1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Australian Indigenous Peoples and Futures
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.
Introduction by Bronwyn Carlson & Madi Day Part I: Future worlds 1. The future is Indigenous by Bronwyn Carlson 2. Foreign policy futures by James Blackwell & Julie Ballangarry 3. A certain wisdom: ‘Living Law’ before ‘More, More, More’ by Jo Anne Rey 4. Staying with the fire: Sustainable futures using Indigenous Knowledges by Frances Wyld 5. Settler colonialism, Jews, and Indigenous peoples: Theorising homelands as a point of connection in Indigenous-Jewish relations in so-called Australia by Zac Roberts 6. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inclusion in the workplace: Challenging racist policy and practice by Sharlene Leroy-Dyer & Kelly Menzel 7. There is no such thing as a blank slate: Accountability in decolonising universities by Kelly Menzel & Bindi Bennett 8. Indigenous voice as self-determination: Co-designing a shared future for all Australians by Bronwyn Fredericks 9. Fuel, flame and smoke: On Indigenous fantasy by Travis De Vries 10. The voice of Country: Our obligation and responsibility to listen by Noeleen Lumby 11. Indigenous futures for the subject of English: A profile of practice by Tamika Worrell Part II: Intimacies, relationalities and locating ourselves 12. Unsettling the settler state and being on the frontline of Indigenous resistance by Lynda-June Coe 13. Visual liberations and embodiments of ancestral memory: Exploring the relational engagements of Indigenous queer artists by Dylan Barnes 14. Utopianism, eco-criticism and colonial fantasy: Germaine Greer’s White Beech as a case study in settler futurity by Arlie Alizzi 15. Yarning with the archives by Jacinta Walsh & Lynette Russell 16. Digital Indigiqueers: Locating queer mob in the literature by Andrew Farrell 17. The edge of the tide: Exploring the complexities and futures of Aboriginality from the critical perspectives of Indigenous researchers by Stephanie Gilbert, Tracey Bunda, Bronwyn Fredericks & r e a (Regina Saunders) 18. Our young people are our future: Cultural continuity and the Illawarra Flame Trees by Jodi Edwards 19. Be(com)ing in the city: Indigenous queer relationalities and community building by Corrinne T. Sullivan 20. Indigenous futures and deep time connections to place by Lou Netana-Glover 21. The question, or who asks for evidence of queerness in Aboriginal culture? by Madi Day 22. Future Tweed: Envisioning the possibilities of Bundjalung Country, community and culture through speculative fiction by Mykaela Saunders 23. The museum of the imagination: Curating against the colonial insistence on diminishing Indigeneity by Sandy O’Sullivan 24. Lessons on decoloniality from Blak and Black Sahulian ecologies and the Aboriginal philosophy of Everywhen by Kaiya Aboagye & L. Wilo Muwadda Part III: Digital futures 25. The future of Australian Indigenous records and archives is social by Rose Barrowcliffe 26. Beyond zeroes and ones: Walking the daisy talk with D’harawal Elders to understand their (dis)connection with internet services by Ros Sawtell & Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews 27. Digital futures: Health-seeking on social media by Bronwyn Carlson 28. Indigenous studies and the future of knowledge formation in higher education by Tristan Kennedy 29. Digital Indigenous oral knowledge by Ash Markstone, Meryn Murray & Emma Johnstone 30. Reflections on Indigenous LGBTIQ+ communities online by Andrew Farrell
Biography
Bronwyn Carlson is Head of the Indigenous Studies Department, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Australia.
Madi Day is a Lecturer in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University, Australia.
Sandy O’Sullivan is a Professor of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University, Australia.
Tristan Kennedy is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) at Monash University, Australia.
