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Teaching Research To Aboriginal Students, Grant Larson, Leslie Brown
Teaching Research To Aboriginal Students, Grant Larson, Leslie Brown
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
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Resource Development And Resource Dependency Of Indigenous Communities: Australia's Jawoyn Aborigines And Mining At Coronation Hill, Marcus B. Lane, Roy E. Rickson
Resource Development And Resource Dependency Of Indigenous Communities: Australia's Jawoyn Aborigines And Mining At Coronation Hill, Marcus B. Lane, Roy E. Rickson
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
Indigenous people and their communities are often critical actors in resource development networks dominated by large-scale private and public sector organizations. Development policies and projects have often been contentious in Australia because lands on which development has occurred or been proposed are frequently areas of spiritual and traditional significance to Aboriginal people. Conflicts over development are therefore intense, occur in the context of a history of social and political exploitation of Aboriginal people, and focus on issues of symbolic value, local autonomy, power, and participation in planning. This article applies social assessment models recognizing resource development as a power network …