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Empathy Ledger · Stories remain with their owners
A story is a relationship, not raw material.
People are asked to share the hardest parts of their lives. The story leaves the room. The storyteller often loses sight of where it went, who used it and what value it created.
The question underneath
Who holds the story after it has been told?
Empathy Ledger makes consent ongoing and visible. Storytellers can decide how they are named, where a story travels and when permission ends. The technology matters. The relationship matters more.
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Listen before naming the problem. Stay curious long enough for the first answer to change. Act with people who carry the consequence. Let art return the work to culture.
The work continues elsewhere
Publish, listen and manage consent.
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Where we stand
Who we are, and who we are not
A Curious Tractor is not a First Nations organisation and does not speak as one. When we are invited into work with First Nations communities, our responsibility is to follow community authority, be clear about what we hold, and accept correction, refusal and silence as part of the work. A relationship is not consent in perpetuity. A good history together does not turn the next visit into an entitlement.
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