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Black is not green
Citation
Rolls, M, Black is not green, Australian Studies, 18, (1) pp. 41-65. ISSN 0954-0954 (2005) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
This paper critiques the notion that Aborigines purposefully are the consummate environmentalists that many, both Aborigines and others, claim them to be. It argues that such an understanding is a misrepresentation of Aboriginal cosmologies and ways of relating to country. It explains how the more traditional ways of relating to country still in evidence correspond with more recent theoretical developments in ecological science. Those that pose Aborigines as Ecological Beings manipulate superseded understandings of ecosystems. Noting the extent of environmental change to Australia post-1788, the article concludes that posing Aborigines as environmentalists ignores the structural causes of environmental change, as well as ignoring the interrelationships between epistemologies and the practices they sanction.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Indigenous Studies |
Research Group: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community |
Research Field: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sociology |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
UTAS Author: | Rolls, M (Dr Mitchell Rolls) |
ID Code: | 38535 |
Year Published: | 2005 |
Deposited By: | Riawunna |
Deposited On: | 2005-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2010-05-28 |
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