Garret podcast”Huge thanks to all who came out (or logged on) for last night’s Naarm/Melbourne launch of The Relationship is the Project.
So grateful. So proud. And so grateful to The RITP contributors Ruth De Douza, Esther Anatolitis, CQ Quinan and Tristan Meecham for sharing their words and wisdoms.
Continue reading “The Relationship is the Project is out now”Community engaged practice is not an art form. It’s not an add-on. It’s a way of working, a deep collaboration.
Continue reading “ArtsHub: what is community engaged practice?”Join us for the Naarm/Melbourne launch of The Relationship is the Project.
Tuesday 12 March 2024 at 6:00pm
Readings Emporium
Emporium Melbourne, Shop 1-016
287 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 300
All going well with technology, we also aim to live stream the event on Instagram from 3pm AWST / 5pm AEST / 530pm ACDT / 6pm AEDT.
The event is free, but bookings are essential.
With The Relationship is the Project due for publication in March 2024, pre-orders are now open via the NewSouth website.
We are thrilled to share the beautiful new cover for the second edition of The Relationship is the Project, designed by the amazing Reg Abos.
Our thanks also go to Aleem Ali and Torika Bolatagici for lending their endorsements for the cover:
‘This should be the go-to book for every community practitioner and budding change maker.’
Aleem Ali, CEO, Welcoming Australia
‘This book is brilliant and full of sound advice and wisdom from the incredible list of contributors.
Torika Bolatagici, Founder, Community Reading Room
Watch this space. The Relationship is the Project will be released by NewSouth Publishing in March 2024. Pre-orders are now open via the NewSouth website.
The RITP team is thrilled to share the exciting news that the second edition of The Relationship is the Project officially has a new home with our friends at NewSouth Publishing.
NewSouth was the distributor for our first edition, so we are very excited to be working more closely together on the updated and expanded version.
The RITP 2.0 will be released in the first half of next year. Watch this space for more information about our contributors coming soon.
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