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Accepted Paper:
'Love-bombing' for change: how Indigenous rights are gained in Tasmania
Emma Lee
(Swinburne University of Technology)
Paper short abstract:
Sweeping Indigenous rights have occurred in Tasmania since 2016, together with a deep societal shift, that looks to Aboriginal Tasmanians as leaders in developing regional development. We 'love-bombed' the government for rights.
Paper long abstract:
Sweeping Indigenous rights have occurred in Tasmania since 2016, together with a deep societal shift, that looks to Aboriginal Tasmanians as leaders in developing regional development. This panel will discuss the Aboriginal Tasmanian methods to seek change in land and sea management, together with gaining constitutional reform. The term 'love-bombing' is important here, as the approaches to change rest on cultural strengths and assets of kinship and reciprocity that reflect the love of country and families.
The Tasmanian efforts have built a respectful relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the Tasmanian government that is based upon dignity and mutual recognition rather than a prescriptive list of rights to be achieved. In this manner, the condition-setting to negotiate rights has been more important as the means to demonstrate Aboriginal Tasmanian leadership, thus leading to programs of change that suit the regions instead of abstract rights.