3901QCA Commercial Processes (Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art - QCA - Griffith University) - Topic 1. Introduction to Indigenous Entrepreneurship. Contains links from 1st slide to subsequent slides as well as links to external websites (listed on the last slide).

1. Tip1
Entrepreneurship
“A person who undertakes and
Capitalism, make $$$$,
controls an enterprise or business
Control, Power, Materialism
venture, especially one in which risk is
Individualism, Self-Interest
involved.”
Personal
Perceptions
Indigenous Culture & History Social Entrepreneurship
• Pre-existing cultural beliefs - consider that
• Historical engagement old/existing ways of
• Personal Experience How you perceive “commerce” doing things can be
will/may impact/influence how altered creatively &
you engage with it. Be aware of given a new framework
your own values. Can your or approach.
perceptions change?
© Leesa Watego 3901 Commercial Processes - Qld College of Art – Griffith University (2009)

2. ConceptMap
Enterprise
• Any attempted project, task
• An organised business or company
• Energetic, resourcefulness and spirit
think about the
NOUN and the VERB
Enterprise in not just what you HAVE (ie. a
something) but is importantly how you operate
(ie. the way you function, what you do, how you
are being)
© Leesa Watego 3901 Commercial Processes - Qld College of Art – Griffith University (2009)

3. ConceptMap
Personal – think about yourself in relation to business/capital, if/how does your “way of
being” influences “what you do” and then in turn “what you have”.
Ontology
(way of being)
Epistemology
Axiology (way
(way of
of doing)
knowing)
© Leesa Watego 3901 Commercial Processes - Qld College of Art – Griffith University (2009)

4. External Links Used In this Presentation
• http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/capitalism/etymology.html (Capital)
• http://www.edgeware.com.au/dwnld/Edgeware_Newsletter_004.pdf
(Tip1)
• http://www.edgeware.com.au/dwnld/Edgeware_Newsletter_004.pdf
(Change)
External Links Used In this Presentation
This presentation is used in conjunction with information, readings &
questions outlined on the wikispace for this course (3901QCA Commercial
Processes – Qld College of Art – Griffith University)
www.artistasentrepreneur.wikispaces.com
© Leesa Watego 3901 Commercial Processes - Qld College of Art – Griffith University (2009)