Workshops and Masterclasses

Community-Informed and Inter-disciplinary Research

2025

Co-Designing and Masterclass Workshops

Body Politics in and through Movement, 8 – 10 December, 2025. School of Education| Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia.

Association Internationale des Écoles Supérieures d’Éducation Physique (AIESEP) Body Politics in and through Movement event. Masterclass with Dr Indigo Willing. 8 – 10 December, 2025. School of Education| Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia. Info https://aiesep.org/aiesep-specialist-seminar-body-politics-in-and-through-movement/

Masterclass overview:

This lecture and interactive session will introduce skateboarding as a case study for carving out safer, inclusive and educational spaces and ‘third places’ for youth, girls and non-traditional participants of informal sports. The masterclass will be led by Dr Indigo Willing, a skateboarder, NSW Churchill Fellow and Affiliate Research Fellow at the Sydney University and Griffith University and co-author of ‘Skateboarding, Power and Change’ (with Anthony Pappalardo).

Participants will be encouraged to discuss and offer cross-disciplinary insights on the following:

1) How can urban spaces be used for creative play through introducing urban sports like skateboarding?

2) What are some of the under-recognised planning and design considerations that can welcome in more diverse users?

3) What strategies and programming can encourage multi-generational participation?

4) How can respectful behaviours and safer spaces be encouraged in places like skateparks when there are no formal authority figures (eg. no referees or coaches)?

5) What lessons can informal sports like skateboarding (that draw on street and subcultures) offer to mainstream sport?

World Science Festival Brisbane, We Skate QLD marquee 29-30 March, 2025

As part of the QLD Museum’s World Science Festival, Brisbane our Creative Communities with the team from We Skate QLD, with co-design and creative play area facilitated by Dr Indigo Willing, zine and art area by Miljana Miljevic and activities also with Evie Ryder and Connie Leung.

UTS Architecture On Site Workshop, Sydney, 24 March 2025

Workshop for MA Architecture students from UTS hosted by HY William Chan at Glebe Skatepark Facilitated by Dr Indigo Willing, USYD -with guest speakers Alicia Mardones, Aaron Christiansen and Sam Whyte from the SkateCER advisory group 2025.

2024

2024 Co-Design Focus Groups, Workshops and Fieldwork

Play and Thrive Workshop, Friday 8th November 2024

Full overview here

The aim of this gathering of experts is to share approaches and reflect on how the role of ‘play’, (from DJ’ing to creative sports, games and hobbies) can be a valuable part of post-adoption services. The half day program will also explore how future workshops and services with themes of play can be empowering.

This initiative is led by SSSHARC fellows Dr Indigo Willing, a war orphan, skateboarder and Vietnamese adoptee, and co-facilitated with Dr Xavier Ho, an Asian Australian (non-adoptee), games and interaction design expert. Invited experts include Dislah De Rham, a Sri Lankan adoptee, Nicky Hammond, a Korean adoptee and guest speaker Dr Victoria Rawlings, DECRA Fellow (non-adoptee).

Program – Friday 8th November, 9am to 2pm

https://skatecreateeducateandregenerate.com/play-and-thrive-workshop/