The Closing the Gap (CTG) Refresh: Should Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture be incorporated in the CTG framework? How?

Parter, Carmen; Wilson, Shawn; Hartz, Donna

doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12850

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“…However, where knowledges meet at that cultural interface, Indigenous knowledges and cultures are subjugated. 3,16 Innovations are inevitable if those knowledge systems and cultures are recognised as independent entities able to complement the other through cultural infusion. 16,17 Therefore, Indigenous Australians must be provided with the means and opportunity to rightfully self-determine and govern their affairs.…”

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“…Unfortunately, the knowledges and cultures held by Indigenous Australians are not fully acknowledged or recognised and are often dismissed as irrelevant. 3 For far too long, non-Indigenous and western scientific and biomedical knowledges of ways of being, knowing and doing have dominated and informed Recognising the reality of racism and bringing Indigenous Australians' knowledge and cultures to the forefront of government decisions and actions continues.…”

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“…Based on government legacy it is obvious that government actions have not been enough. 3 Connection to culture continues to be portrayed as an Indigenous Australian problem 20 , rather than Indigenous Australians reclaiming pathways to better health. Australia has seen consecutive National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plans that have consistently spoken about the relevance of culture and the holistic nature of health.…”

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Talking about the 'r' word: a right to a health system that is free of racism

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Mohamed

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Indigenous knowledges relating to cultural ways of being, knowing and doing must be front and centre to any public health response • A deep-seated resistance to addressing institutional and systemic racism and racist attitudes prevent the implementation and sharing of Indigenous knowledges and Indigenous cultures • Public health policy makers and practitioners must start identifying and talking about racism, to help actively address racism

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“…Implementation of cultural practices in unequal settings can reinforce dominant cultural mores that overrule Aboriginal values, methods, and institutions (Ens, Finlayson, Preuss, Jackson, & Holcombe, 2012).When non-Aboriginal Peoples do not recognise their own cultural practices and norms, yet remain the dominant service providers, their efforts to promote cultural practice may not contribute to Aboriginal wellbeing. Refreshment of the Closing the Gap initiative has highlighted the importance of empowerment and strong connections to country, rather than narrow representations of Aboriginal culture (Parter, Wilson, & Hartz, 2019).…”

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Quantification of Interplaying Relationships Between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal People in Remote Australia

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Abbott³

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Wellbeing is a useful indicator of social progress because its subjectivity accounts for diverse aspirations. The Interplay research project developed a wellbeing framework for Aboriginal people in remote Australia comprising government and community wellbeing priorities. This article describes statistical modelling of community priorities based on surveys administered by community researchers to 841 participants from four remote settlements. Constructs for Aboriginal language literacy, cultural practice, and empowerment were identified through exploratory factor analysis (EFA); structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to confirm relationships. Cultural practice was associated with Aboriginal language literacy and empowerment, which were both associated with wellbeing. Aboriginal literacy and empowerment mediated negative direct relationships between cultural practice and wellbeing. Direct relationships were significant only for females for whom empowerment and Aboriginal literacy appear key to enhancing wellbeing.

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“…In a review of 31 countries, van Noord, Spruyt, Kuppens and Spears (2019) found that education becomes increasingly able to differentiate between different social groups as students pass through the different levels to higher education; in other words education is not offering all students an equal chance to succeed. The Closing the Gap policies in Australia, aimed at ameliorating the poorer outcomes of Indigenous people across a wide range of indicators have met with only limited success (Department of Prime Minister andCabinet, 2017, 2018) precisely because the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are different from white Australians has not adequately been addressed in the implementation of programmes (Parter, Wilson, & Hartz, 2019).…”

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Terrorism and Early Childhood: Our Role on the Slippery Slope of Racism

Sims¹

2019

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In this paper I argue that early childhood professionals have a key role in providing learning opportunities that aim to prevent children placing their feet on the beginning of the slippery slope of racism. At the bottom of this slippery slope of racism, as we have seen in recent world events, are acts of extremist terrorism. This responsibility is increasingly important given that in many countries political rhetoric is leaning further towards far right extremism accompanied by forms of nationalism where those who are different (for example Muslims and refugee groups) are being portrayed as threatening standards of living of citizens in their host countries. As professionals we have a responsibility to identify early (often, on the surface, benign) acts, reflect on the value position underpinning such acts, and provide opportunities for children to learn to value and respect the differences they see every day in the people around them. In this paper I provide suggestions as to the kinds of behaviours (and the value positions underpinning them) that we see in young children and the ways we might address these.

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The Closing the Gap (CTG) Refresh: Should Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture be incorporated in the CTG framework? How?

Cited by 12 publications

References 5 publications

Talking about the 'r' word: a right to a health system that is free of racism

Talking about the 'r' word: a right to a health system that is free of racism

Quantification of Interplaying Relationships Between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal People in Remote Australia

Terrorism and Early Childhood: Our Role on the Slippery Slope of Racism

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