Kerry Arabena – The Conversation

Emotional abuse is most likely to coincide with other forms for abuse, including neglect and physical abuse. from www.shutterstock.com

June 1, 2016

Emotional abuse of children is a growing problem in Australia

Aron Shlonsky, The University of Melbourne; Kerry Arabena, The University of Melbourne, and Robyn Mildon

We have an ever-increasing number of children and families facing complex challenges and we know next to nothing about who they are and how they are doing.

Success will come from changing the way Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s issues are talked about and addressed – from one of deficit in which people are described as problematic to one of empowerment and strength. Global Panorama/Flickr

May 18, 2016

Indigenous reconciliation in Australia: still a bridge too far?

Melissa Castan, Monash University and Kerry Arabena, The University of Melbourne

In many ways, the “great Australian silence” about Indigenous history, pointed out by eminent anthropologist W.E.H. Stanner back in 1968, still endures in this country some 50 years later.

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