http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/beyond_guarding_ground/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/beyond_guarding_ground/#When:23:23:03Z In the past 20 years Indigenous Australians have called for greater recognition of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights. The intellectual property system doesn't acknowledge Indigenous communal ownership of cultural expressions and knowledge passed down through the generations, and nurtured by Indigenous cultural practice. Sacred knowledge is also at risk.This lecture sketched out the ground gathered by Indigenous copyright cases and examine international model laws and draft provisions. Ms Janke argued for greater infrastructure to support and defend Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights. Her vision is for a National Indigenous Cultural Authority to facilitating consent and payment of royalties; to develop standards of appropriate use to guard cultural integrity, and to enforce rights. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, University 2009-10-15T23:23:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_australians_mining_developing_a_sustainable_future/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_australians_mining_developing_a_sustainable_future/#When:02:46:11Z Indigenous Australians residing in communities in regional and remote Australia are among Australia's most disadvantaged partly because of limited formal economic opportunity. In these areas mining may be the major - and sometimes only - contributor to mainstream economic development. However Indigenous communities have gained only limited long-term economic benefits from mining activity on land that they own. Furthermore, while many Indigenous people place high value on realising non-economic benefits from mining agreements, there may be only limited capacity to deliver such benefits.In this forum four contributors to the monograph Power, Culture, Economy: Indigenous Australians and Mining discussed case studies from large, ongoing mining operations in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory to draw out issues relating to the complex and often problematic relations between major mining corporations and Indigenous people. These include the challenges that Indigenous people face in engaging in multifaceted ways with mine economies, including to their cultural identity and values and the role of the state. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-09-15T02:46:11+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/first_taste_history_culture_in_indigenous_alcohol_use/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/first_taste_history_culture_in_indigenous_alcohol_use/#When:02:26:03Z This public lecture challenges some of the common beliefs that surround Indigenous Australians and the history of 'grog', by discussing the findings of the newly released publication First Taste: How Indigenous Australians Learned About Grog by Maggie Brady (published by the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation). This publication was released the morning before the lecture and is a series of six books. The series is designed to educate and empower Indigenous people on alcohol issues, to illuminate the influence of history and social learning on drinking behaviour, and to contribute to greater understanding and reconciliation between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians. Public Lecture, Behavioural & Cognitive Sciences, Indigenous Studies, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-09-24T02:26:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/closing_the_gaps/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/closing_the_gaps/#When:01:09:00Z In delivering an apology to the Stolen Generations the Prime Minister set a concrete target to halve the gap in infant mortality rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children within a decade. Related to this is a subsequent declared need to improve housing conditions for Indigenous Australians with the establishment of a housing policy commission as the first step. In this forum, leading academics discuss the scale and nature of the issues facing the new government as it attempts to achieve these aims. PART ONE 1-2.30pm THE INFANT MORTALITY CHALLENGE Indigenous Infant Mortality: what is known from available data Dr Elizabeth Sullivan, Director of the National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, University of New South Wales. The Indigenous Infant Mortality Target: what needs to be achieved Associate Professor Heather Booth, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, ANU Culture as Cause: the debates on improving aboriginal health Professor Francesca Merlan, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, ANU PART TWO 3-4.30pm THE INDIGENOUS HOUSING CHALLENGE The Scale and Composition of Housing Needs Dr Nicholas Biddle, Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU Housing Tenure in Remote Areas: directions and dilemmas Dr Will Sanders, Senior Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU The Delivery and Performance of Indigenous Housing and the Persistent Relevance of Culturally Specific Factors Professor Paul Memmott, Director, Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, University of Queensland Public Lecture, Creative Arts, Indigenous Studies, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-04-09T01:09:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/#When:05:31:00Z In this lecture, Lieutenant General John Sanderson argues that the national approach to Indigenous issues can broadly be described as ‘assimilationist’ – the belief that the only hope for Indigenous people is to become like mainstream Australia, taking on the trappings of a rationalist northern hemisphere culture that is increasingly at odds with the environment in which it finds itself. Recent initiatives are merely a market forces derived version of this paternalistic approach that has its origins almost from the time of the First Fleet. The cultural disempowerment associated with this approach has left Indigenous people in a state of trauma that is reflected in the appalling physical and mental health statistics and the increasing engagement with the justice and prison systems. The alienation of Indigenous people from the mainstream in Australia is paralleled by the alienation of Australians from the continent itself and portrays a latent danger to the young country as the world power balance shifts towards Asia. Reconciliation is not simply about overcoming Indigenous disadvantage – it is about national unity and the redemption of the entire nation. A commentary will be provided by Professor Mick Dodson AM, Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at ANU. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-24T05:31:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/contracting_cultures/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/contracting_cultures/#When:00:34:00Z In intellectual property, there has been much interest of late in the creative use of contract law - especially with the development of the Creative Commons. By necessity, Indigenous communities have been pioneers in the creative use of contract law. In light of the glacial progress to reform legislative regimes and international treaties to protect traditional knowledge, Indigenous peoples have been forced to make creative use of contract law in order to protect their cultural interests. Rather than employing contract law to keep material in the public domain, Indigenous communities have used creative contracts to safeguard traditional knowledge. Creative contracts have been a means to ward-off free riders, copycats, and bio-pirates. In the field of copyright law, contractual terms have been used to provide protection for economic and moral interests in Indigenous intellectual property. Contracts have also been used to deal with the commission, licensing, and resale of Indigenous art. In the area of industrial property, Indigenous communities have relied upon contract law to negotiate benefits arising out of the exploitation of patented inventions, trademarks, and confidential information. In the field of access to genetic resources, Indigenous land use agreements can include benefit-sharing agreements in respect of bioprospecting. Seminar, Indigenous Studies, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2007-07-19T00:34:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/#When:05:33:00Z Steve Larkin, Principal, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), explores the unique role of AIATSIS in promoting scholarship that has been relevant and responsive to its national Indigenous constituency. The interaction between the Institute and ANU has resulted in many new initiatives and collaborations that have promoted the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. In recognition of this the two institutions are about to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-11-23T05:33:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/#When:02:08:00Z Like Australia, Canada faces challenges in resolving the grievances of First Nation peoples harmed by past policies. Phil Fontaine, the National Chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations, has been at the heart of negotiations which have resulted in the Canadian government offering C$2 billion in compensation to former students of Residential Schools. Phil was visiting Australia with Charlene Belleau, Director of the Residential Schools Unit of the Assembly of First Nations, and Professor Kathleen Mahoney, chief negotiator for the residential schools settlement. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-25T02:08:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/erstwhile_land_rights_advocate/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/erstwhile_land_rights_advocate/#When:05:54:00Z Late in his term on the High Court, Justice McHugh, one of the majority in the Mabo decision and one of the dissentients in Wik, expressed criticism of the "costly and time-consuming" native title system. He thought it was unable to fairly evaluate the competing legal rights of landholders and native-title holders. In this lecture presented by the National Centre for Indigenous Studies and the Centre for International and Public Law, Father Frank Brennan argues that the issue now is not the legitimacy of land rights but determining the cut-off point for recognising native-title rights when other parties also have rights over the same land. He also argues the importance of matching the remaining native-title rights with the real, rather than imagined, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aspirations. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2006-07-27T05:54:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/mabo_case/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/mabo_case/#When:06:03:01Z A judicial revolution occurred in 1992 when the High Court discarded the doctrine of terra nullius in the Mabo case. The ruling had repercussions for Indigenous peoples within Australia and around the world, especially in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. In this lecture presented by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Professor Peter Russell considers the background and consequences of the Mabo case, contextualising it within the international struggle of Indigenous peoples to overcome their colonized status. He weaves together a historical narrative of Eddie Mabo’s life with an account of the legal and ideological premises of European imperialism, outlining the implications of the Mabo ruling for judicial, constitutional and Indigenous politics. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Indigenous Studies, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Law 2006-03-23T06:03:01+10:00