We took the opporturinty to have some longer in-depth conversations, prior to the NAIDOC week forum to reflect on the keynote theme, and offer an opportunity to discuss the following issues further MACRO//MICRO | CRAFT//CULTURE | LOCI//LOCAL.

The first interview is with Jefa Greenaway, forum facilitator. Jefa is the founding Director of the award winning practice - Greenaway Architects (est. 1998), a University of Melbourne senior academic of two decades standing, and a regular design commentator on ABC Radio Melbourne. He’s championed Indigenous led design thinking for over 25 years as a registered architect in NSW and VIC, including as co-founder of Indigenous Architecture + Design Victoria (not-for-profit), as co-author of the International Indigenous Design Charter, and as Regional Ambassador (Oceania) of INDIGO (International Indigenous Design Network).

He is a founding signatory of Architects Declare Australia, an initiative foregrounding architecture’s role in tackling the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, is co-curator (with Tristan Wong) of the Australian exhibition at La Biennale Architettura di Venezia 2020/21 and was recently included in the Qantas 100 Inspiring Australians and was honoured to be inducted into the Design Institute of Australia’s (DIA) 2020 ‘Hall of Fame’ signifying an outstanding body of work, contribution to Australian design and/or achievement in furthering the profession. His projects include the Koorie Heritage Trust, the Lowitja Institute and the award winning Ngarara Place.