Description:Dhoombak Goobgoowana can be translated as ‘truth telling’ in the Woi Wurrung language of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people on whose unceded lands several University of Melbourne campuses are located.This book, the first of two volumes, is an attempt to acknowledge and publicly address the long, complex and troubled relationship between the Indigenous people of what we now call the continent 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 projects and collection endeavours.Although many things have changed, the stain of the past remains. But the University no longer wishes to look away.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne, Vol 1: Truth. To get started finding Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne, Vol 1: Truth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
547
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
University of Melbourne Press
Release
2024
ISBN
0522880444
Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne, Vol 1: Truth
Description: Dhoombak Goobgoowana can be translated as ‘truth telling’ in the Woi Wurrung language of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people on whose unceded lands several University of Melbourne campuses are located.This book, the first of two volumes, is an attempt to acknowledge and publicly address the long, complex and troubled relationship between the Indigenous people of what we now call the continent 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 projects and collection endeavours.Although many things have changed, the stain of the past remains. But the University no longer wishes to look away.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne, Vol 1: Truth. To get started finding Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne, Vol 1: Truth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.