Description:Melbourne's oldest university confronts its long, complex and troubled relationship with the Indigenous people of AustraliaDhoombak 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 projects and collection endeavours By appropriating Wurundjeri land for its buildings, and accepting donations drawn from the proceeds of colonisation of Indigenous Country, the University of Melbourne advertised its superiority as a whole institution to Indigenous people. Within its buildings, academics and students explored a worldview that effectively banished Indigenous knowledge and culture. The University has supported injustices called progress, half-truths presented as facts, and prejudices pretending at objectivity. It follows the failings of many biographies and institutional…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 Volume 1: Truth. To get started finding Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne Volume 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
560
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing Ltd.
Release
2024
ISBN
0522880436
Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne Volume 1: Truth
Description: Melbourne's oldest university confronts its long, complex and troubled relationship with the Indigenous people of AustraliaDhoombak 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 projects and collection endeavours By appropriating Wurundjeri land for its buildings, and accepting donations drawn from the proceeds of colonisation of Indigenous Country, the University of Melbourne advertised its superiority as a whole institution to Indigenous people. Within its buildings, academics and students explored a worldview that effectively banished Indigenous knowledge and culture. The University has supported injustices called progress, half-truths presented as facts, and prejudices pretending at objectivity. It follows the failings of many biographies and institutional…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 Volume 1: Truth. To get started finding Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne Volume 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.