Solidarity Not Homogeneity: Constructing a Superordinate Aboriginal Identity That Protects Subgroup Identities

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott D. Neufeld ◽  
Michael T. Schmitt
Keyword(s):  
Aboriginal Identity

Literacy, Genocide and the Media

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Christie
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Aboriginal Education ◽  
White Educators ◽  
Traditional School ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Time Table ◽  
The Media ◽  
Aboriginal Identity

The structures of a traditional school curriculum, time-table, and teaching practices can, by their very nature, be destructive of Aboriginal identity and traditional Aboriginal education, even when, on the surface, the content of the school curriculum is Aboriginal. This article explores the idea that the processes of reading and writing and making books, movies and videos can also be very destructive of Aboriginal identity when these things are controlled by the imagination of white educators and media makers.

Shifting Boundaries: Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory and the Politics of Self-Government

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 230-232
Author(s):  
Gurston Dacks
Keyword(s):  
Basic Goal ◽  
Cultural Traits ◽  
Aboriginal Identity ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Shifting Boundaries

Shifting Boundaries: Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory and the Politics of Self-Government, Tim Schouls., Vancouver: UBC Press 2003, pp. xiv, 224This fine, taut contribution to the sprawling literature on Aboriginality, identity and self-government in Canada begins with a critique of what Schouls terms the “difference approach.” This approach sees the vigour of Aboriginal communal culture as fundamental to the wellbeing of Aboriginal individuals and nations, and accordingly, the retention of cultural traits as a basic goal of Aboriginal politics.

Preferential Policies and the Blurring of Ethnic Boundaries: The Case of Aboriginal Australians in the 1980s

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Hoddie
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Study ◽  
Land Claims ◽  
Aboriginal Australians ◽  
Ethnic Boundaries ◽  
Aboriginal Identity ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Indigenous Land

I argue against the commonly held view that ethnically based preferential policies consistently lead to the construction of well-defined boundaries between collectivities. Using a statistical study of Australia as a case, I demonstrate that preferential programs, under certain conditions, may blur the boundaries between groups. This trend is reflected in the growing number of individuals in the early 1980s who chose to claim an Aboriginal identity in Australian states that increasingly recognized indigenous land claims.

"We Saw We Could Do It Ourselves": Koorie Cultural Regeneration Project

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Dee Basinski ◽  
Debra Parkinson
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
North East ◽  
Aboriginal Culture ◽  
Aboriginal Identity ◽  
Cultural Regeneration

The Koorie Cultural Regeneration Project was the result of a partnership between Women's Health Goulburn North East and Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation. The project was located in Wodonga and aimed to strengthen the community in terms of its Aboriginal identity. A range of activities provided opportunities for elders to share traditional skills and knowledge about Aboriginal culture particularly beliefs, men's business and women's business, dance and bush knowledge. A further dimension of the project was education of the mainstream community through presentations and workshops at schools, childcare centres, workplaces, festivals and universities. Immediate outcomes of the project included clear evidence of the power of experiential learning, a deepening understanding of culture, and the importance of story and connectedness. Eighteen months after the conclusion of the project, members of Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation met with Women's Health Goulburn North East workers to reflect on the long term outcomes of the project. The value of cultural regeneration was affirmed and it was identified that the project raised the profile of the Koorie community in Wodonga and beyond. While the Koorie Cultural Regeneration Project has increased community understanding and pride in Aboriginal heritage and is working well, the lack of continued funding means it is not ongoing. The challenge now is to move forward with cultural regeneration with respect, integrity, care and wisdom.

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