2015/12/16 by S. Delmege · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Health Professions · Engineering · #Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights #Indigenous Studies and Ecology #Mining and Resource Management #Settlement (finance) #Project commissioning #Assimilation (phonology) #Publishing #Archaeology #Geography #Architectural engineering #Media studies #Sociology #Engineering #Political science #Business #Finance #Law
paper · pdf · doi:10.22459/ah.39.2015.04
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It is well known that the rationale for state intervention in the lives of Indigenous Australians performed a volte face when 'assimilation' was adopted in 1937. 1 By the 1960s, 'integration' had emerged as a preferred guiding principle, but the goal remained the same: to incorporate Aborigines within the broader community as self-directed social and economic equals. However, a fundamental lack of respect for Aboriginal culture, combined with the idea that 'part-Aborigines' had no cultural heritage, ensured that Aboriginal identity, agency and autonomy were largely ignored. 2 Since then, we have witnessed shifts to 'self-determination', 'reconciliation' and to 'closing the [health and well-being] gap', but there is still a long way to go before any of these principles are fully achieved.