Australian Universities, Indigenization, Whiteness, and Settler Colonial Epistemic Violence

Bindi Bennett; Kelly Menzel; Jacob Prehn; Trevor G. Gates

doi:10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_63

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Australian Universities, Indigenization, Whiteness, and Settler Colonial Epistemic Violence

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Australian Universities, Indigenization, Whiteness, and Settler Colonial Epistemic Violence

Bindi Bennett, Kelly Menzel, Jacob Prehn and Trevor G. Gates

Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines, pp.229-241

Springer Nature Singapore

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_63

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

Cultural responsiveness

Curricula

Epistemology

First Nations

Settler colonialism

Tertiary education

This chapter argues that despite numerous strategies, reports, and scholarship, Australian universities are still largely based on White Western worldviews and as a result continue to perpetrate and perpetuate settler colonial epistemic violence. To overcome the current settler colonial epistemic violence exerted by tertiary education providers, genuine relationships with First Nation peoples and communities need to be established, and space must be made for these communities to speak for themselves within the academy. Universities and governments should follow by providing appropriate allocation of resources for the indigenization of curricula and governance structures, within faculties and campuses. If this is achieved, the Australian tertiary education sector will become an international leader by deconstructing Whiteness, providing a greater educational experience, and exposing graduates to multiple worldviews. We address social work as a discipline and suggest ways forward.

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Title: Australian Universities, Indigenization, Whiteness, and Settler Colonial Epistemic Violence
Authors: Bindi Bennett (Corresponding Author) - Australian Catholic University
Kelly Menzel - Southern Cross University
Jacob Prehn - University of Tasmania
Trevor G. Gates - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
Contributors: Jioji Ravulo (Editor) - University of Sydney
Katarzyna Olcoń (Editor) - University of Wollongong
Tinashe Dune (Editor) - Western Sydney University
Alex Workman (Editor) - Western Sydney University
Pranee Liamputtong (Editor) - VinUniversity
Publication details: Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines, pp.229-241
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_63; 10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6
ISBN: 9789819750856
Organisation Unit: School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991081598302621
Output Type: Book chapter

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