Examines reactions to the 2009 film by Warwick Thornton which is about bravery, hopelessness, optimism, and the struggles of two Indigenous youth, and the dialogues it has created.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, January/February 2008, pp. 27-29
Description
Comments that awareness training can be achieved through strategic policy direction, educational partnerships and accountabilities to the Indigenous community.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 6, November/December 2010, pp. 22-24
Description
Interviews with students from seven different universities revealed insight into what strategies could be implemented to make their experience at university more positive.
Reports ongoing improvements of the Reconciliation Action Plan Program (RAP) to lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people through education, employment and business.
Presenter discusses how people are adopting global solutions to global problems and how the nature of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and other Australians is influenced by these trends.
Duration: 47:06.
Popular Music and Society, vol. 31, no. 5, December 2008, pp. 575-597
Description
Uses interviews, music and lyrics, artists and record label website to show the popularity of reggae music in Indigenous communities in the US southwest, New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, January/February 2008, pp. 16-17
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Report celebrates the final major academic work of ten third year students in the Bachelor of Health Science Degree (Indigenous Mental Health) program.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 6, November/December 2008, pp. 18-19
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Article mentions the, "social exclusion" created by income inequality particularly affecting Indigenous people. Also chronicles HIV/AIDS rates in various countries.
Being There: After-Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
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Maryrose Casey
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Chapter from Being There: After-Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies edited by Ian Maxwell.
Antipodes, vol. 26, no. 2, December 2012, pp. 203-208
Description
Uses Kevin Keeffe's two forms of Aboriginality: Aboriginality-as-persistence and Aboriginality-as-resistance as a framework for understanding different representations of Aboriginal cultures.
Explores major themes identified by interviewing 15 participants regarding research and researchers.
Behavioural Science Honours Dissertation --University of Notre Dame, Australia, 2008.
Discusses debates surrounding ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and looks at three Indigenous initiatives: Igloolik Isuma, "Us Mob", and "Raven Tales" projects.
Chapter 8 from The Media and Social Theory edited by David Hesmondhalgh and Jason Toynbee.
Photographies, vol. 3, no. 2, Photography, Archive and Memory, 2010, pp. 173-187
Description
Explains the current role of the archive in terms of showing engagement between white settlers and Indigenous people and also to assist with the recovery of family and stories that have been lost through colonization in Australia.
Looks at changing the health disparities, felt by Aboriginal peoples when compared to non-Aboriginal peoples, by developing an understanding of culture.
Purpose of paper was to review various methods of gathering data at the provincial level, identify best practices and make recommendations for the development of standards.
Book review of: Rights and Redemption: History, Law and Indigenous People by Ann Curthoys, Ann Genovese , Alexander Reilly.
Review located by scrolling to page 186.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.