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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Aboriginal culture"”.
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Competing "Host" Discourses: Appropriation of Australian Aboriginal Culture in the Tourism Borderzones
… outsiders’ perceptions of the people and cultures of a tourism destination. These are particularly powerful narratives when the government uses indigenous peoples as a means to differentiate the nation from other tourism locations. These representations can perpetuate stereotypes of …
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Trickster and Weetigo : Tomson Highway's Fur Queen
… of the interaction and confrontation between the aboriginal culture and colonizing culture. Through careful attention to imagistic references to the Cree Weetigo tradition, I contend that the Fur Queen is a complex metaphorical representation of the complicated reality faced by Highway’s …
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White teachers, critical race theory and aboriginal education
… examines the popular belief that integration of Aboriginal content will ensure Aboriginal student success in schools in Saskatchewan. Given that a high percentage of the teaching population is white identified, it is important that the author, along with these teachers, understand the continuing …
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The process and importance of writing Aboriginal fiction for young adult readers: exegesis accompanying the novel "Calypso Summers"
… explores issues associated with being an Aboriginal youth including complexities surrounding identity formation and the role and impact of engagement with Aboriginal culture on the well-being of contemporary Aboriginal youth. The story follows twenty-year-old “Calypso Summers” who adopts …
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Fourth world consumer culture: Emerging consumer cultures in remote Aboriginal communities of North-Western Australia
… of European settlers in Australia, the material culture and lifestyle of the indigenous Aboriginal people of Australia has undergone dramatic change. Based on qualitative fieldwork in three remote Aboriginal communities in north-western Australia, this study examines the emergence of unique …
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Receiving by giving: The impacts of immersive service-learning for primary school-age students
… nature of service; and understanding Australian culture. Results from the survey data were then used to formulate semi-structured interview questions asked for focus groups with both groups, on only one occasion, after the tour was completed. Through this methodology, a deeper understanding of …
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Linking the Past with the Present: Exploring Ethnoarchaeology and Sharing Stories in Weipa, Cape York, Queensland
… develop strategies to protect and pass on their culture, strengthen cultural heritage management outcomes and promote their heritage to a wider audience. Ideally those involved in this type of research would spend weeks or months living with or near the traditional owners, so they could all come …
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Linking the Past with the Present: Exploring Ethnoarchaeology and Sharing Stories in Weipa, Cape York, Queensland
… develop strategies to protect and pass on their culture, strengthen cultural heritage management outcomes and promote their heritage to a wider audience. Ideally those involved in this type of research would spend weeks or months living with or near the traditional owners, so they could all come …
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"Variations of the rainbow" : mysticism, history and aboriginal Australia in Patrick White
… Voss is the first of the novels to examine Aboriginal culture. This culture is made available through the visionary artist, a European figure who, as seer, has access to the Aboriginal deities. European and Aboriginal philosophies are blended at the level of symbol, making possible the …
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A Home at School: Building Stronger Indigenous People through Cultural Resurgence in an Urban Ontario Public School Context.
… work through the educational narratives of young Aboriginal women and men as I explore the relationship between cultural programming and student engagement. My analysis is structured through a collaborative Indigenous research project. My overarching task is to explore how a cultural support …
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Between surfaces: a psychodynamic approach to cultural identity, cultural difference and reconciliation in Australia
… this enquiry came from two experiences with an Aboriginal Other, which prompted the initial research questions: “Why does the existence of an Aboriginal Other threaten a white sense of belonging?” and; “What are the mechanisms and purposes of aggression towards, or exclusion of, that which …