Dhoombak Goobgoowana
A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne - Volume 1: Truth
$31.75
- Paperback
277 pages
- Release Date
5 August 2024
Summary
Dhoombak Goobgoowana acknowledges and publicly addresses the long, complex and troubled relationship between the Indigenous people of Australia and the University of Melbourne. It is a book about race and how it has been constructed by academics in the University. It is also about power and how academics have wielded it and justified its use against Indigenous populations, and about knowledge, especially the Indigenous knowledge that silently contributed to many early research projec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522881059 |
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| ISBN-10: | 052288105X |
| Author: | Marcia Langton, James Waghorne, Ross L. Jones |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 277 |
| Release Date: | 5 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 846g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 234mm x 221mm |
About The Author
Marcia Langton
Professor Marcia Langton AO is a granddaughter of Yiman and Bidjara people in Queensland where she was born and raised. She is qualified as an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, and since 2017, has held the role of Associate Provost.
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