Māori, for instance, do not place the present at the centre; as some researchers put it, ‘there is no centre’.
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From healing wounds to rituals to atone adultery: how Indigenous plants and their names in Alor, Indonesia, unlock a treasure trove of medical and cultural secrets.
This study is the first archaeological research undertaken on New Guinea’s Great Papuan Plateau. Among the finds are a number of sea snail shells modified for use.
A groundbreaking decision in Europe may signal a shift in the way we engage with Indigenous land rights beyond property rhetoric.
In Aboriginal knowledges, the health of people, family, Mob, culture and Country involve spiritual, emotional and physical dimensions.
Frybread — a simple, versatile “comfort food” for many Indigenous communities — embodies the contradictions that have dictated Indigenous food and health in North America since colonization.
Australia’s 460 First Nations’ languages see the world in unexpected ways, revealing perspectives on the natural and spiritual worlds.
Matching new archological findings with ethnographic records, we can show ritual fireplaces have been in continuous use for at least 12,000 years.
Life on the rez isn’t easy but there’s joy in this heartwarming film about female familial bonds and the importance of Indigenous culture.
The National Aboriginal Hockey Championship honours the resiliency of Indigenous Peoples while presenting youth with the opportunity to grow personally and professionally.
Researchers worked with Wakka Wakka Elders and local community members to co-design curriculum resources for local schools.
Many ‘myths’ are authentic memories of human pasts, told by people who passed down precise accounts of their history.
The overarching goal of Indigenous cultural practices is to prevent the overconsumption of resources that underpins society’s throwaway culture.
One super fund’s efforts to properly serve remote Indigenous customers sparked a national change – which has helped women fleeing domestic violence and those who’ve lost everything in a flood or fire.
European colonists chronicled their version of how Indigenous peoples lived with horses. New collaborative research adds scientific detail to Indigenous narratives that tell a different story.
For many millennia, Indigenous Australians have engineered our landscape. From an ochre mine to fish traps, here are five remarkable examples of First Nations technical know-how.
Wiradjuri woman Denni Francisco will be the first Indigenous designer to have a solo show at Australian Fashion Week.
Western museums are beginning to re-evaluate how they portray cultures and history and return stolen artifacts. But for change to be meaningful, it needs to be truly inclusive.
Stone tools, clubs, boomerangs, decorative shellwork: a survey of 45 museums in the UK has found a vast number of Indigenous Australian objects. Not all were stolen; some were gifted or traded.
The Rainbow Serpent features in murals across the nation and as an Indigenous fairytale in books. But such images are often far removed from this Ancestral Being’s traditional ambivalent meanings.
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Professor of Education, Charles Darwin University
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Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
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Associate Dean Indigenous and Professor of Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Inaugural Director, Indigenous Knowledge Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Linguistics, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Lecturer, Archaeology, Flinders University
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Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Research Associate in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Screen and Design, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer Indigenous Knowledges, Deakin University
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Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne