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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/221807 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | K.Trees@murdoch.edu.au, Kathryn A Trees |
| Publisher | Murdoch University |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | http://www.murdoch.edu.au/goto/CopyrightNotice, Copyright Kathryn A Trees |
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