Indigenous Culture

Politics & Society

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Opinion

‘The fundamental and inherent rights of First Peoples to water’

The need for major water reform in Victoria and Australia is clear – and Traditional Owners should be at its heart

Politics & Society

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Analysis

Victoria’s made history with exclusive native title – but it doesn’t tackle water justice

Aboriginal Traditional Owners now have more control over parts of their ancestral lands – but a colonial-era quirk in water law means they can’t freely use the water that flows through it

Politics & Society

65,000 Years: A short history of Australian art

A new exhibition celebrating the brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, while confronting the dark heart of Australia’s colonial history, has opened at the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art

Arts & Culture

What the Paiwanese nose flute tells us about ‘intangible culture’

In Taiwan, Intangible Cultural Heritage – like the sound of a double-barrel nose flute – is being preserved not through recordings, but through practitioners

Environment

Australia’s media isn’t accurately reporting all sides of the Murray-Darling Basin debate

A lack of balance in media reporting may have harmed public perception of environmental water allocations in the Murray-Darling – and Indigenous custodians barely get a look in

Business & Economics

How a First Nations’ approach in marketing is helping to decolonise healthcare

Marketing, traditionally associated with branding and sales, now holds immense potential as a catalyst for social change

Arts & Culture

Indigenous ceremonial performance opening up intercultural dialogue

Songs, dances and other ceremonial traditions offer a rare insight into Australian history from an Indigenous perspective

Arts & Culture

We are Country

Ensuring research is culturally safe isn’t as simple as acknowledging Country and the species within, we must recognise and empower Indigenous Knowledge systems

Arts & Culture

How data expertise is fostering endangered languages

The PARADISEC digital archive model revitalising endangered languages around the Pacific has now been taken up in North America by the Cherokee Nation

Arts & Culture

Sustaining song and spirit

The decade-long Junba Project in the Kimberley has helped revitalise the public song-and-dance tradition, strengthening community spirit and the confidence of young people