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The vexed link between social capital and social mobility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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Walter, M, The vexed link between social capital and social mobility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 50, (1) pp. 69-88. ISSN 0157-6321 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 Australian Journal of Social Issues
Official URL: http://www.aspa.org.au/ajsi/
DOI: doi:10.1002/j.1839-4655.2015.tb00335.x
Abstract
In First World colonised nations such as Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, population statistics form the evidentiary
base for how Indigenous peoples are known and ‘managed’ through state policy approaches. Yet, population statistics are not a
neutral counting. Decisions of what and how to count reflect particular assumptions about Indigenous identity, ways of life and
wellbeing. More often than not, the requirements and priorities of government take precedence over the informational needs and
priorities of Indigenous communities. Whereas National Statistics Offices (NSOs) once rendered Indigenous peoples invisible in
official statistics through non-recognition, the more pressing problem in the 21st century is that of misrecognition. In seeking to
move beyond statistical misrecognition, we propose a set of guiding principles for bringing government reporting frameworks
and Indigenous concepts of identity and wellbeing into closer proximity. We argue that a principled approach to collecting,
disseminating and analysing Indigenous data not only avoids misrecognising Indigenous peoples but enhances the functionality
of official statistics for Indigenous peoples and NSOs alike
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Walter, M (Professor Maggie Walter) |
ID Code: | 106577 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2016-02-15 |
Last Modified: | 2016-05-20 |
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