ABSTRACT
Providing an international reference work written solely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors, this book offers a powerful overview of emergent and topical research in the field of global Indigenous studies. It addresses current concerns of Australian Indigenous peoples of today, and explores opportunities to develop, and support the development of, Indigenous resilience and solidarity to create a fairer, safer, more inclusive future.
Divided into three sections, this book explores:
• What futures for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples might look like, and how institutions, structures and systems can be transformed to such a future;
• The complexity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island life and identity, and the possibilities for Australian Indigenous futures; and
• The many and varied ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples use technology, and how it is transforming their lives.
This book documents a turning point in global Indigenous history: the disintermediation of Indigenous voices and the promotion of opportunities for Indigenous peoples to map their own futures. It is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Indigenous studies, as well as gender and sexuality studies, education studies, ethnicity and identity studies, and decolonising development studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|172 pages
Future worlds
chapter 5|17 pages
Settler Colonialism, Jews, and Indigenous Peoples
chapter 6|22 pages
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inclusion in the Workplace
chapter 7|21 pages
There is No Such Thing as a Blank Slate
chapter 8|19 pages
Indigenous Voice as Self-Determination
part II|185 pages
Intimacies
chapter 13|15 pages
Visual Liberations and Embodiments of Ancestral Memory
chapter 14|16 pages
Utopianism, Eco-Criticism and Colonial Fantasy
chapter 17|16 pages
The Edge of the Tide
chapter 18|16 pages
Our Young People are Our Future
chapter 22|14 pages
Future Tweed
chapter 23|10 pages
The Museum of the Imagination
part III|83 pages
Digital futures