This output is made up of four interlinked research investigations led by HERITAGE which seek to show how performance-based cultural exchange can support a process of reciprocal development between indigenous and non-indigenous artists.  

All of the investigations were project managed by People’s Palace Projects (PPP), a research centre directed by HERITAGE in the School of English and Drama at QMUL:

• COMPONENT 1 - An Encounter: curating a cultural exchange between an indigenous and non-indigenous artist (TAKUMàKuikuro & Simon MCBURNEY).

• COMPONENT 2 - Artistic Residencies in an Indigenous Village: establishing a residency programme for non-indigenous artists in the Kuikuro villages of the Xingu Indigenous Territories (Brazil) in order to generate creative research outputs.

• COMPONENT 3 - Indigenous Research Methods: international research seminars.

• COMPONENT 4 - Reducing Risk and Building Resilience: indigenous communities and their response to global challenges including the Covid-19 pandemic and the threats from the climate crisis such as forest fires.