Skins : Contemporary Indigenous Writing

imagination, through the means of photography, painting, performance and writing. Bindi Cole and Tracy Moffatt are two contemporary Australian mixed media artists, who also boast Aboriginal ancestry. Cole has gained recognition in the art scene due to her intimate portrait series, while Moffatt is nationally renown for her short films which tackle political themes such as racism and land dispossession. Both contemporary artists have created a series of works that serve to contest current

Working Effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Why are Indigenous people in Australia still disadvantaged with regard to health care and services? For the last 200 years Indigenous people have been victims of discrimination, prejudice and disadvantage. Poor education, poor living conditions and general poverty are still overwhelming issues for a large percentage of our people and we remain ‘as a group, the most poverty stricken sector of the working class’ in

Casas is known for but mainly highlights the rarely exposed ambivalent political and economic imperialistic motives behind his “humanitarianism” and his will to convert the Indigenous people. Castro focuses on the apostle and destructor dichotomy of Las Casas. Castro states that while Las Casas was fighting to defend indigenous rights, he was also actively and willingly participated in aiding Spanish’s destruction of the natives; “Las Casas’s work with and for the Indians is more paternalistic than

This essay compares two of Marilyn Dumont’s collection of poems, green girl dreams Mountains, particularly the section “City View”, and her earlier work, A Really Good Brown Girl. There are two key focuses in my essay; the first is that of Dumont’s representation of the self and identity within A Really Good Brown Girl and how it becomes transformative in green girl dreams Mountains, as Dumont is less concentrated on the self and rather on her observations in “City View”. I will also be focusing

Roles in Religion Contemporary women are faced with oppressive traditions that restrict their roles in world religions, but notable women are taking steps to promote a more egalitarian future. Nick Maki Historically, women have held prominent and influential roles in several religions, but women have been deprived of these roles as the majority of religions have become increasingly institutionalized. In this analysis, I will review women’s roles in Indigenous Religions, Hinduism, Buddhism

The European fever of colonial aspiration, as Andrea White in “Conrad and Imperialism” suggests, is a very common motivation in the mid of the nineteenth century to carve up the non-European landscapes (White, 1996: 180). It was a period of ‘high colonialism’, frantic incentives for expansion, and sharing colonial territories. (GoGwilt, 2010: 138). It was the age where the Europeans were imperialising the weak peoples to construct their Empires. It is worth mentioning that, these Empires were often

attempts to observe and document these cultural aspects. In addition, and more importantly, the anthropologist must then, as accurately as possible, make inferences which parallel those of the natives. The grandiose task of wearing another's cultural skin understandably comes with a host of opinions on how such a job can be accomplished. Anthropologists have long argued about the accuracy of ethnographies (Levinson & Ember, 1996, pp. 419-21). Much of the discussion stems from the assumption that some

‘If each era posits its own view of reality, what is ours?’ – Stephanie Rosenthal Sydney’s 20th Biennale is entitled The future is already here- it’s just not evenly distributed, where it explores the ideas about technology, virtual reality, science fiction and the ways in which individuals and communities are living in an increasingly digital and technological world. This theme was inspired by an American-Canadian science fiction writer. The artistic director, Stephanie Rosenthal investigates

the contemporary life of Indigenous Australians, a historical and cultural background is essential. This chapter sets the context for further discussions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and issues related to their social and emotional wellbeing and mental health. The history of colonisation is addressed, the subsequent devastation of Indigenous Australians, and their resilience and struggle to claim equality and cultural recognition, and to shape the present. Indigenous Australia

Identifying in the Wrong Place Nataly Prado Writing 10-34 Doreen Danielson UC Merced “What is the identity of gender group (females/lesbians) “torn between traditional values (church ideas) and contemporary changes (today semi- accepted) that could be represented? And for whom (society) and for what reason does such representation, generally in the mainstream culture (society fears change, fears of the unknown), occur?” Identity, it’s the way we identify into a specific group. What