Social Indicators for Aboriginal Governance : Insights from the Thamarrurr Region, Northern Territory

Taylor, John

doi:10.26530/oapen_459540

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“…Field consultations have confirmed the need for an ongoing ‘two way’ communications strategy and the development of local and project scale management tools and governance arrangements. The benchmarking process will serve these two purposes (see also Taylor 2004 on regional planning). It is anticipated that at the local level, articulating key relevant values in cultural and natural resource management, identifying practical indicators, and establishing monitoring and project management accountability will enhance Indigenous project ownership and build capacity to govern (see also Ens et al.…”

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“…For example, the geographic size and shape of project regions will not be the same for biodiversity interests as they might be for Indigenous interests. Defining (conceptually and geographically) discrete project regions will impact the measurability of indicators across all project regions (Taylor 2004). Further, the diversity of Indigenous languages raises issues of continuity of meaning and data collection over the whole region (see also Buzzard 1990 on social analysis in developing countries) manifesting the broader issue of multiple perspectives and goals in the relationship between Indigenous land management and biodiversity conservation; a self‐determination issue for land managers and policy makers worldwide (Schmidt & Peterson 2009).…”

Section: Need For Biodiversity and Social Benchmarkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes

Fitzsimons

Russell‐Smith

James

et al. 2012

Eco Management Restoration

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Summary Much of northern Australia’s tropical savannas are subject to annual intense and extensive late dry season wildfires, much of this occurring on Aboriginal land. Based on the successful West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (WALFA) model, which has resulted in significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions, fire abatement programmes are planned for other significant regions of northern Australia. This study offers an introduction to the ideas behind a proposed environmental and social benchmarking project that aims to evaluate the potential benefits of expanding the fire abatement program in northern Australia, under the leadership of NAILSMA and its partners. Gaining a better understanding of the biodiversity, social and cultural outcomes of these fire abatement activities is an important component of demonstrating multiple benefits of these programmes. We emphasize the role of both biodiversity and cultural mapping to establish benchmarks and baseline states, with the involvement of Indigenous communities being a key element to optimize social and biodiversity benefits. Consultation with Traditional Owners and ranger groups to establish an agreed set of targets, indicators and sampling protocols and methodologies are critical component of this process. Examples of preliminary work to date are provided.

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Section: Need For Biodiversity and Social Benchmarkingmentioning

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Section: Need For Biodiversity and Social Benchmarkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes

Fitzsimons

Russell‐Smith

James

et al. 2012

Eco Management Restoration

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“…Those screened in Wadeye belong to one of 20 different tribal groups. Murinh Patha is the dominant group (Taylor, 2004). Those screened in Nauiyu belong to the Malak Malak group, with a mixture of tribal groups from nearby regions (Nauiyu Nambiyu Community Government Council, 2004).…”

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Anthropometric measurements of Australian Aboriginal adults living in remote areas: Comparison with nationally representative findings

Kondalsamy‐Chennakesavan

Hoy

Wang

et al. 2008

American J Hum Biol

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To compare body size measurements in Australian Aboriginals living in three remote communities in the Northern Territory of Australia with those of the general Australian population. Height, weight, waist and hip circumferences and derivative values of body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), waist-height ratio (WHT), and waist-weight ratios (WWT) of adult Aboriginal volunteers (n = 814), aged 25 to 74 years were compared with participants in the nationally representative 'AusDiab' survey (n = 10,434). The Aboriginal body habitus profiles differed considerably from the Australian profile. When compared to Australian females, Aboriginal females were taller and had lower hip circumference but had higher WC, WHR, WHT, and WWT (P < 0.01 for all). When compared with their Australian counterparts, Aboriginal males were shorter, had lower body weight, WC, hip circumference, BMI, and WHT but had higher WHR and WWT (P < 0.001 for all). Significantly more Aboriginal females were classified as overweight and or obese using cutoffs defined by WC and by WHR than by BMI. Aboriginal males were less often overweight and/or obese by BMI than their counterparts, but were significantly more often overweight or obese by WHR. There were significant variations in body size profiles between Aboriginal communities. However, the theme of excess waist measurements relative to their weight was uniform. Aboriginal people had preferential central fat deposition in relation to their overall weight. BMI significantly underestimated overweight and obesity as assessed by waist measurements among Aboriginals. This relationship of preferential central fat deposition to the current epidemic of chronic diseases needs to be explored further.

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“…Robust Indigenous statistics require a variety of inputs and examples of nuanced and alternative to standard analysis by non-Indigenous researchers abound. The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at the Australian National University, for example, have used Indigenous data to demonstrate arguments of Aboriginal poverty (Hunter 1999), or the non-delivery of "practical reconciliation" (Altman and Hunter 2003), or chronic education under spending on children in Wadeye (Taylor 2004). What I do advocate is an increased Indigenous perspective presence in Indigenous data production because race does matter.…”

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The Politics of the Data

Walter¹

2010

IJCIS

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The production, analysis and presentation of Indigenous data are not neutral interpretations of numerical counts. Institutionally positioned within a portrayal of Australian national social trends, the data"s ubiquity belies their discursive power. By virtue of the racialised terrain in which they are conceived, collected, analysed and interpreted the data are politicised in ways mostly invisible to their producers and users. This racialised "politics of the data" is the focus of this article. Three examples of how Australia"s racial terrain permeates the field of Indigenous statistical analysis are outlined to demonstrate this phenomenon. The theoretical frame for explaining the politically tilted underpinnings of how Indigenous data are "done" is Pierre Bourdieu"s (1984) concept of habitus, extended to include race as a fourth dimension of social space. The final section challenges researchers to contemplate the possibility of the data conceptualised, analysed and interpreted from an Indigenous methodology.

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Social Indicators for Aboriginal Governance : Insights from the Thamarrurr Region, Northern Territory

Cited by 20 publications

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Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes

Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes

Anthropometric measurements of Australian Aboriginal adults living in remote areas: Comparison with nationally representative findings

The Politics of the Data

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