Abstract
Abstract In 2020, the Barunga Festival would have celebrated its 35th anniversary. In mid-June of 2021, as many as 4,000 individuals were expected to descend on an aboriginal community of 300 residents located 400 km south of Darwin. This case describes the challenge to the Festival's promoters as they seek to sustain peak socio-economic impact in their role as community development change agents in a diverse and dynamic environment. The reader is tasked with clarifying goals, deciding what is at stake, and setting a course of action to realize those objectives.
Highlights
The Barunga Festival was built on the premise of reconnecting people from Indigenous communities across Australia’s Northern Territory and promoting an honest, open, and authentic mingling of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
Few non-Indigenous Australians socialized with Indigenous Australians, creating significant barriers
The Festival team reflected and asked the open-ended question: What must be done and how shall we do it?
Summary
The Barunga Festival was built on the premise of reconnecting people from Indigenous communities across Australia’s Northern Territory and promoting an honest, open, and authentic mingling of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The Festival had been predominantly apolitical but had the subtle goal of overcoming paternalistic attitudes of outsiders by welcoming them to a remote Indigenous community.
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