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Kwaymullina, Ezekiel. "Indigenous stories, Indigenous realities: reconciliation and resistance in Indigenous Australian narratives." Thesis, Curtin University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48841.
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This thesis examines children’s literature narratives written by Australian Indigenous authors through the lens of an Indigenous epistemology that is grounded in Indigenous worldviews. It is contended that the chosen texts reveal layers of meaning with respect to three sets of relationships. First, relationships between Indigenous peoples and the earth; second, relationships in frontier Australia; and third, the relationships in the process of being formed between Indigenous and non- Indigenous peoples in a changing Australia.
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Thomas, Helen, and thomash27@hotmail com. "Resilience in Australian Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Adolescents." RMIT University. Health Sciences, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080528.161807.
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Resilience (positive adaptation despite exposure to risk or adversity) is a widely researched construct, yet it has not been examined systematically with Australian Indigenous adolescents despite their high level of risk. Indigenous adolescents experience disproportionate disadvantage and associated poorer health and well-being compared with their non-Indigenous peers. Thus the protective factors or predictors of resilience that ameliorate the negative effects of risk in this subgroup are important to explore. Adolescence is a critical period for examining resilience given the increased vulnerability to mental health problems during this time. Of interest to this thesis are the psychosocial predictors of resilience (protective factors), which act to ameliorate the negative effects of stress. Three widely established protective factors were examined: Coping skills, social support, and multidimensional self-concept. These protective factors were compared in a sample of 304 Australian non-Indigenous (n = 245) and Indigenous (n = 59) adolescents, aged 12-18 years. Using a methodological framework developed for this study resilience was assessed by examining stress (negative stressful life events and daily hassles) and adaptation (internalising, externalising and other mental health symptoms). Participants were classified into four resilience groups based on their stress (high or low) and adaptation (positive or negative): resilient (high stress, positive adaptation), negative expected (high stress, negative adaptation), positive expected (low stress, positive adaptation), or poor copers (low stress, negative adaptation). Results were examined separately for non-Indigenous and Indigenous participants. The two cultural groups were then compared. Results revealed that higher stress was strongly associated with more internalising, externalising and other mental health problems. The impact of daily hassles was a strong predictor of adaptation, particularly for Indigenous participants. Indigenous participants reported higher levels of stress and more negative adaptation than non-Indigenous participants. Three coping methods were examined: Solving the Problem, Reference to Others and Non-Productive coping. Solving the Problem coping was a strong predictor of positive adaptation and resilience for non-Indigenous adolescents but not for Indigenous adolescents. No cultural differences in Solving the Problem coping were revealed. Reference to Others was found to be a maladaptive coping method in relation to resilience. Non-Productive coping (e.g., avoidance and substance use) was also found to be maladaptive, and used more by Indigenous than non-Indigenous participants. Social support only predicted resilience for non-Indigenous participants in conditions of very high stress. Contrary to expectations, social support did not discriminate among the Indigenous resilience groups and no significant cultural differences were revealed. Self-concept was strongly related to resilience and positive adaptation for non-Indigenous participants, although not for Indigenous participants. Cultural comparisons, however, revealed that positive self-concept was associated with positive adaptation for both groups. While differences between non-Indigenous and Indigenous participants on several self-concept domains were revealed, the total self-concept of non-Indigenous and Indigenous participants did not differ. The results of this study revealed both similarities and differences in the relationships between the three predictors investigated and the resilience of non-Indigenous and Indigenous adolescents. The findings make some progress toward informing culturally appropriate interventions to promote and strengthen the resilience of Indigenous young people.
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Sherpa, Pasang Yangjee. "Indigenous movements identification of indigenous concerns in Nepal /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2009/p_sherpa_042409.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in anthropology)--Washington State University, May 2009.Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 22, 2009). "Department of Anthropology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-55).
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Wellman, Stephanie. "Re(claiming) Indigenous Identity Within Canada's Prison System: Indigenous Identity and Indigenous-Specific Prison Programming." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35760.
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The purpose of this thesis is to explore how Indigenous men understand Indigenous identity, how they experience Indigenous-specific programming while in prison, and how these experiences intersect. Through a number of qualitative semi-structured interviews, Indigenous men described their experiences of participating in Indigenous-specific programming while incarcerated; the data is then understood within an historical context of colonialism and assimilation policy. The key findings of these interviews highlight the importance and necessity of Indigenous-specific prison programming to incarcerated Indigenous men, as well as the healing potential of Indigenous culture and spirituality. However, systemic barriers in provincial prison systems prevent Indigenous men from being able to access such programming. This thesis also finds that Canada’s history of colonialism has affected the Indigenous identities of many of the research participants. Some spoke about culture and language loss as a direct result of colonization (the residential school system, the sixties-scoop, and the child welfare system) while others spoke about the indirect outcomes of colonization, such as marginalization and fragmented identities. Based on these findings the main conclusion is that while Canada is attempting to appear post-colonial in light of talks of renewed relationships and reconciliation, colonization of Indigenous men continues within the Canadian prison system. As incarcerated Indigenous men are denied access to culture and spirituality the prison itself is serving to further disconnect Indigenous people from being Indigenous and fostering the erasure of Indigenous identity from the Canadian settler state as a means of continuing what can be termed as the ‘civilizing’ project.
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Kayseas, Bobby Lyle. "Understanding how indigenous community factors affect indigenous entrepreneurial process." Swinburne Research Bank, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/69936.
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Thesis (PhD) -- Swinburne University of Technology, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 2009.Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, 2009. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-365)
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Backlund, Sandra. "Ecuadorian indigenous youth and identities : cultural homogenization or indigenous vindication?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-29122.
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There exists a scholarly debate on the cultural impact of globalization and how and to what extent it is affecting indigenous people in particular. Three theoretical standpoints can be discerned from the debate; the homogenization-perspective which holds that globalization is making world cultures more similar, the hybridization-perspective which emphasizes that it is fragmenting cultural boundaries and the differentiation-perspective which implies that globalization is augmenting differences and making humanity as a whole more diverse. As regards the cultural impact of globalization on indigenous peoples, many question marks can be raised. The objective of this research is to contribute to the debate by bringing to light the perspective of the indigenous movement in Ecuador, CONAIE. An analysis is made on how they perceive globalization affecting the maintenance of indigenous identities and culture among today’s youth. That information is then used as a foundation to analyze CONAIE’s level of success regarding their main objective; to preserve Ecuador’s indigenous nationalities and peoples. The study, which has a qualitative ethnographic approach and is based on semi-structured interviews, was carried out during an eight weeks long field study in Quito and in San Pedro de Escaleras, Cuenca, Ecuador. The research has an abductive approach and the theoretical debate on globalization’s cultural impact on indigenous peoples sets the analytical frame of the study. The three theoretical standpoints; globalization as homogenization, globalization as differentiation and globalization as hybridization play central roles in the analysis of the empirical material. The findings show that there are many elements that obstruct the maintenance of indigenous culture and identity among youth in contemporary Ecuador. There is a connection between youth being exposed to cultural globalization and that they lose cultural characteristics for the indigenous identity. Hybridization of identities due to globalization is presented as a possible factor to play a role in this. Indigenous youth tend to drop characteristics for the indigenous identity as they adopt features from the mestizo culture, in case they see no benefit in maintaining the former. This indicates that what ultimately might be at stake is cultural homogenization. Light is also shed on that CONAIE lacks strategies and possibilities to reinforce the indigenous identity among the youth that is in a process of identity change. The findings thus point at that despite efforts for cultural revival by the indigenous movement in Ecuador, the maintenance of rigid frontiers between the ethnically diverse nationalities in the country is threatened. Seen to a larger picture, this implies that globalization’s impact on indigenous culture among youth is very difficult to counteract. It appears as if the move towards more cultural similarity in Ecuador cannot be hindered.
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Sheath, Danny. "Ecological consequences of indigenous and non-indigenous freshwater fish parasites." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2016. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/25014/.
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Parasites can have considerable consequences for their freshwater fish hosts, irrespective of whether they are intermediate or final hosts. The ecological consequences of infection arise from processes including parasite manipulation, where the parasite manipulates the host to increase their chance of transmission to the next host in the lifecycle, and parasite-mediated competition, where a consequence of infection is an alteration in the symmetry of competition between hosts and their uninfected conspecifics, or with other species. Whilst there is a great deal of existing knowledge on some of these consequences, there also remain some considerable knowledge gaps. This research covered the role of parasite exposure and water temperature on infection consequences, the foraging responses of fishes to intermediate hosts of the fish parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis that has an indigenous and non-indigenous range in Great Britain, the ecological consequences of this parasite for some freshwater fishes across these ranges, the issue of ‘enemy release’ and ‘parasite acquisition’ in introduced freshwater fishes, and the ecological consequences of infection by some native parasites for native freshwater fish. When the freshwater fish chub (Squalius cephalus) was exposed to different levels of intermediate hosts (Gammarus pulex) of P. laevis under two water temperature treatments, ambient and warmed, it revealed this interaction had considerable consequences for both parasite prevalence and the infection parameters. Whilst parasite prevalence was substantially higher at the elevated temperature, where infections did develop at lower temperatures, they were associated with fewer but larger parasites resulting in significantly higher parasite burdens, indicating complex consequences for host-parasite relationships under conditions of warming. Studies into parasite manipulation have frequently used the P. laevis: G. pulex parasite-intermediate host system for investigating how infections can result in behavioural modifications to the host that then results in their elevated risk of being predated by a fish. Here, comparative behavioural functional response experiments were used to test differences in the consumption rates of three fishes exposed to either uninfected or infected G. pulex, testing the hypothesis that the consumption rate of infected G. pulex would be significantly higher. The Type II functional response curves indicated that the results of the experiments were contrary to this hypothesis, with subsequent behavioural and foraging experiments also supporting these results. These counter-intuitive outcomes were also contrary to most other studies that suggested a parasite would manipulate its intermediate host in a way that promotes its transmission to a final host and facilitating the continuation of its life cycle. The reasons for these outputs were discussed as likely to relate to different selection pressures in this host-parasite system, given this is a generalist parasite with a wide range of potential fish final hosts. This was revealed by studies on this parasite from four fish species from five rivers that demonstrated high parasite prevalence in all species studied and suggested that small-bodied fishes, such as bullhead Cottus gobio, might play important roles in the P. laevis lifecycle. These prevalences, and the pathological consequences of the P. laevis infections, were also consistent across their indigenous and non-indigenous range, suggesting parasite origin had minimal consequences on their virulence and on the susceptibility of hosts to infection. That parasite origin often has minimal ecological consequences for their ecological impacts was reinforced by work on the ‘enemy release hypothesis’ in non-native fish in England and Wales. This revealed very few non-native parasites had been introduced with their non-native fish hosts. Those that had been introduced tended to be specialist parasites with direct lifecycles that had little opportunity to be transmitted to native fishes. Instead, the acquisition of native parasites by the non-native fishes was frequently observed, leading to potential concerns these fish would act as reservoir hosts and spill-back the parasites to the native fishes. Given the low probability of parasite introduction, the ecological consequences of three native parasites with complex lifecycles were then tested on three native fishes, and revealed consistent patterns of trophic niche divergence between infected and uninfected population sub-groups. Whilst the actual mechanism underpinning this, such as parasite-mediated competition, could not be tested, these results did reveal that the consequences of infection can be far-reaching for hosts and can be measured through a variety of methodologies. In summary, the research provided some comprehensive insights into many aspects of the pathological and ecological consequences of infection for some freshwater fishes from native/ non-native and indigenous/ non-indigenous parasites. In doing so, it has raised a series of new questions and hypotheses for further investigation, with the host-parasite systems used here capable of answering these.
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Frías, José. "Understanding indigenous rights : the case of indigenous peoples in Venezuela." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=31158.
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On December 15, 1999, the people of Venezuela approved a new Constitution, which is the first Venezuelan constitution to entrench the rights of indigenous peoples. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the different theoretical issues raised by the problem of rights for indigenous peoples. It is argued that indigenous rights are collective rights based on the value of cultural membership. This implies both an investigation of the value of cultural membership and of the criticisms that the multicultural perspective has offered against that point of view.Indigenous peoples have the moral right to preserve their cultures and traditions. It is submitted that indigenous peoples have a double moral standing to claim differential treatment based on cultural membership, because they constitute cultural minorities and they were conquered and did not lend their free acceptance to the new regime imposed upon them. Therefore, they constitute a national minority, with moral standing to claim self-government and cultural rights.
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Lashuk, Colleen. "Instant indigenous communities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ31604.pdf.
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Derrane, Sarah. "Assessing Risks to Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Values in Forest Management." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26317.
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au, K. Trees@murdoch edu, and Kathryn A. Trees. "Narrative and co-existence : mediating between indigenous and non-indigenous stories." Murdoch University, 1998. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070125.94722.
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Ths thesis demonstrates how theory and praxis may be integrated within a
postcolonial, or more specifically, anticolonial frame. It argues for the necessity of
telling, listening and responding to personal narratives as a catalyst for
understanding the construction of identities and their relationship to place. Tlus is
acheved through a theorisation of narrative and a critique of postcolonialism.
Three 'sites' of contestation are visited to provide this critique: the "Patterns of
Life: The Story of the Aboriginal People of Western Australia" exhibition at the
Perth Museum; a comparison of Western Australian legislation that governed the
lives of Aboriginal people from 1848 to the present and, the life story of Alice
Nannup; and, an analysis of the Australian Institute Judicial Association's
"Aboriginal Culture: Law and Change" seminar for magistrates. Most
importantly, this work foregrounds strategies for negotiating a just basis for coexistence
between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
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Trees, Kathryn A. "Narrative and co-existence: mediating between indigenous and non-indigenous stories." Trees, Kathryn A. (1998) Narrative and co-existence: mediating between indigenous and non-indigenous stories. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1998. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/366/.
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This thesis demonstrates how theory and praxis may be integrated within a postcolonial, or more specifically, anticolonial frame. It argues for the necessity of telling, listening and responding to personal narratives as a catalyst for understanding the construction of identities and their relationship to place. This is achieved through a theorisation of narrative and a critique of postcolonialism. Three 'sites' of contestation are visited to provide this critique: the Patterns of Life: The Story of the Aboriginal People of Western Australia exhibition at the Perth Museum; a comparison of Western Australian legislation that governed the lives of Aboriginal people from 1848 to the present and, the life story of Alice Nannup; and, an analysis of the Australian Institute Judicial Association's Aboriginal Culture: Law and Change seminar for magistrates. Most importantly, this work foregrounds strategies for negotiating a just basis for coexistence between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
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Trees, Kathryn Angela. "Narrative and co-existence: Mediating between indigenous and non-indigenous stories." Thesis, Trees, Kathryn Angela (1998) Narrative and co-existence: Mediating between indigenous and non-indigenous stories. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1998. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/366/.
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This thesis demonstrates how theory and praxis may be integrated within a postcolonial, or more specifically, anticolonial frame. It argues for the necessity of telling, listening and responding to personal narratives as a catalyst for understanding the construction of identities and their relationship to place. This is achieved through a theorisation of narrative and a critique of postcolonialism. Three 'sites' of contestation are visited to provide this critique: the Patterns of Life: The Story of the Aboriginal People of Western Australia exhibition at the Perth Museum; a comparison of Western Australian legislation that governed the lives of Aboriginal people from 1848 to the present and, the life story of Alice Nannup; and, an analysis of the Australian Institute Judicial Association's Aboriginal Culture: Law and Change seminar for magistrates. Most importantly, this work foregrounds strategies for negotiating a just basis for coexistence between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
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Trees, Kathryn Angela. "Narrative and co-existence : mediating between indigenous and non-indigenous stories /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 1998. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070125.94722.
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Andrews, Sonia. "A study of health inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians." Thesis, Curtin University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1418.
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The health disadvantage of Indigenous people in Australia has been recognised for a long time. The reasons for this poor health status are considered to be complex and multi-faceted. Socioeconomic status, socio-cultural factors, access to quality healthcare, environmental factors and risky behaviours are considered the major factors affecting Indigenous health. Despite this, very little progress has been made in reducing the health inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.This thesis examines the health inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. First, the thesis investigates the gap in subjective and objective health outcomes between the two populations. The health outcomes include self-assessed health, chronic diseases and injury. Second, it looks at the relative contribution of four factors to the low health status of Indigenous Australians, viz.: demographic, behavioural, socio-economic and cultural. Third, as the Indigenous population is not a homogenous group, the thesis analyses separately the health status of different groups relative to non-Indigenous people. Fourth, the extent of association of each of the four factors to the health outcomes is examined. In addition, similar analyses are undertaken for healthcare utilisation.The thesis finds that only a minor proportion of the gap in health outcomes can be explained by observable demographic, behavioural and socio-economic characteristics. The removal of Indigenous people from their natural families (especially that of relatives) as part of the ‘assimilation policy’ is a major contributing factor to the health status gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The better socio-economic and behavioural status enjoyed by Indigenous people who experienced removal from their natural families does not improve their health status compared to those who did not experience any removal. Policies to address the trauma and grief associated with past policies of removal are needed if the gap in health status between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is to be closed.
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Foster, Susanne. "Contemporary indigenous art reflecting the place of prison experiences in indigenous life /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2005. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARAHM/09arahmf7541.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.(St.Art.Hist.)) -- University of Adelaide, Master of Arts (Studies in Art History), School of History and Politics, Discipline of History, 2005.Coursework. "March 2005" Bibliography: leaves 179-190.
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Morgan, R. S. "Self-determination for indigenous peoples : advancing indigenous rights at the United Nations." Thesis, University of Essex, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410237.
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Fitzpatrick, Timothy. "Rearticulating Indigenous Identity: Evolving Notions of Citizenship and Ecuador's Contemporary Indigenous Movement." Thesis, Boston College, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/462.
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Thesis advisor: Deborah LevensonA historical analysis of the political strategies employed by indigenous activsts throughout Ecuador's contemporary indigenous movement. Particular attention is paid to evolving notions of citizenhsip at the national level, land reform, institutional mobilization and identity politics
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2004
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: History
Discipline: College Honors Program
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Souliere, Rolande. "Towards an Indigenous History: Indigenous Art Practices from Contemporary Australia and Canada." Phd thesis, University of Sydney, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/21193.
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The debate of Indigenous art as contemporary art in Western art discourse has been ongoing since the acceptance of Indigenous art as contemporary art in the early 1990s. This has resulted in a collision of four diverse fields; Western art history, Western art criticism, anthropology and Indigenous cultural material. The debate stems from the problematised way the term contemporary is defined by globalised Euro-Western art and its institutions. This thesis considers the value of applying the concept of the contemporary to Indigenous art practices and art, in particular as a mode for cultural self-determination in order to avoid the historical domination of Western art history, history and its discursive power arrangements. The term, concept or theory of the contemporary remains elusive, indefinable and widespread in Western art discourse. Various definitions exist and are based on notions of openness, newness or plurality. Criticism of the contemporary’s openness has led to speculation of the contemporary as a valid concept or theory and or as a field of art practice, particularly its claim to social or political engagement and its inability to historicise current art. This thesis contends that the openness of the contemporary concept provides a gateway in which to situate it in a much broader cultural analysis that embraces different historiographies and worldviews. Thereby directly contributing to the ongoing critical discourse of Indigenous art as contemporary art debate. This thesis contributes to addressing this debate by proposing a definition of the contemporary that bridges history, art history and contemporary art and explores the potential for administering a contemporary art practice within this view. It highlights the historical analysis of the journey of Indigenous art from the ethnographic to the contemporary art museum by examining Indigenous rupture and transformation through Western history and art history. The thesis examines Terry Smith’s recent contextualisation of contemporary theory, as Smith is the only art historian to include Indigenous art in the discussion on contemporary theory.[1] Richard Meyer’s theory on the contemporary is also examined as Meyer is unique in approaching contemporary theory from an artistic practice that embraces co-temporalities, art production and modes of trans-historicity. In ‘rendering the past as newly present’, this thesis proposes methods of contemporary art analysis in the examination of contemporary Indigenous artworks in the context that the socio-political and cultural use of contemporary art as a form of history production. Description of Creative Work An exhibition of one large installation took place at Sydney College of the Arts Galleries, Sydney in September 2016. Media included two- and three-dimensional artworks that were hung on the walls and placed on the floor. The installation used Indigenous forms, designs, processes and social, political, and cultural content as a result of the thesis research and demonstrated Indigenous artists are creating their Indigenous histories within the context of contemporary art. Photographic documentation is available in Appendix 3. [1] Terry Smith, What is Contemporary Art? (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009), 133.
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Brady, Wendy. "Indigenous Australians and non-indigenous education in New South Wales, 1788-1968." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12822.
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Nguyen, Chau Nien. "Survey, collection and characterization of indigenous and non-indigenous cucurbits in Vietnam." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17567.
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Die Pflanzenfamilie Cucurbitaceae ist sehr vielfältig und viele Arten haben eine wirtschaftliche Bedeutung. Die Untersuchungen konzentrierten sich auf die Analyse von Cucurbitaceen im Rahmen des Gemüseanbaus; auf die Sammlung von Keimplasma im südlichen Vietnam; die Charakterisierung von Akzessionen der Cucurbitaceen; und die Ermittlung von stabilen Merkmalen zur Klassifizierung von Akzessionen des Bitterkürbis. Es erfolgte eine Umfrage im Mekong Delta zur Verbreitung von Cucurbitaceen; es wurden Akzessionen im südlichen Vietnam für die Genebank gesammelt; 160 Akzessionen von fünf gesammelten Arten der Cucurbitaceen wurden anhand von morphologischen Eigenschaften analysiert. Eine Berechnung der Eigenvektoren, UPGMA Methode und 3D-bi-Plots machte die Beziehungen zwischen den Akzessionen sichtbar; 28 Eigenschaften von sieben Bitterkürbiss Akzessionen wurden hinsichtlich der Merkmalsstabilität unter Freiland- und Gewächshausbedingungen bewertet. Es wurden der ‚Two-sample‘ Test, Korrelationstest und UPGMA Methode zur Ermittlung der Stabilität morphologischer Merkmale herangezogen. Bei den Befragungen wurde ermittelt, dass 9 Arten von Cucurbitaceen für den Markt angebaut wurden, mehr als 45% Bauern kultivierten Cucurbitaceen auf 56,5% der für den Gemüseanbau genutzten Fläche. Es wurden 244 Akzessionen mit 14 Arten der Cucurbitaceen die zu 12 Gattungen gehörten in 24 Provinzen im südlichen Vietnam gesammelt, wesentliche Informationen zu ihrer genetischen Beziehung sind verfügbar. Es wurde deutlich, dass 12 Merkmale zur stabilen Charakterisierung des Bitterkürbis geeignet sind und damit zur Einschätzung der genetischen Beziehungen zwischen den Akzessionen.Cucurbitaceae is highly diverse and many species in this plant family are of economic importance. The study was focused to analyse cucurbit species in vegetable cultivation; to collect cucurbit germplasm in southern Vietnam; to characterize cucurbit germplasm; and to determine the stable characteristics for classifying bitter gourd accessions. A survey was carried out in Mekong River Delta; Cucurbit germplasm was collected in southern Vietnam; 160 accessions of five collected cucurbit species were analysed based on morphological characteristics. Calculating the eigenvectors, UPGMA method, and 3D bi-plots resulted in clear relationships of the accessions; 28 characteristics of seven bitter gourd accessions were evaluated for its stability in two different growing conditions. Two-sample test, correlation test, and UPGMA method were used to determine the stable characteristics. In result of this study, 9 cucurbit species cultivated for commercial market were determined, whereas more than 45% farmers produced cucurbits. Land used for cultivating cucurbits covered 56.5% of total area of vegetable cultivation. 244 accessions of 14 cucurbit species belonging to 12 Cucurbitaceae genera were collected in 24 provinces in southern Vietnam. The evaluated characteristics provided essential information for understanding the genetic relationships of the accessions that were collected in different regions. Regarding stable characteristics, these data suggested that 12 characteristics were useful for evaluating genetic relationships of bitter gourd accessions.
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Phillips, Jean. "Resisting contradictions : non-Indigenous pre-service teacher responses to critical Indigenous studies." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46071/1/Donna_Phillips_Thesis.pdf.
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The study examines non-Indigenous pre-service teacher responses to the authorisation of Indigenous knowledge perspectives in compulsory Indigenous studies with a primary focus on exploring the nature and effects of resistance. It draws on the philosophies of the Japanangka teaching and research paradigm (West, 2000), relationship theory (Graham, 1999), Indigenist methodologies and decolonisation approaches to examine this resistance. A Critical Indigenist Study was employed to investigate how non-Indigenous pre-service teachers managed their learning, and how they articulated shifts in resistance as they progressed through their studies. This study explains resistance to compulsory Indigenous and how it can be targeted by Indigenist Standpoint Pedagogy. The beginning transformations in pre-service teacher positioning in relation to Australian history, contemporary educational practice, and professional identity was also explored.
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Gruppi, Deoclecio Rocco 1965. "Jogos dos povos indigenas = trajetórias e interlocuções = Indigenous peoples games : trajectory and interlocutions." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/275102.
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Orientador: Maria Beatriz Rocha FerreiraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física
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Resumo: O objetivo desta pesquisa é o estudo das figurações e relações de poder imbricadas nos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas (JPIs). E os objetivos específicos da pesquisa são: Identificar e analisar as instituições que constituem os Jogos dos Povos Indígenas; registrar a história de vida dos organizadores: Carlos Justino Terena e Mariano Marcos Terena, idealizadores dos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas; relacionar a influência dos Jogos Escolares Brasileiros na história de vida dos idealizadores dos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas; compreender as relações entre os idealizadores dos JPIs e o Ministério do Esporte; analisar as práticas corporais nos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas no viés das teorias de Norbert Elias, e Pierre Parlebás. Os Jogos dos Povos Indígenas em suas edições têm demonstrado aspectos que os tornam um evento relevante para a sociedade brasileira, como a representação de novas formas de jogar e celebrar. Esses Jogos têm como característica principal a celebração, o encontro, o conhecimento de outros povos e o reencontro com outros, fazendo com que sejam reconhecidos por suas diversidades culturais. As primeiras participações de jovens indígenas nos Jogos Escolares Brasileiros foi um momento significativo para os irmãos Carlos Justino Terena e Mariano Marcos Terena que almejavam a presença indígena nessa competição. A primeira participação indígena nos Jogos Escolares Brasileiros partiu da iniciativa de se levar um arqueiro para distinguir, ou seja, uma outra maneira de demonstrar suas práticas corporais. E é a partir daí que se começa a desenvolver propostas para os Jogos dos Povos Indígenas. A metodologia utilizada neste trabalho é qualitativa. As fontes selecionadas foram obtidas na legislação, em documentos oficiais e no acervo de banco de dados e imagens intitulado "Jogo, Celebração, Memória e Identidade: Reconstrução da Trajetória de Criação, Implementação e Difusão dos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas no Brasil (1996-2009)", que contêm a memória sobre os jogos dos povos indígenas. Esta pesquisa leva em conta a interdisciplinaridade, apoiando-se no conhecimento da Sociologia, Antropologia, Educação Física e História. O presente trabalho está centralizado principalmente nas ações do Comitê Intertribal Ciência e Memória Indígena e o Ministério do Esporte, por serem os principais protagonistas e estabelecerem relações conjuntas e muito próximas na realização dos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas. Para análise de dados e interpretação das fontes foram justapostos documentos, relacionando texto e contexto. Nos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas e nos Jogos Escolares Brasileiros podemos encontrar alguns aspectos comuns, no que diz respeito à organização e fórum de debates, organizações esportivas têm o mesmo formato, como toda forma de competição. Por outro lado nos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas a filosofia é diferente dos Jogos Escolares Brasileiros. As relações do Comitê Intertribal e Ministério do Esporte referente aos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas perpassam pela lógica na organização de um evento esportivo e pelas relações interpessoais. Vale lembrar que os Jogos dos Povos Indígenas propiciaram relações intersetoriais do Ministério do Esporte com outros Ministérios. Nas relações entre os organizadores indígenas e os representantes do Ministério do Esporte há encontros/desencontros nas ações da coordenação dos Jogos dos Povos Indígenas
Abstract: The purpose of this research is the study of figurations and power relationship imbricated in the indigenous peoples games. The specific purposes of this research are: to identify and to analyze the Institutions that constitute the native people games; to register the history of life of the organizers: Carlos Justino Terena and Mariano Marcos Terena, idealizers of the indigenous peoples games; to relate the influency of the Brazilian School Games in the history of life of the idealizers of the native people games; to comprehend the relations between the idealizers of the native people games and the Sport Ministry; to analyze the corporal practices in the native people games in the bias of the theories from Norbert Elias and Pierre Parlebás. The games from native people in their latest edition have shown some aspects which have become a relevant event for the Brazilian society like the representation of new ways of playing and celebrating. These games have as main feature the celebration, the meeting, the knowledge of other people and meeting with the others, so that they can be recognized by their cultural diversity. The first participation of the native young in the Brazilian School Games was a significant moment to the brothers Carlos Justino Terena and Mariano Marcos Terena who aimed the presence of native people in this competition. The first native participation in the Brazilian School Games was from the initiative to take a bowman to distinguish, that is, another way to demonstrate their corporal practices. And from this point on it starts to develop proposals for the indigenous peoples games. The used methodology in this research is qualitative. The selected sources were obtained from the law, in official documents and in the collection of the database and images entitled "Game, Celebration, Memory and Identity: Reconstruction of the creation line, implementation and diffusion of the indigenous peoples games. This research allows the interdisciplinary, through the support of the Sociology, Anthropology, Physical Education and History. This research is centralized mainly in the actions of the "Comitê Intertribal Ciência" and "Memória Indígena" and the Sport Ministry, because they are the protagonists and to establish combined relations and closer to performing the native people games. To data analyses and sources interpretations were juxtaposed documents, relation text and context. In the native people games and in the Brazilian scholar games we can find some common aspects regarding the organization and forum of debates, sportsmanship organization with the same format, as all competition way. By other side, in the native people games, the philosophy is different from the Brazilian Scholar Games. The relations in the "Comitê Intertribal" and Sports Ministry regarding the Brazilian people games pass by the logic of the organization of a sportive event and throughout personal relation. It is worth remembering that the native people games propitiated intersectional relations from the Sport Ministry with other ministries. In the relations between the native people and the Sport Ministry representatives there are ups and downs in the actions of the coordination of the native people games
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McElwreath, Jennifer L., and n/a. "Can indigenous movements globalise?" University of Otago. Department of Anthropology, 1997. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070530.144243.
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The world�s indigenous peoples have been subjected to exploitation, discrimination, dispossession, relocation, assimilation and in some cases genocide since contact with the Western world. They have been the victims of an invasion which has since secured their position among the lowest social qualifiers. For centuries, they have been ignored by nation-states throughout the world. However, a new dawn has risen for the first peoples of the world, and for the past two decades thaey have experienced a cultural, political and social revival which has been gaining in popularity, intensity and effectiveness since it�s inception.
The politicisation of indigenous movements and their fundamentally local characteristics has occurred at the same time that the world is experiencing a sense of accelerated globalisation. Economic integration through trade agreements has diminished boundaries and has allowed multinational corporations to travel, sell and trade at will. The sense that the world is �one place� has fast become a reality through "the increasing volume and rapidity of the flows of money, goods, people, information, technology and images." (Featherstone, 1995:81)
The simultaneous globalisation and localisation of the world seems to be two contradictory phenomenon acting in opposition to one another. However, as several theorists have pointed out, the two are actually related and each to some degree attributes to the existence of the other (Eriksen, 1993:9; Featherstone, 1990:10; Friedman, 1990:327). In fact, indigenous movements themselves, while asserting local issues and rights, have undergone a recent transformation and now attempt to achieve their goals through global strategies. They have expanded their methods and now not only at the community and national levels, but also within the international arena.
The Maori and the Native Hawaiians are two groups of indigenous peoples who have been fighting for their rights and land for over a century. Both groups represent small percentages of their nation-states� population. This has forced them to pursue their struggle with creative strategies and persistent, patient pressure. Thus, their struggles have undergone continouos transformations in attempts to discover the most effective formula which would eventually cause their respective nation-states to recognise and address their grievances.
Recently, the Maori and the Native Hawaiians, have broadened their movement to incorporate an international tier. Activity on the international level includes international conferences, international visits/exchanges, ratification of indigenous declarations, indigenous networking, and international indigenous solidarity organisations. These activities have increased over the past twenty years as the effectiveness of such activity has also increased. New Zealand, the United States and other nation-states are being held more accountable for past injustices and are being driven to answer to the world�s indigenous community.
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Battell, Lowman Emma. "Indigenous methodologies, missionary lives." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2014. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/63001/.
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This thesis is a study of the lives of two missionaries – Stanley Eaton Higgs and Jean-Marie Raphael Le Jeune – who worked closely with Nlha7kápmx and Secwepemc peoples in the south central Interior of British Columbia (BC), Canada, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is a study of the networks of power and identity that swirled around these colonial actors on the ‘edge of empire,’ in the midst of a burgeoning settler colonial society, during a time of rapid change and incredible challenge for the Indigenous communities in which these missionaries lived and worked. The crux of this thesis is a methodological intervention into knowledge production in the academy: an attempt to employ Indigenous research methodologies as a non-indigenous researcher working primarily on the archive-informed histories of non-indigenous individuals in Canada. This effort involves an exploration of the processes, results, and impacts of taking up Indigenous research methodologies in these non-traditional domains. Framed around Indigenous knowledge principles of place, language, story, and relationship, and a spatial and temporal ‘spiral’ of ontological movement, this research project challenges commonly perceived positions and responsibilities of Settler Canadian researchers, and opens up new possibilities for ethical and relational research.
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Artieda, Teresa Laura, Yamila Liva, Victoria Soledad Almiron, and Anabel Nazar. "Education for indigenous childhood at the Indigenous Reservation Napalpí (Chaco, Argentina. 1911-1936)." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/80331.
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En este artículo abordamos la educación para la infancia indígena en la reducción napalpí (Chaco, Argentina) entre 1911 y 1936, donde se implementó el primer plan del estado nacional para el encierro y disciplinamiento de los indígenas sometidos, miembros de los pueblos qom, moqoit y shinpi’, en un escenario altamente conflictivo de campañas militares del estado nacional por el control territorial y político de los dominios indígenas, la expansión del capitalismo y la proletarización de esas poblaciones.Analizamos el proyecto de escolarización de la infancia indígena de la reducción, presentamos algunas notas sobre su devenir en las tres primeras décadas del siglo XX y las concepciones sobre esa infancia y los modos de educar atribuidos a los indígenas.el trabajo se inscribe en la historia social de la educación, antropología e historia regional y profundiza indagaciones previas de nuestra autoría. el corpus de fuentes se compone de normativas, informes de funcionarios estatales y memorias de organismos nacionales.On this article we approach the education for indigenous childhood at the Indigenous Reservation napalpí (Chaco, Argentina) between 1911 and 1936, where the first plan of the national state for the confinement and discipline of the subjected natives, members of the Qom, moqoit, shinpi’ peoples, was implemented in a highly conflicting scenario of military campaigns of the national state for controlling the territorial and political indigenous domains of the territory, the expansion of capitalism and the progressive proletarian condition of those populations in the regional farms. We analyze the schooling project for the indigenous childhood in the Reservation, we present some notes on its development during the first three decades of the twentieth century and the conceptions on childhood and the educating forms attributed to the indigenous populations.this work is registered on the social history of education, it deepens previous inquiries of our authorship and it integrates anthropological and regional history researches. Our corpus of data is based in state’s legislations, civil servants reports and national organizations memoirs.
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Griffin, Rory D. "Indigenous knowledge for sustainable development : case studies of three indigenous tribes of Wisconsin /." Link to full text, 2009. http://epapers.uwsp.edu/thesis/2009/Griffin.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point, 2009.Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Master of Science in Natural Resource Management, College of Natural Resources. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 167-176).
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Flynn, Eugene E. "Reading our way: An Indigenous-centred model for engaging with Australian Indigenous literature." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227811/1/Eugene_Flynn_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis proposes an Indigenous-centred approach to reading Australian Indigenous literature that extends beyond traditional western literary norms. It uses Indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing as a framework for reading five texts written by Australian Indigenous women and non-binary people, generating new understandings of the works and synthesising an expanded model for reading. This thesis makes a critical intervention within the Australian literary sector and especially the academy, arguing for a shift of power from the majority non-Indigenous Australian literary sector to Indigenous writers and their communities.
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Robinson, Jocelyne Virginia. "Algonquin Ekwânamo matrix project : "a place to interface", for elders, indigenous scientists/non-indigenous scientists, indigenous knowledge systems and western science systems." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/55935.
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This research is consistent with literature that states there are inequities relating to the under-representation of Indigenous students in the subjects of math, science and technology in education as compared to Non-Indigenous people in Canada. The analysis of nine in-depth interviews and the process of documentary explores two questions that this thesis aims to address: From the perspectives and dialogues of three Elders, three Indigenous scientists, and three Non-Indigenous scientists who have contemplated the ways to address the tensions between Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Western Science Systems: What are the educational possibilities, challenges, and benefits of having these systems interface? How can art, technology and dialogue be mediums for exploring the interface between these systems so that Indigenous learners may be motivated to participate in both knowledge systems? An interplay between three theoretical, methodological frameworks of Indigenous Storywork (Archibald, 2008a, 2008b), Irwin in A/r/tography (Irwin & Springgay, 2008), Implicate Order (Bohm, 2007) and through the development of a fourth theoretical, methodological framework the Algonquin Ekwânamo Matrix Project shape this research. Four themes emerged from this analysis: [1] Language and Story as Tools for Critical Thinking [2] Culture and Ecological Mindfulness in Kinships with Nature and All Living Entities [3] Identity and Relevance in Education as Seeing Ourselves in Academia [4] Presence and Wholistic Learning From the Heart. Four A’s Strategies emerged from the in-depth interviews in relation to the four themes that may incite new ways for building complementary relationships in science education: The first is Activating Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Knowledge Encounters Through Dialogue; second is Aligning Indigenous Knowledge Interfaces Through Dialogical Strategies; third is Applying Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science Interfacing Through Co-created Strategies in Bohmian Dialogue and First Nations Circles; and fourth is Anticipating Innovative Knowledge Enhancements through decentralized think tank groups that align with Indigenous culturally competent ways for accessing well being. This research study helped develop the Algonquin Ekwânamo Matrix Project’s theoretical and methodological framework that foreground the need to address the global ecological crisis through meaningful dialogue, respectful relationships and a new science paradigm that reflects wholistically art, science, diverse philosophies and perspectives.Education, Faculty of
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Stewart, Patrick Robert Reid. "Indigenous architecture through indigenous knowledge : dim sagalts’apkw nisiḿ [together we will build a village]." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52998.
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The purpose of this research was to find out how the culture of an Indigenous architect informs their practice of architecture. The research for this dissertation was motivated by Indigenous Elders responses to my architectural design work as an Indigenous architect. This is the first known research in Canada that privileges the use of Indigenous Knowledge in the design process by Indigenous architects. The results of this research will inform the future education of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in architecture and their practice within the profession.
The research was based on an Indigenous methodology of respect, reciprocity, redistribution, relevance, reflection, relationship and responsibility. Conversations with nineteen Indigenous architects from Turtle Island, Australia, Cihuatan (El Salvador) and Aotearoa (New Zealand) were recorded, transcribed with content analyzed. They self-identified their culture and its influence on their design work. They assessed their time in architecture school and proposed changes that would assist schools of architecture attracting Indigenous students into the faculty.
The conversations were enlightening in what they did not reveal about the use of Indigenous knowledge in design. Though some of the architects employed Indigenous knowledge in their design process, surprisingly many were not so obvious. There may be many reasons for this, the impact of colonization perhaps the most significant. There was however a general attitude that schools of architecture could do more to attract and retain Indigenous students in their programs. This is significant if universities are truly to embrace cultural competency in an increasingly global economy.Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
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Magaisa, Alex Tawanda. "Knowledge protection in indigenous communities : the case of indigenous medical knowledge systems in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2004. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2630/.
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This study examines the contentious issues relating to the exploitation of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) within the context of the expanding regime of intellectual property law (IP law). The study focuses specifically on the area of indigenous medical knowledge (IMK) within the geographical context of Zimbabwe as a country case study. The study examines the centrality of knowledge in the global economy and using international political economic theory and practice, demonstrates why it is a key site of struggles between and among nations and various stakeholders. While it considers the narrow issue of the applicability or otherwise of IP law to IKS, this study takes the approach that it is necessary to understand the socio-historical developments that account for the peripheral status of IKS in relation to the dominant western knowledge systems (WKS). A key argument of this study is that the lack of legal protection of IKS is directly connected to their marginal status in social, intellectual, cultural and economic terms arising from the dominance of the predominantly WKS. It is argued that far from being a narrow legalistic debate, the matter of the protection of IKS is a wider socio-cultural, economic and political issue that centres on the power relations between and among people, corporations and states. Through a combination of theoretical and field investigations, the study seeks to explore the factors that account for the marginalisation of IKS generally and IMK systems in particular. The “struggle thesis” demonstrates that from an historical viewpoint knowledge systems are in a state of constant interaction and struggle resulting in problems. The key to resolving the problems is to acknowledge difference and accept the legitimacy and validity of different knowledge systems and to democratise the regime of knowledge protection both nationally and globally. It proposes that solutions lie in not only reconstructing the legal architecture but also in ensuring that the social, economic and political structures are reconstructed to safeguard and nurture the IKS. The study investigates the needs and expectations of the indigenous communities including their rationale for the protection of their knowledge systems. Finally, it also contributes to the development of indigenous research methodologies.
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TAPIA, KRISCIA ANGELES. "Northern Territory Indigenous and Non-Indigenous women: Mammographic density profiles and breast screening characteristics." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/21989.
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Background: Indigenous Australians have lower breast cancer rates but higher mortality rates compared with other women. With evidence of ethnic variations in MD globally, investigating MD in Indigenous women may provide insight into optimising diagnosis and care for an underserved population. Aims: To investigate the MD and BreastScreen attendance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in the NT and assess the diagnostic efficacy of radiologists in cases with varying breast densities. Methods: Indigenous status, age, postcode, HRT, family history of breast cancer, symptoms and language spoken at home from self-reported 857 Indigenous and 3236 non-Indigenous women were analysed for associations with MD (study 1) and screening attendance (study 2). ROC analyses were used to determine cut-off points for age and numbers of screening visits. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine odds ratios and p≤0.05 were considered significant. In study 3, mammography test scores of 273 radiologists were assessed on low MD (LMD) vs high MD (HMD) cases. Sensitivity, lesion sensitivity, specificity, ROC and JAFROC FOM were compared using Mann-Whitney U or unpaired t-tests. Results: MD was lower for Indigenous women. For non-Indigenous women, HMD was associated with ≤55 years of age, no family history of breast cancer, speaking mainly English, and living remotely. For Indigenous women, HMD was associated with younger age. Indigenous women have fewer visits to screening and non-English speaking was mainly associated for Indigenous women only. Remoteness was associated with fewer visits for non-Indigenous women only. Shared predictors were ≤55 years and no family history of breast cancer. Radiologists had better lesion sensitivity and specificity in LMD vs HMD cases in 3 of 5 tests. ROC and JAFROC were better in LMD vs HMD cases for 1 of 5 tests. Conclusions: Indigenous women have lower MD and lower attendance to BreastScreen than non-Indigenous women. Breast cancer detection is more effective in LMD cases indicating that Indigenous women would benefit from better program engagement given their density profile and high death rates from breast cancer.
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Merritt, Maria Torres Betanzos Lourdes. "Teatro en rebeldía generador de cultura /." Auburn, Ala., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1927.
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Burning, Francine. "Reclaiming territories through indigenous performance." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63027.
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This thesis project illustrates how Indigenous-centered performance enables and supports collective meaning-making and indigenous continuity. An examination of the Canadian policies regarding indigenous ceremony, public performances, and community gathering is presented to show the effects this complexity history is felt by indigenous people today. The use of counter-narrative, and telling ancestral stories of resistance provide insight into the way in which indigenous people have resisted these assimilation policies over generations. Our program here is to animate indigenous people within a living framework of continuity and Indigenous Knowledge Systems by focusing on how today’s performance and performing is connected to oral cultures, indigenous intellectual traditions. Indigenous performance and indigenous artists who while giving an insight into how indigenous people are creating safe social and learning spaces and can invoke positive spectrum emotions to combat colonial trauma. Interviewing five indigenous artistic performers, who engage many genres in performance, sets the basis of indigenous research methods including Kovach’s conversational method of interviewing. Presenting indigenous performances’ role in indigenous continuity, education, and generational knowledge transmission affirm the deep consideration of indigenous artists today and their role in leadership and in empowering indigenous people and communities. This research also uncovers a generational knowledge system that values of education, healing, protection and reciprocity that compose legacies of ancestral knowledge that can propagate healthy and loving indigenous realities.Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
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Lafleur, Mary-Lou Terry. ""Spirit Camp" : indigenous website preferences." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31733.
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The Internet has become an important medium for disseminating information about archaeology to the public. Research by archaeologists on how they can use the Internet is in its infancy. This thesis examines an Indigenous group's perspectives on the delivery of archaeological content through websites. The Spirit Camp archaeological site is located in Stó:lo Territory in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia. The Spirit Camp website project was created to explore the Stó:lo people's preference regarding graphic design and interactivity in two otherwise identical websites. Understanding Indigenous perspectives is essential for collaborative projects and is beneficial to both archaeology and Indigenous communities if done with respect and trust, as this can lead to a better understanding of history. This thesis discusses and analyzes feedback obtained from the Stó:lo about the two Spirit Camp websites and the dissemination of knowledge about their ancestors via the Internet. The more graphical website guides the viewer with a storybook-like interface while the other website allows readers to view material in plain text with a standard menu and scrollbar. Feedback from 24 participants was collected through an individual survey questionnaire, and three age-based focus groups: youths, adults, and Elders. This research shows that enhanced graphic design and increased levels of interactivity in websites do influence website preference. Elders telling stories, colour, photos, games, music and moving objects are examples cited by Stó:lo members as additions to future websites which enhance their experience. All the male participants preferred the more graphic website, while women's preferences were 53% in favour of the more graphical website. Data from the focus groups demonstrates that viewers' opinions vary by gender and age. This research informs us how to effectively work with and respect Indigenous peoples. It does so by suggesting the use of culturally sensitive methods, such as interviews and focus groups, to acquire Indigenous perspectives on the presentation and dissemination of archaeological information.Arts, Faculty of
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Athar, Nelofar, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, and Faculty of Science and Technology. "Development of indigenous enteral formulae." THESIS_FST_XXX_Athar_N.xml, 1995. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/609.
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A procedure for preparing an enteral formula was developed, using Pakistani indigenous food items. The basis of development was that it would be nutritionally effective, easy to prepare and relatively cheap. 100 indigenous enteral diets were formulated using a computer aided master sheet in which various combinations were analysed. In order to prove the efficacy of these diets, a modified PER was carried out on 6 diets and results indicated a higher PER for the experimental diet. 29 formulations were shortlisted for preparation trials, and 2 main techniques were applied: incubation and cooking techniques. Physical and chemical analyses were carried out to assess the effect of preparation, the cooking methodologies were tried on various diets and 2 diets were shortlisted for human trials. To compare the efficacy of the indigenous enteral formula versus commercial formulae, a pilot study was carried out. Patient nutritional outcomes were assessed using biochemical parameters, and preliminary findings indicated that the experimental diet performed as well as the control diet.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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McLeod, Ian. "Communication technology & indigenous development /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm164.pdf.
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Kingsbury, Benedict. "Indigenous peoples in international law." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334165.
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Napoleón, Val. "Thinking about Indigenous Legal Orders." Derecho & Sociedad, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/118803.
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Rethinking Indigenous legal traditions is fundamentally about rebuilding citizenship. The theory underlying this paper is that it is possible to develop a flexible, overall legal framework that Indigenous peoples might use to express and describe their legal orders and laws, so that they can be applied to present-day problems. This framework must be able to, first, reflect the legal orders and laws of decentralized (i.e., non-state) Indigenous peoples, and second, allow for the diverse way that each society’s culture is reflected in their legal orders and laws. In turn, this framework will allow each society to draw on a deeper understanding of how their own legal traditions might be used to resolve contemporary conflicts, complex social injustices, and human rights violations.The Canadian state is not going away and the past cannot be undone. This means that Indigenous peoples must figure out how to reconcile former decentralized legal orders and law with a centralized state and legal system. Any process of reconciliation must include political deliberation on the part of an informed and involved Indigenous citizenry. We have to answer the question, «Who are we beyond colonialism?»Repensar las tradiciones legales indígenas es fundamental para la reconstrucción del concepto de ciudadanía. La teoría subrayada en este ensayo es que sí es posible desarrollar un flexible marco legal general que los pueblos indígenas deberían usar para expresar y describir sus órdenes legales y derechos, tal es así que pueden ser aplicados a los problemas actuales. Este marco debe ser capaz, primero, de plasmar los ordenamientos legales y los derechos siguiendo la forma descentralizada (esto es, no-estatal) de los pueblos indígenas; y segundo, permitir que las diversas formas de la cultura de cada sociedad sean reflejadas en sus ordenamientos jurídicos y derechos. Este marco permitirá, a su vez, que cada sociedad haga uso de un entendimiento profundo sobre cómo sus tradiciones legales deberían ser usadas para resolver conflictos contemporáneos, injusticias sociales complejas y la violación de derechos humanos.El Estado canadiense no se está debilitando y el pasado tampoco está descartado. Esto significa que los pueblos indígenas deben analizar cómo reconciliar sus antiguos ordenamientos legales y derechos descentralizados con el Estado y el sistema legal centralizados. Cualquiera fuera el proceso de reconciliación debe incluir una deliberación política sobre la ciudadanía indígena informada y comprometida. Tenemos que responder ala pregunta: «¿Quiénes somos nosotros más allá del colonialismo?».
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Imai, Shin, and Sally Kang. "Financial Risk and Indigenous Consent." Derecho & Sociedad, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/119054.
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In this article, the authors describe how the International Financial Corporation of the World Bank, and the 77 global financial institutions that have signed on to the Equator Principles, have come to the conclusion that social conflict with indigenous communities needs to be resolved through the application of free, prior, informed and consent. While the requirement to obtain consent of an indigenous people would appear to make it more difficult for extractive industry projects to proceed, theories of dispute resolution developed by the Harvard Negotiation Project suggest that where consent is obtained, it is more likely thatc onflicts will be reduced.
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Athar, Nelofar. "Development of indigenous enteral formulae." Thesis, View thesis View thesis, 1995. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/609.
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A procedure for preparing an enteral formula was developed, using Pakistani indigenous food items. The basis of development was that it would be nutritionally effective, easy to prepare and relatively cheap. 100 indigenous enteral diets were formulated using a computer aided master sheet in which various combinations were analysed. In order to prove the efficacy of these diets, a modified PER was carried out on 6 diets and results indicated a higher PER for the experimental diet. 29 formulations were shortlisted for preparation trials, and 2 main techniques were applied: incubation and cooking techniques. Physical and chemical analyses were carried out to assess the effect of preparation, the cooking methodologies were tried on various diets and 2 diets were shortlisted for human trials. To compare the efficacy of the indigenous enteral formula versus commercial formulae, a pilot study was carried out. Patient nutritional outcomes were assessed using biochemical parameters, and preliminary findings indicated that the experimental diet performed as well as the control diet.
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Athar, Nelofar. "Development of indigenous enteral formulae /." View thesis View thesis, 1995. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030521.092507/index.html.
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Miller, Colton Duane. "Biculturalism among Indigenous College Students." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2763.
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Indigenous* college students in both Canada and the United States have the lowest rates of obtaining postsecondary degrees, and their postsecondary dropout rates are higher than for any other minority (Freeman & Fox, 2005; Mendelson, 2004; Reddy, 1993). There has been very little research done to uncover possible reasons for such low academic achievement and high dropout rates for Indigenous students. Some of the research that has been done indicates that one challenge for Indigenous students is the difficulty in navigating the cultural differences between higher education and their Indigenous cultures. Biculturalism is the ability of an individual to navigate two different cultures (Bell, 1990; Das & Kemp, 1997). Several scholars have suggested that biculturalism is an important construct in understanding academic persistence among Indigenous students (Jackson, Smith & Hill, 2003; Schiller, 1987). This study explored biculturalism among Indigenous college students and how it impacts their higher education experience. Indigenous college students (n=26) from the southwestern United States and central Canada participated in qualitative interviews for the study. The interviews were transcribed and interpreted using a synthesis of qualitative methods. Several themes related to the participants' experience of biculturalism emerged from the qualitative analysis: institutional support for transition to college, racism, types of relationships to native culture, career issues, and family issues. The findings suggested that more needs to be done in terms of providing Indigenous students centers at universities, implementing mentor programs for incoming students, and educating future Indigenous college students, families, and communities about biculturalism and the culture of higher education.
*Author's note: The term Indigenous will be used to describe Native American/American Indian, First Nation and Métis student participants. Interviews were collected both in the United States and Canada. The terminology used to describe these populations differs across cultures; therefore, Indigenous will be used as a more general term, to describe the participants. The terminology used by cited authors was retained.
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Rossi, Stefano <1989>. "The Rights of Indigenous Peoples." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/4207.
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La presente ricerca si prefigge di comprendere non solo la posizione internazionale, ma anche nazionale, che i popoli indigeni attualmente occupano in vari paesi latinoamericani. Partendo da un'analisi dei diritti umani e dei numerosi strumenti internazionali rivolti alla protezione e sviluppo degli stessi, il principale obiettivo di tale studio è quello di fornire al lettore la possibilità di verificare se realmente, nel caso dei popoli indigeni del Sud America, i diritti umani siano rispettati o se la complicata e, a volte, rugginosa macchina dei diritti umani non risulti in grado di fornire protezione a tali popolazioni. Si prenderanno in considerazione gli sviluppi delle richieste dei popoli indigeni e il processo attraverso il quale la comunità internazionale ha affrontato il problema del riconoscimento dei diritti di tali popoli, attraverso un' analisi di quelli che sono i documenti internazionali concernenti tali popolazioni e come, gli stessi popoli indigeni siano stati in grado di far fronte a realtà avverse e contrarie all'effettivo riconoscimento dei loro diritti. Infatti, come la storia ci mostra, i popoli indigeni sono stati spesso considerati semplici gruppi di individui, etichettati a volte come selvaggi, che dovevano esser integrati nel contesto nazionale, dapprima, e in quello internazionale poi, dimenticando in tal modo le loro peculiarità e culture.
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Moors, Allan D. "An indigenous knowledge garden, an urban teaching garden for the preservation of indigenous environmental knowledge." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0004/MQ41665.pdf.
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Cochrane, Krysta Leeanne. "An articulation of Indigenous and sociocultural approaches : theory, methodology, and application to Indigenous school engagement." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10177.
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This thesis is a philosophical inquiry that advances an articulation of Indigenous theories of learning and methodology with Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and methodology. An Indigenized sociocultural approach may provide a culturally appropriate theoretical and methodological framework that enables researchers to overcome the prevailing ideological assumptions in the conduct of research with Indigenous communities, including eurocentrism, objectivism, and psychological individualism. More specifically, by Indigenizing a sociocultural approach, and approaching research with this new framework, researchers may be better equipped to conduct research with communities and educators in ways that lead to the production of culturally sensitive recommendations for communities, schools, and classrooms to help engage Indigenous youths. Research that is culturally appropriate is urgently needed given the significantly higher early school leaving rates of Indigenous students compared to non-Indigenous students, due in part to historical, social, and cultural factors. The Indigenized sociocultural approach generated through this philosophical inquiry is applied to Indigenous early school leaving and disengagement in order to highlight how such an approach may contribute to the literature. In addition, recommendations based on the extant literature that explore the possibility of increasing school engagement with Indigenous youths are used as guidelines for future empirical research. Finally, limitations of the theory, methodology, and the thesis itself are discussed.
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Menell, David. "The application of geomatic technologies in an indigenous context : Amazonian Indians and indigenous land rights." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1000.
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Indigenous people have employed Western analogue techniques (maps, charts, etc) to support their land rights ever since their traditional territories came under threat. Although indigenous groups utilise such tools there is still a significant divide between the epistemological conception of these analogue techniques and the ontology of the indigenous people. This research looks at one of the latest technologies to be utilised by indigenous peoples, that of geomatics technologies. It examines their design and application using the analytical techniques of anthropology juxtaposed with the geographical methodologies. Using both the literature and three case studies drawing from fieldwork conducted in the Peruvian Amazonian I argue that although previous analogue techniques carried a certain epistemological baggage, they were effectively neutral and did not impact of the ontology of the indigenous peoples. Geomatics technologies are not neutral and carry more than just baggage, so they are not so simply appropriated. Indigenous conceptions of landscape are not compatible with the current design of geomatics technologies but indigenous federations are increasingly employing them. The indigenous federation along with non-governmental organisations adopt the geomatics technologies because of their perceived authority in land rights and their applications in land management and saving cultural heritage. The State recognises this authority because the design and output of geomatics conforms to its legal system. However, indigenous peoples have a different agenda and conception of land rights. Their agenda is based on revitalising their heritage and land rights derived through self-determination. This research reveals such issues of power, politics and authenticity behind its application and the ontological and epistemological philosophy of its design.
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Baldetti, Herrera Carlos. "Acceptability of nickel extraction between indigenous and non-indigenous communities of El Estor, Izabal, Guatemala." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1348342.
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In 1971 the company Exmibal, called today CGN, got a concession for the extraction of nickel in El Estor. Ten years later, Exmibal cancelled its work. Now, Exmibal is trying to return to El Estor. The opinion of rural populations affected by this extraction was not clear. The purpose of this research was to determine and compare the level of acceptability of nickel extraction between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities. The level of acceptability was tested throughout eliciting cultural domains, and then comparing the level of acceptability using the Chi-Square test. The relation of this acceptability with locally perceived socioeconomic and environmental benefits and constraints was also identified. The elicitation of domains established the priority of water, animals, wood and trees for the communities, placing nickel extraction in fifth place of salience and relating it mostly with natural resources destruction, employment and land expropriation. Comparing the level of acceptability, indigenous communities do not accept the work of the Company while the non-indigenous community accepts it.Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
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Santana, Colin Yasmani. "Indigenous Youth´s Experiences at the Undergraduate Program in Indigenous Education, Mexico. Professionalization and Identity." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/112546.
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El presente trabajo busca contribuir, de un lado, a la discusión de la imagen homogénea, que en algunos casos se configura sobre quiénes son y somos los estudiantes indígenas, y por otro, al conocimiento de los retos y desafíos que enfrentamos los jóvenes indígenas en programas académicos. Presento las experiencias educativas de jóvenes provenientes de distintos grupos originarios, hombres y mujeres formados en la Licenciatura en Educación Indígena (LEI) en la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional - Unidad Ajusco, en la Ciudad de México. Y retomo algunas entrevistas realizadas a egresados de la generación 2007-2011 —de la cual formé parte— para examinar qué significa ser un estudiante indígena en la universidad, cuáles son las problemáticas que enfrentan en su proceso de formación, cuáles son las expectativas sobre su formación, cómo son vistos en sus comunidades de origen después de haberse convertido en profesionistas, y si el acceso a la universidad generó pérdida de identidad cultural. Metodológicamente, la investigación se realizó a partir de lo que en los últimos años se ha denominado como trabajo colaborativo o investigación dialógica. Formar parte de esta generación ayudó a entablar distintas conversaciones para tratar los temas antes mencionados.This paper aims to contribute, on the one hand, to the discussion of the homogeneous image that is constructed regarding who we are, indigenous students; and on the other, to the knowledge of the challenges that we, indigenous youth, face in academic programs. I present the formative experiences of young men and women from different indigenous groups who attended the Indigenous Education Program at the National Pedagogical University - Ajusco Unit in Mexico city. I use interviews with graduates from the 2007-2011 cohort -of which I was part- to discuss what it means to be an indigenous student at the university, what their main problems and expectations are through their training, how they are seen in their communities of origin after becoming professionals, and if their access to the university caused loss of cultural identity. Methodologically, this research was carried out in the frame of collaborative work or dialogical research. Being part of this generation helped me to have the dialogues addressing the issues mentioned above.
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Anders, Wendy. "Family violence in Indigenous communities: What is the impact of domestic violence on Indigenous families?" Thesis, Indigenous Heath Studies, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5702.
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Domestic violence is recognized as the most entrenched and pervasive form of violence in society today. It is also one of the most serious social problems facing our communities, with enormous costs both to individuals and to society. Male Violence against female partners is a widespread practice and recognition of this fact is occurring. Women are most at risk of murder inside their own homes: most female homicide victims die at the hands of their male partner, usually after a history of domestic violence. The impact of the violence results in psychological and physical trauma for many families. Violence is generally seen as a manifestation of patriarchal values of male supremacy involving factors such as ownership, of property, power and control, female subordination, and the institution of marriage and the family. Male violence relates to gender inequity. Thus it is a political issue. It is not only women who are traumatized by the violence. Children do not only observe their parents' conflict, there is increasing evidence that the abuse of children is endemic in Australia.