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The Wentworth Lectures
The Wentworth Lectures There have been eighteen Wentworth lecturers, all of whom havebeen given full rein as to the topic and content. A veritable who'swho of Australian Indigenous studies, all deal to some extent withwider political, social and economic, and in some cases, religious,factors prevalent at the time of their writing.
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The Cultural Dynamics of Adaptation in Remote Aboriginal Communities: Policy, Values and the State's Unmet Expectations
Using examples drawn from the Mardu, a Western Desert people, we seek to illustrate the incommensurability of remote Aboriginal and mainstream Australian cultures, including their opposed constructions of politics. Although there is ample evidence of Aboriginal people like the Mardu having adapted to their changed circumstances, deep differences persist. Kin-based authority and regulation of behaviour have been weakened and are often ineffective, but no viable civil society has emerged; this gap between Mardu and Western values and customs results in cultural clashes and the elusiveness of mutual accommodation. We emphasize elements of difference and difficulty that stem largely from the contrast in how these two kinds of societies deal with the tension between autonomy and relatedness. À partir d'exemples tirés des Mardus, une population du Désert de l'Ouest australien, nous cherchons à illustrer l'impossibilité de comparer la culture grand public australienne et celles des populations aborigènes isolées, y compris leurs perceptions opposées de la politique. Bien que nombre d'exemples existent de populations aborigènes qui, à l'instar des Mardus se sont adaptées à l'évolution de leur contexte, de profondes différences persistent. L'autorité et la régulation des comportements par les liens de parenté ont été affaiblies et sont souvent inefficaces, mais aucune société civile viable n'a émergé; cet écart entre les valeurs et coutumes occidentales et celles des Mardus engendre des affrontements culturels et fragilise les accommodements mutuels. Nous mettons en lumière des éléments de différence et de difficulté qui découlent en bonne partie du contraste entre les manières dont ces deux types de société gèrent les tensions entre l'autonomie et les obligations mutuelles.
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Resolving Conflict Within the Law: The Mardu Aborigines of Australia
Conflict is very much a part of Mardu society. As Robert Tonkinson shows, the Mardu can be verbally aggressive. Yet for the Mardu, consensual and peaceful outcomes to their conflicts are imperative to their long-term survival. Like the Hopi, they seek ways to counter potential violence that may arise in their conflicts. Tonkinson suggests that social organization and religion are the two pillars of their peaceful society. The Mardu inflict punishments on wrongdoers. Is it really violence (violation of the victim) if the \"victim\" accepts the punishment? Is the use of punishment an attribute of the overall peacefulness of the Mardu, or does it weaken their ideal to refrain from becoming aggressive? Of equal interest are the ways that the Mardu deal with potential conflicts with strangers. A stranger always represents an unknown quantity. Other societies discussed in this book use the fear of witchcraft and other supernatural beliefs to instill caution in dealing with strangers. The Mardu utilize the establishment of kinship ties with an outsider. This process is echoed in societies where interaction with strangers is common. One often finds a ritual wherein the two parties try to establish a kind of kinship tie-for example, fellow Freemason, \"old school tie,\" common sporting interest, locality of origin, and so on-before they begin to deal with any conflict.
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Anthropology and Aboriginal Tradition: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair and the Politics of Interpretation
Events that have become popularly known as 'the Hindmarsh affair' arose from conflict over a bridge development, and refer to an Aboriginal heritage issue that has had a significant impact on Australian society.The attendant controversy and dissension have ramified widely, beyond matters of Aboriginal heritage and its relationship to development, to include the status and role of anthropological research and reporting, past and present. A brief chronology of developments both prior to and following the Hindmarsh Island Bridge Royal Commission (1995) is provided here as a backdrop for discussion of these matters. Other salient issues also examined include: the nature of culture in relation to the complexities of 'tradition' and the effects of change; the structural correlates of secrets; the politics of interpretation; and the legitimacy of innovative processes in Aboriginal cultural construction and representation. In conclusion, some implications of the Hindmarsh affair for the anthropology profession are considered.
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The Wiley-Blackwell companion to religion and social justice
The Wiley - Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice brings together a team of distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative account of social justice in the major religious traditions.
* The first publication to offer a comparative study of social justice for each of the major world religions, exploring viewpoints within Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism
* Offers a unique and enlightening volume for those studying religion and social justice - a crucially important subject within the history of religion, and a significant area of academic study in the field
* Brings together the beliefs of individual traditions in a comprehensive, explanatory, and informative style
* All essays are newly-commissioned and written by eminent scholars in the field
* Benefits from a distinctive four-part organization, with sections on major religions; religious movements and themes; indigenous people; and issues of social justice, from colonialism to civil rights, and AIDS through to environmental concerns
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