InDigital Insights: Liz Barron – Indigenous Arts Protocols, Identity & Elders’ Rights

This episode of InDigital Insights features arts leader and cultural worker Liz Barron in conversation with host Monique Manatch about Indigenous arts protocols, identity, and community care. Barron reflects on questions of design ownership, how curators and institutions should engage Indigenous artists, and the need to confront “pretendian” claims with care and clarity. She also delves into elders’ compensation, the impacts of taxation and benefits rules, and the unpaid labour often expected of Indigenous arts organizations. Throughout, Barron offers a vision of “governance of compassion” that supports workers, elders, and future leaders across the Indigenous arts ecosystem.