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Text of the Australian Government’s Apology to Aboriginals
This is the main text of the motion presented to the Australian Parliament: “Today we honor the indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. “We reflect on their...
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The Australian Apology to Aboriginals: News Extracts
Feb. 12, 2008, Associated Press Australia apologizes to Aborigines Prime minister acknowledges the mistreatment of the ‘Stolen Generations’ CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA — Aborigines organized breakfast...
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“Why can’t we move on? Why do we have to live in the past?”
An excellent pair of questions, “Paul from Australia quoted by the BBC,” and one can be sure that these are the exact same questions asked by many of those who have been tried and convicted of murder...
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Navajo Nation Steelpan, and Aboriginal Reggae
It seems that Trinidad’s steelpan has “gone native” in the Navajo Nation in the U.S. (Yes, the “steelpan” is a Trinidadian invention, reportedly the only new musical instrument to have been invented in...
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The Revenge of the Local, the Horror of the Provincial, and Western...
Anti-Globalization? What Madness Is This? John Jarratt in Wolf Creek (Australia) This is true Monday Morning Madness, though I never expected to start anyone’s Monday off with a dosage of horror, or as...
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New Release: INDIGENOUS COSMOPOLITANS
Finally, after three years of work, my newest edited volume is out: Indigenous Cosmopolitans Transnational and Transcultural Indigeneity in the Twenty-First Century Reviewers’ comments: “Timely and...
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Don’t Hide Behind the Women: What is Relevant in the Story About Julian...
One of the first points I wanted to make is that I dreaded from the start the extent to which Julian Assange had become the public persona for Wikileaks, believing it to be unnecessary and a point of...
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Encircling Empire: Report #3, 18-23 September 2010
EE: Report #3, 18—23 September 2010 Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period. They are intended to be useful for those interested...
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Encircling Empire: Report #4, 23-30 September 2010
EE: Report #4, 23—30 September 2010 Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period. They are intended to be useful for those interested...
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Encircling Empire: Report #5, 01-08 October 2010
EE: Report #5, 01—08 October 2010 Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period. They are intended to be useful for those interested in:...
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Encircling Empire: Report #6, 09-16 October 2010
EE: Report #6, 09—16 October 2010 Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period. They are intended to be useful for those interested in:...
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Encircling Empire: Report #7, 16-21 October 2010
EE: Report #7, 16—21 October 2010 Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period. They are intended to be useful for those interested in:...
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Embedded Anthropology in Australia: The Debate Continues
Editorial note: In Encircling Empire Report #3, I featured an article from an exciting Australian magazine, Arena, along with extended extracts, authored by Barry Morris and Andrew Lattas. That article...
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Caring for Aboriginals? The Politics of Anthropology in Australia
People just joining this debate will have some homework to do first, to better understand what follows below. Here is some of the history of the discussion. We began focusing attention on a debate...
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Encircling Empire: Report #17—Consequences
Encircling Empire: Report #17—Consequences Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period, providing links and representative extracts or...
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Zero Anthropology: Top Articles for 2013 That You Probably Missed and...
This was a year of giant losses, especially with the passing of monumental figures such as Hugo Chávez (March 5) and then Nelson Mandela exactly nine months later (December 5). While Chávez’s successor...
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Bury Me Rolf Harris in Wolf Creek, Zeke
Exceeding charm may come with a harmful flipside. For decades, Rolf Harris was an icon of Australian popular culture. Yet in recent months, the icon has been erased: a result of his trial and...
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Imperial Abduction: The Globalization of Residential Schooling
The following is an extract from my chapter, “Imperial Abduction Lore and Humanitarian Seduction,” which serves as the introduction to Good Intentions: Norms and Practices of Imperial Humanitarianism...
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