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Attwood, B., and Arnold, J 'Introduction', In: Power, Knowledge and
Aboriginies, La Trobe University Press, Melbourne, 1992, pp. 1-16
In his essays, Bain Attwood identifies the European Australian way of
'knowing' Aborigines. Attwood articulates Aboringinalism as a method of
dialogue which produces, 'authoritative' and 'essential truths' about
Indigenous Australians. The author examines the European scholar attitude
of Indigenous inadequacy in regards to self representation; the style of
thought based upon an 'epistemological' and 'ontological' distinction
between "…
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…in relation to the
knowledge it produces and the relationships of power to be revealed. This
essay was vastly edifying and assisted me to identify the various recent
shifts in Aboriginal discourse as well as the further shifts that need to
occur in order to have an, 'authentic Australian culture'. (132 words)
Dodson, M., 'The end in the beginning: re(de)fining Aboriginality', In:
Blacklines Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians,
Melbourne University Press, 2003, pp. 25-42
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