Empowering remote communities with culturally appropriate legal resources with Lindsay Greatorix

Episode no. 62 is with Lindsay Greatorex, Community Liaison and Education Officer (West Kimberley) with Legal Aid Western Australia (LAWA). We discuss:

• Blurred Borders - legal resource kits using visual art and storytelling to explain legal concepts in a culturally appropriate way
• why the kits were developed and how the project got started
• what sticks and rocks have to do with a bail process map
• the number of kits that have been distributed and who uses them
• the process the project team undertook to get the language and the art “right”
• the importance of community outreach in remote areas
• what accounts for the kits’ universal appeal
• how an artist identified what was missing and what that meant for adoption of the project by the community
• the form of user-centred design unique to this project
• the importance of collaboration across sectors
• the key benefits from the project some unintended consequences of the project
• how community workers have used the resource in helpful ways in local language
• the challenges of developing a project in such a remote area three times the size of the Tasmania (including the need for flexibility, high staff turnover and lack of understanding of the English language)
• the importance of having the right people to maintain the relationships in community and to ensure that it was culturally appropriate
• the tension between investing time to save time
• how Legal Aid WA determines if the project is having impact
• how the project engages clients and increases interaction
• what Lindsay would do to expand this project if he had a magic want
• whether technology would be appropriate for this application
• future uses for the resource kits and
• Lindsay’s definition of legal innovation!

Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic

Links:

• Blurred Borders
• Evaluation
• Guide to the Kimberley - Tourism Australia
• Neota Logic
• Feedspot

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