Practice
Heritage survives through repeated work, not documentation alone.
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage remains active through use, care, repair, transmission and the authority of the people and communities who hold it.
Heritage / practice / continuity
R&IResearch + innovation area
Living knowledge, conservation and continuity.
Projects in this area should leave durable capability in Australia: stronger partnerships, specialist skills, infrastructure access, tested methods, prototypes, market routes or standards participation.
Report basisMapping Australia’s Crafts Sector 2026 · Sections 7–9; Recommendations 8–9.
Conservation
Specialist judgement keeps material culture, places and working systems in use.
Governance
Knowledge holders determine access, attribution and use.