Overview
- Editors:
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Jill Brown
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Monash University, Australia
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Nicola F. Johnson
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Federation University, Australia
- This international study of drawings by mainstream and Indigenous minority children offers rich insight into the ways in which children imagine identity for themselves and others and, in doing so, challenge or reinforce existing constructions of what it means to be indigenous.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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- Anna Podorova, Inna Makarova
Pages 57-73
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- Gunnar Jonsson, Ida-Maria Svonni
Pages 75-87
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- Megan Blight, Michelle Eady
Pages 149-167
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Back Matter
Pages 181-182
About this book
"The understandings which children have of Indigenous identity provide means by which to explore the ways in which Indigenous identity is both projected and constructed in society. These understandings play a powerful part in the ways in which Indigenous peoples are positioned in the mainstream society with which they are connected. The research presented in this edited collection uses children’s drawings to illuminate and explore the images children, both mainstream and Indigenous, have of Indigenous peoples. The data generated by this process allows exploration of the ways in which Indigenous identity is understood globally, through a series of locally focussed studies connected by theme and approach. The data serves to illuminate both the space made available by mainstream groups, and aspects of modernity accommodated within the Indigenous sense of self. Our aim within this project has been to analyse and discuss the ways in which children construct identity, both their own and thatof others. Children were asked to share their thoughts through drawings which were then used as the basis for conversation with the researchers. In this way the interaction between mainstream modernity and traditional Indigenous identity is made available for discussion and the connection between children’s lived experiences of identity and the wider global discussion is both immediately enacted and located within broader international understandings of Indigenous cultures and their place in the world."
Editors and Affiliations
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Monash University, Australia
Jill Brown
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Federation University, Australia
Nicola F. Johnson