The Routledge Handbook of Australian Indigenous Peoples and Futures

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Warning
Terminology
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Indigenist Futurisms
Introduction
	References
Part I Future Worlds
	1 The Future is Indigenous
		Introduction
		Our Imminent Disappearance
		State-sanctioned Killings
		Settler Narratives: Captain Cook
		The Foreclosure of Indigenous Futures
		Indigenous Futurisms: a People of the Future
		The Department of Indigenous Studies: Indigenous Futurisms Symposium
		Sci-fi and Indigenous Futures
		The Futures in Indigenous Activism
		Notes
		References
	2 Foreign Policy Futures
		Indigenous Foreign Policy Futures: Where to From Here?
		Indigenous Peoples’ Exclusion From Foreign Policy: the Journey Into the Twenty-First Century
		What Is an Indigenous Foreign Policy Approach?
		What Is the Current State of First Nation Foreign Policy?
		How Could States Achieve an Indigenous Foreign Policy?
		Notes
		References
	3 A Certain Wisdom: ‘Living Law’ Before ‘More, More, More’
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction: Country Crying Out for Change
		Some Context
		Some Statistics
		What Is Living Law?
			Some Definitions
			Living Law: a Web of Relationality
			Living Law: a Web of Custodial Practice (Even When Country Is a City)
		The Current Law of More, More and More: ‘Deep Colonisation’
		Making the Turn Towards Sustainable Futures
			Living Law Turning Away From Human-Centric to Relational Consciousness
		Altogether: Remembering a Certain Wisdom
		References
	4 Staying With the Fire: Sustainable Futures Using Indigenous Knowledges
		Prologue
		Introduction
		Crisis Or Critical: the World Today
		Weevils in the Oats: Decolonising the Curriculum
		A Return to Community
		Working With the Land: Fire Mitigation
		Weathering the Storm
		Bright Sparks, Many Fires
		Conclusion: After the Storm There Is a Rainbow
		Notes
		References
	5 Settler Colonialism, Jews, and Indigenous Peoples: Theorising Homelands as a Point of Connection in Indigenous-Jewish Relations in So-Called Australia
		Introduction
		Conceptualising Homelands
		Homelands as Connection
		Jews, Belonging, and Settler Colonialism in So-Called Australia
		Jewish Situatedness and Contested Conceptions
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inclusion in the Workplace: Challenging Racist Policy and Practice
		Protocols in Action
		Introduction
		Setting the Scene in the Academy
		Intersectionality: Race and Gender
		Hands Up If You Are Racist
		Structures That Shape Racism
		Why We Are All a Little (Lot) Racist
		Ultimate Othering
		Truth-telling: and What Keeps Happening
		Future Employment Equity
		Conclusion
		Definition of Terms
		References
	7 There is No Such Thing as A Blank Slate: Accountability in Decolonising Universities
		Positioning
		Why I Can’t Hold Space for You Anymore
		Introduction
		The Current System
			Anti-colonial Discursive Framework
		Critical Anti-Racism Theory
		Intersectionality
		Complex Systems Theory
		De-Westernising Ourselves as Learners
		Creating New and Sustainable Systems
		Conclusion
		Glossary of Terms
		References
	8 Indigenous Voice as Self-Determination: Co-Designing a Shared Future for All Australians
		Introduction
		What Is the Uluru Statement From the Heart?
		Can the Statement Coexist With the Sovereignty of the Crown?
		An Appetite for Change
		An Intergenerational Fight for Change
		The Voice as a Pathway to Treaty and National Reform
		The Voice Is a Means, Not an End
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	9 Fuel, Flame and Smoke: On Indigenous Fantasy
		Introduction
		Fuel
		Smoke
		References
	10 The Voice of Country: Our Obligation and Responsibility to Listen
		Introduction
		Notes
		References
	11 Indigenous Futures For the Subject of English: A Profile of Practice
		Introduction
		Curricula and Policy Contexts
		United Nations Declaration On the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
		Australian Curriculum
		Alice Springs Mparntwe Declaration
		New South Wales Education Standards Authority
		Profiles of Practice
		Yarning With Yannha
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
Part II Intimacies
	12 Unsettling the Settler State and Being on the Front Line of Indigenous Resistance
		Preface
		Introduction
		Being On the Frontlines
		Indigenous Resistance
		Day of Mourning
		Aboriginal Tent Embassy
		Always Was Always Will Be
		Notes
		References
	13 Visual Liberations and Embodiments of Ancestral Memory: Exploring the Relational Engagements of Indigenous Queer Artists
		Terminology
		Introduction
		Positionality
		Relationality
			Understanding ‘The Dreaming’
		Art as Identity, Knowledge, and Connection
		Artistic Expression as Relational Engagement
			Charlotte Allingham
			Dylan Mooney
			Dylan Barnes
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	14 Utopianism, Eco-Criticism and Colonial Fantasy: Germaine Greer’s White Beech as a Case Study in Settler Futurity
		Introduction
		On Utopianism
		Germaine Greer
		White Beech: The Rainforest Years
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	15 Yarning With the Archives
		Introduction
		Let’s Yarn
		Yarning With the Archives and Access: Jacinta’s Story
		Listening to Our Elders: Oral (Living) History
		Searching for Our Stories: Knowledge Repatriation
			Lynette
		Finding Our Place: Affect
			Lynette
		Our Futures: Transgenerational Storytelling
			Lynette
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	16 Digital Indigiqueers: Locating Queer Mob in the Literature
		Introduction
		Indigiqueer Resistance
		Context: Settler-Colonialism, Cis-Heteropatriarchy, Identity and Authenticity
		Digital Life
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	17 The Edge of the Tide: Exploring the Complexities and Futures of Aboriginality From the Critical Perspectives of Indigenous Researchers
		Introduction
		Stephanie: the Shoal Ecotone and Constructing My Introduction
			My Names?
			Gifts
		Tracey
		Bronwyn
		r e a
		Conclusion
		References
	18 Our Young People are Our Future: Cultural Continuity and the Illawarra Flame Trees
		Introduction: Kiama
		Establishing the Illawarra Flame Trees
		Cultural Education
		The Nuwi (Bark Canoe)
		The Business of Performance
		The Illawarra Flame Trees: the Young Matriarchs
		Performing Pride
		Dance Rites and Songlines
		Contemporary Historical Pathways
		Where Are The Illawarra Flame Trees?
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	19 Be(Com)Ing In the City: Indigenous Queer Relationalities and Community Building
		A Note to the Reader…
			Reflection
		Introduction
		A Kind of Indigenous Community Building
		Indigenous Queer Mob and ‘Community’
		Sydney: the Playground of Dreams
		Conclusion
		References
	20 Indigenous Futures and Deep Time Connections To Place
		Introduction
		Lawless Foundations
		La Longue Durée
		Indigenous Time
		South Coast Sea Country
		Weaponised Time
		Notes
		References
	21 The Question, or Who Asks For Evidence of Queerness In Aboriginal Culture?
		Notes
		References
	22 Future Tweed: Envisioning the Possibilities of Bundjalung Country, Community and Culture Through Speculative Fiction
		Introduction to Goori Futurism
		The Goori Futurism Research Framework
		Setting Frame: Future Tweed
		Future Country and Climates of Tweed
		Future Community and Demographics of Tweed
		Future Culture and Lifestyles of Tweed
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	23 The Museum of The Imagination: Curating Against the Colonial Insistence On Diminishing Indigeneity
		Changing Museums
		Our Voices
		The United Kingdom and the Problem of ‘Voice’
		If You Call It Something Else, Is It Actually Something Else?
		Whose Voice?
		Our Voices and Our Choice to Engage—museums Or Elsewhere?
		References
	24 Lessons On Decoloniality From Blak and Black Sahulian Ecologies and the Aboriginal Philosophy of Everywhen
		Please Note
		Introduction
		How to Read this Chapter
		Preparing for Dadirri + Constellational Reading
		The Ritual Positioning
		Critical Questions and Thought Provocations
		On Blak + Black Interior Intimacies of the Future
		A Blak Sahulian Amelioration Concept
		Blak Indigenous Cartography as Trans-Indigenous Practice
		A Fanonian Anthropocene: a New Frontier for Blak Liberation Wars
		Blak Time as a Trans-Indigenous Project: Sankofa and Everywhen
		Dadirri as Trans-Indigenous Practice
		The Etymology of Smolpla Tok
		Moving Closer to Bikpla Tok
		Sankofa Philosophy and the Spiral of Indigenous Temporalities
		Conclusion
		Emergent Strategy 1: Theories of Blackness, a Constant Lens for Humanity
		Emergent Strategy 2: the Advancement of a Black Sahulian Paradigm as Belonging
		Emergent Strategy 3: Sankofric Temporalities and Dreaming Everywhen
		References
Part III Digital Futures
	25 The Future of Australian Indigenous Records and Archives is Social
		Introduction
		Recognising Indigenous Rights in Archives
		Daunting Places With Hellishly Complex Systems
		The Narrative Gap
		Indigenous Social Media Use
		Indigenous Social Media Records Filling the Archival Gaps
		Are Institutional Archives a Part of Indigenous Futures?
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	26 Beyond Zeros and Ones: Walking the Daisy Talk With D’harawal Elders to Understand Their (Dis)connection With Internet Services
		Introduction
		Positioning Myself
		Background
		Aboriginal Yarning
		Elders’ Voices
		Barriers
			Physical
			Choices
		Costs and Risks
			Password Design
			Truth of Online Materials
			Barriers Conclusion
		Anxiety and Trauma
			Shame
			Trusting Government and Organisations
			Disconnection
			Privacy of One’s Data
			Anxiety and Trauma Conclusion
		Incentive and Training
			Changes to Technology
			Workplace Training
			Incentive
			Alien Language
			Incentive and Training Conclusion
		Ways of Doing
			Pathways to Knowledge
			Associations
			Support
			Face-to-face
			Ways of Doing Conclusion
		Conclusion
		Members of the Knowledge Holders Circle
			Frances Bodkin
			Gavin Andrews
			John Foster
			Karen Adams
			Ross Evans
		References
	27 Digital Futures: Health-Seeking On Social Media
		Introduction
			Indigenous People and Health-Seeking
			Possibilities of Social Media Health-Seeking
			Indigenous Online Health-Seeking
			Barriers to Online Health-Seeking
		Materials and Methods
		Results
			Social Media Etiquette
			Help-seeking Versus Attention-Seeking
			Trust in Social Media
			Superficiality of Social Media
		Discussion
		Acknowledgements
		Ethics Approval
		Note
		References
	28 Indigenous Studies and the Future of Knowledge Formation In Higher Education
		Introduction
		Indigenous Support Units
		Ticking the Box
		Colonising Knowledge
		The Future of Indigenous Knowledge Formation
		Conclusion
		References
	29 Digital Indigenous Oral Knowledge
		Introduction
		Laying the Groundwork: Our Process
		Oral Histories and Indigenous Knowledge
		Indigenous Oral Pedagogies in Schools
		Indigenous Knowledges, Neurodiversity and Access to Academia
		Challenging Current Ways and Building a Vision for the Future
		Note
		References
	30 Reflections On Indigenous LGBTIQ+ Communities Online
		Introduction
		Jerrinja
		Research
		Settler-Colonial Cis-Heteropatriarchy
		Digital Midden
		Digital Relationships and Assemblage
		Zaro
		Love
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Index