“Yimbaya Maranoa: Creating Resonant Echoes from Country” presented by Saunders, Roberts, Fien, Tyurina and Hardess
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This panel discusses an interdisciplinary approach to mediations between arts, sciences, and humanities. Its main objective is to explore the transformative impact of Yimbaya Maranoa in our aesthetic, cultural, scientific, and educational practices. Yimbaya Maranoa (listening for the Maranoa) is a First Nations led immersive arts project developed by Gunggari, Maranoa, and visiting artists on Country. The collective meets and creates on various sites within the Maranoa watershed, contributing to organically growing archival resources for community and creative development. These places hold profound significance for the Gunggari Nation, with a history spanning over 40,000 years. These places are also located along the route surveyed by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846. The collective project aims to decolonize maps of the Maranoa by foregrounding a series of arts-related works, stories, and perspectives currently absent or less visible in contemporary and historical accounts of the region. The discussion within this panel aims to illuminate the intersection of diverse disciplines and perspectives within the context of Yimbaya Maranoa (listening for the Maranoa, for Country), offering insights into the role of creative relationships as a catalyst for healing our different relationships with Country/Maranoa and to develop meaningful connections and dialogues across multiple knowledge domains.
