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Laura Rademaker

Laura Rademaker

Laura Rademaker is a historian at the Australian National University in the Research Centre for Deep History. She has published widely across Indigenous and religious history, particular on the history of Christian missions in North Australia. Her work draws on oral history and is based in community collaboration. She is also editor of the Journal of Religious History.

Laura Rademaker reviews 'True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture' by Terri Janke

October 2021, no. 436 22 September 2021
This book hit a nerve. It’s not that Terri Janke sets out to confront her readers; if anything, she is at pains to convey goodwill. Janke, who is of Meriam and Wuthathi heritage, writes to build bridges and, above all, to give useful advice. But beneath this is a profound challenge for those who write and create: that is, to rethink how we know. True Tracks is a guidebook for both the Indigenou ... (read more)