Recent rituals of Indigenous recognition in Australia: Welcome to country

F Merlan - American Anthropologist, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, I examine the recent emergence in Australia of two small, and now regularly
enacted, rituals:“Acknowledgments” and “Welcomes to Country.” These are expressions of …

Tokenism or belated recognition? Welcome to Country and the emergence of Indigenous protocol in Australia, 1991–2014

M McKenna - Journal of Australian Studies, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This article addresses the largely neglected history of the widespread acceptance of
Indigenous protocol across Australia since 1991. Welcome to Country and …

Aboriginal sovereignty claims: contemporary voices in Australia

A Pelizzon - Settler Colonial Studies, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
On 26 January 2012, at the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra, a
number of Aboriginal activists from across Australia re-asserted the uninterrupted continuity …

Indigenous names for Indigenous Support Centres as part of the Welcome to (University) Country

DB Starrs - Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2014 - search.informit.org
The significance of naming Indigenous Support Centres (ISCs) with Indigenous language
terminology-given that such reconciliatory acts may serve as symbolic means to improve the …

Acknowledging Traditional Owners: A Theological Inquiry

A Elvey - … Contexts and Postcolonial Theologies: Storyweaving in …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract O n February 8, 2011, the local member of the Legislative Assembly for Frankston,
Geoff Shaw, gave his maiden speech in the Victorian Parliament among a number of others …

Sovereignty, song and'the Sapphires'(Wayne Blair 2012)

B Starrs - Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 2014 - search.informit.org
With its foregrounding of the political issue of the denial of Aboriginal Australian sovereignty
by British invaders in its big budget, mainstream narrative, The Sapphires (Wayne Blair …