Can we recommend replacement books for Thomas King on Indigenous reading lists? No, but we can recommend some of the many Indigenous authors whose brilliant work unsettles and expands literary study.
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Thought-provoking reads for the critical thinker on your gift list. Each book connects with a past Don’t Call Me Resilient episode. Listen alongside reading to bring the scholar & their ideas to life.
In myths and songs, Hairypeople were understood as human-like but uncivilised. Different responses to them in two Warlpiri communities show how colonisation has changed these monsters too.
A monstrous worm that features in English mythology shares remarkable similarities with the watery serpents of Indigenous stories.
A new study suggests skilled storytellers may have greater reproductive success than others.
Indigenous people recorded stories that provide much detail about eruptions in Australia. They can help us date natural events in the past and are legitimate sources of scientific information.
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Professor in Screen Media and Creative Arts, Macquarie University
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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PhD candidate in Anthropology, UCL
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Senior Lecturer and Head of Anthropology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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PhD Student, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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PhD Student, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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PhD student, PhD student in the department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto