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We can go back and forward at the same time. That’s what regeneration means to re-create, revive, restore, and bring into existence again.There is an underpinning redemptive value as well, a society that needs to redeem itself. Generally speaking countries that have been colonised have developed some official recognition of the sovereignty of the first inhabitants. Many countries have a Bill of Rights that also recognises a nation’s first peoples. Australia has neither.Our project, The Complete Adelaide Chronicles is a local and necessary step towards recognition of these facts. Sort of starting afresh; the right way. But it is not just about reparation it is also respecting and learning from the First Nations peoples’ connection and stewardship of the land in this case specifically to collect and preserve the stories of the Tarndanyangga, near Karra Wirra Parri precinct. Our aim is to provide a template for other districts to follow.Our aim is to operate a media studio preferably located in the old RAH. It will be accessible in every way including access to meeting rooms that can be used on an as needed basis. The studio will be a creative space that can be booked for use by students and can also be the marketing hub for all of the social enterprises operating from and around that premises, the use of which would cover our rental costs. This is further to the back story to our project. Our aim is to collect ancient, colonial and current stories which together will inform a respectful, regenerative future which uses living systems and combines Indigenous and non- Indigenous wisdom. We will create a repository and an archive of stories which after a start-up period will become an income generating social enterprise.We will create the space, but this does not mean that we create all the stories - we enable the stories Incorporated into this space will be the Centre for Unlearning where we will discard out-moded ideologies and embrace regenerative technologies using both the digital communication systems that have characterised the millennium era and the old memes of nurturing the land so it supports a sustainable way of life and living.We are starting with radio podcasts through Just Sustainability Australia Inc. fb.me/jsaoz which runs an existing Radio Adelaide program but as we develop we will move to multi-media forms, writing, film, oral histories, art and possibly performance theatre and dance. We will create a story repository and an archive. The podcasting facilities will be through Radio Adelaide, Adelaide’s independent innovative community radio station.The first stories will be around learning from the descendants of the original inhabitants or their nominated representatives. This will be guided by an advisory board. As Larissa Behrendt wrote in The Guardian “Indigenous Australians know we're the oldest living culture -it’s in our Dreamtime. Perhaps the DNA research confirming Indigenous Australians as the oldest living culture will make the rest of the world take note of the rich culture and traditions contained in our oral history” Then follows the colonial story of Adelaide; who came here, what they did and how they did it. This period covers stories as diverse as the beautiful old colonial buildings in Adelaide, the development of the old hospital, the British nuclear testing, the Playford and the Dunstan eras the flourishing markets, the immigration programs that brought a whole range of different foods, to mention just a few. We have access to an old book “Sunny South Australia” which we hope to engage a dramaturge to develop it into a play reading to commence our story telling. To say it uses flowery and inappropriate language is an understatement, but it captures the feeling of the time. Next is the late 20th century into the 21st century story, the recent past and the now. Technology, and how it has changed the ways we operate, older peoples’ stories of how they lived, how everyone was taught how to fix things, now we have repair cafes doing that. The era that saw the growing awareness and uneasiness about anthropogenic climate change while at the same time increasing our dependence on single use plastic, etc etc etc. We will capture the good and the great the poignant, the essence of Adelaide and the very beautiful city it has become. The themes for this period are respect, restoration, reparation and regeneration. We believe there is a groundswell of innovation all around us and that the time is right now. We will link South Australia with Global Innovators through webinars and interviews. For example the Global Ecovillage Network which is recognised as an innovative think tank and is reaching out through its Ambassadors program to provide a range of programs which empower, educate, and advocate for a regenerative world in which we can all flourish together. The fourth time period is our future; all of those R words will be the key as we use our history to inform our future and look forward to an era of possibilities when we can say that we live in a society that nurtures its people, its land and habitat all the while taking full advantage of technology and modernity. So many stories to tell!Sue Gilbey Global Eco-village Ambassador.
