Lenses of change and the business of process: Towards an ecological praxis of engagement
Seminar
Abstract: Engagement with Indigenous peoples is embedded in an ecological holistic world consisting of webs of social, political, cultural and economic relationships. The connectivity to which ecological thinking often refers does not only exist between humans and the natural world as is often…
A Treaty Together: How We Move Forward to Heal the Nation
Seminar
Alwyn Doolan a Gooreng Gooreng Wakka Wakka man has met with over 50 indigenous sovereign First Nation Peoples on his 8500km Message Stick Walk to Canberra. He has come to hand over three message sticks and a Tribal Lore notice to the Australian Government with the message that a treaty must be…
Language ecologies: a tool for understanding linkages between Indigenous languages and well-being
Seminar
Abstract There has been growing acknowledgement of a connection between First Nations people’s languages and their well-being, based on Indigenous voices and other research, in Australia and overseas. However, the evidence that connects and quantifies the relationship between the use of Indigenous…
Why can’t we agree? What the literature and experience of other jurisdictions can teach Australia about agreement-making between First Nations and States.
Seminar
Abstract Agreements between industry and Indigenous groups are increasingly ubiquitous, as evidenced by an ever increasing number of Indigenous Land Use Agreements under the Native Title Act. More recently, state and territory jurisdictions (most notably Victoria and the Northern Territory) have…
Lived experiences of the Cashless Debit Card Trial, Ceduna, South Australia
Seminar
This paper concerns the lived experiences of individuals subject to the first Cashless Debit Card (CDC) trial in the Ceduna region of South Australia. First introduced into Ceduna in early 2016, the CDC quarantines 80 per cent of working age recipients’ state benefits in a selected trial site: 20…
Observing the Strong Culture, Strong Families program as an innovative indigenous justice/prison program designed by Aboriginal people for Aboriginal male detainees and their children
Seminar
The seminar presents the findings of research generated from a formalised collaboration and partnership between the two presenters, Deborah Evans who is CEO of Tjillari Justice Aboriginal Corporation and Associate Professor Deirdre Howard-Wagner who is a Senior Fellow in CAEPR. This collaboration…
Valuation of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in Current and Future Markets
Seminar
ABSTRACT This seminar provides an initial report on some early findings from The Valuation of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in Current and Future Markets project being undertaken for IP Australia by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University (ANU). IK…