Jon Altman
Jon Altman reviews 'A Rightful Place (Quarterly Essay 55)' by Noel Pearson
Jon Altman
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Whether you love or hate lawyer–activist Noel Pearson’s ideas, you have to admire his chutzpah, his willingness to put his ideas out there for public discussion and debate, even if his own dogmatism sometimes limits his diplomatic engagements ...
... (read more)Peter Menkhorst reviews 'Culture Crisis: Anthropology and politics in Aboriginal Australia' edited by Jon Altman and Melinda Hinkson
Peter Menkhorst
Wednesday, 04 May 2011
Anthropology’s significant contribution to both academic and applied research focused on Indigenous Australia has intensified over the last four decades. Among Aboriginal people and anthropologists themselves, debates have occurred as to the discipline’s earlier alignments with colonialism ...
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