Contemporary Aboriginal Perceptions of Community

Dudgeon, Pat; Mallard, J. R.; Oxenham, Darlene; Fielder, John

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0719-2_13

Cited by 27 publications

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“…Elders are respected leaders within their communities, with old age referring less to chronological age and more to functional capacity and status (Pollitt, 1997). From the Indigenous point of view, land and family are central (The Kupa Piti Kingka Tjilpi Juta, 2003); and there is a strongly inclusive and unified sense of community based on these two concepts (Dudgeon, Mallard, Oxenham & Fielder, 2002). As Dudgeon et al (2002, p. 265) explain, "there are distinct elements to this sense of belonging within an Aboriginal domain that differ from social relationships in mainstream western culture."…”

Section: Contribution To Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Passing on Our Culture: How Older Australians from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Contribute to Civil Society

Warburton

McLaughlin

2006

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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Australia is a culturally diverse country, with one in five older Australians born overseas in non-English speaking countries, as well as others who are part of the Indigenous population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Little is known about how these individuals age productively and contribute to society. Survey data show that they are less likely to volunteer for an organisation than other older people, yet it may be that they contribute to civil society in alternate ways that are generally unrecognised and unacknowledged. In the absence of a general lack of understanding of how older Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds contribute to community, the aim of the present paper is to explore this topic using qualitative data from a larger study of the lived experiences of older Australians. Findings suggest that respondents are very active within their families and communities in ways that differ from mainstream older Australians. Generally, they have an important role in maintaining or promoting their culture; and providing support across their communities based on common experience. In particular, respondents describe a special relationship with the young within their communities. This includes being a grandparent or elderly advisor, as well as the role that many Indigenous elders play in encouraging and supporting troubled young people. Although further and more representative studies of older Australians are now needed, this paper, nevertheless, begins to explore what has been a neglected area of ageing policy and research.

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Section: Contribution To Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Passing on Our Culture: How Older Australians from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Contribute to Civil Society

Warburton

McLaughlin

2006

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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“…In the third position, participation is the key to integrating sense of community and ownership of the change processes. Without recognition of the need for change a paradox is still present, and this is more evident when the policy domain involves Aboriginal people, given their greater sense of community (Dudgeon et al 2002).…”

Section: Challenges To Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also underlying these policies are notions of 'whiteness' (Frankenberg 1993(Frankenberg , 2001 in which the majority takes for granted privileges denied to minority groups and allows for governmental neglect of sectors of the broader community and ''…the production and reproduction of dominance rather than subordination, normativity rather than marginality, and privilege rather than disadvantage'' (Frankenberg 1993, p. 236). Thus the policy that is designed to protect the welfare of Aboriginal children continues the policy of forced removal and its impact on Aboriginal culture and community cohesiveness, both of which are cause of considerable concern for Aboriginal people (Dudgeon et al 2002;Bishop et al 2006a).…”

Section: Experiences Of Aboriginal Australians and Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Policy, Participation and the Third Position: The Implication of Engaging Communities on their Own Terms

Bishop

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Browne

et al. 2009

American J of Comm Psychol

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Policy development and implementation should be fundamental for community psychologists in their endeavors to create social change. Policy necessarily is engaged at broad social and political levels, but it is mediated through communities and individuals, and thus appealing for our discipline. We argue that there are increasing opportunities for social input in liberal democracies with the growing awareness of the need to consider social factors in policy. Public participation is one aspect of policy development, but it can be problematic and can disempowered communities, especially disadvantaged communities. Using the framework of the 'third position', a case study of attempts to ameliorate institutional oppression of Australian Aboriginal people through policy change is described. Structural reform to community engagement is described in terms of empowerment and capacity building. Power relationships are deconstructed to allow understandings of the dynamics of policy change, and the broader implications for community psychological praxis are discussed.

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“…Generally, people would say that the individualism that and Torres Strait Islander communities that has been described as collectivistic, the politics of representation in the Australian context, and the ongoing pursuit for self-determination (Dudgeon, Mallard, Oxenham, & Fielder, 2002).…”

Section: Indigenous Writing: Challenges To Notions Of Self and Dominamentioning

confidence: 99%

Reflecting on practice: negotiating challenges to ways of working

Sonn

2004

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Contemporary Aboriginal Perceptions of Community

Cited by 27 publications

References 5 publications

Passing on Our Culture: How Older Australians from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Contribute to Civil Society

Passing on Our Culture: How Older Australians from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Contribute to Civil Society

Public Policy, Participation and the Third Position: The Implication of Engaging Communities on their Own Terms

Reflecting on practice: negotiating challenges to ways of working

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