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P19


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Indigenous studies in the university: achieving decolonisation of the disciplines? 
Convenors:
Francesca Merlan (Australian National University)
David Trigger (University of Queensland)
Ian Anderson
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Format:
Panel
Sessions:
Wednesday 1 December, -
Time zone: Australia/Sydney

Short Abstract:

How do Indigenous Studies university programs, structures, and contents relate to and differ from anthropology and other social sciences? How do forms of knowledge and methodologies compare and contrast, in tension and in collaborative mode in Australia (and in other settler colonies)?

Long Abstract:

This panel aims to address the relationship between Indigenous Studies units in universities and the discipline of anthropology. We encourage discussion of both overlaps and differences in their methodologies and theoretical approaches.

The panel also aims to address and compare internationally the imperatives, pressures and incentives shaping relations of Indigenous Studies and other areas within universities. We seek to examine diverse understandings and forms of Indigenous knowledge and methods, and how these relate to established social science concepts and practices: how do they differ? In what ways are they similar? How relevant are the concepts of 'positionality' and 'decolonising the disciplines' to these developments? Is there a distinctive Indigenous research methodology and epistemology that straddles great diversity Australia-wide and beyond? What have been the implications for university-community engagements? What value is there in comparing similar initiatives in other countries with settler colonial histories?

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Wednesday 1 December, 2021, -
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