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Dichotomous identities? Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and the intercultural in Australia

journal contribution
posted on 2015-04-01, 00:00 authored by Cameo Dalley, R J Martin
© 2015 Australian Anthropological Society. The terms Indigenous and non-Indigenous are commonplace in Australia yet remain under-theorised as categories which differentiate identities. In this introductory article, we overview developments in the intercultural over the last decade, focusing on the ways in which identities of Indigenous and non-Indigenous, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, Black and White are relationally constructed. We also consider intersections between the intercultural and the Intervention, a major turning point in Indigenous affairs policy with related impacts in anthropology over this period. In particular we draw attention to the need for ethnographies that show equal attention to non-Indigenous residents and propose the themes of intimacies and temporalities as key avenues for addressing this relationality. Articles contained in this special issue go some way to addressing this need, illustrating the complex ways in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous lives are lived together, or alongside each other, around Australia today.

History

Journal

Australian journal of anthropology

Volume

26

Issue

1

Pagination

1 - 23

Publisher

Wiley

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

1035-8811

eISSN

1757-6547

Indigenous content

This research output may contain the names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. We apologise for any distress that may occur.

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal