Journal article
Unsettling Australian settler supremacy: combating resistance in university Aboriginal studies
Race Ethnicity and Education, Vol.19(2), pp.412-432
2016
Abstract
Higher education courses designed to equip students to work effectively with Indigenous peoples by teaching about racism and inequality often encounter resistance to these concepts. In particular, students argue that individual and structural racisms, and their own white privilege, are 'not their fault'. This article examines different forms of student resistance expressed within a number of Aboriginal Studies courses taught in a regional Australian university. This article reflects on data collected from various research initiatives with students, and personal teaching experiences over decades, and argues that although the notion of white supremacy can explicitly identify white privilege it also actively promotes even greater student resistance to learning. As such, this article argues for a consistent sequence of anti-racism approaches and suggests a number of key pedagogical strategies for anti-racism education. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
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- Title
- Unsettling Australian settler supremacy: combating resistance in university Aboriginal studies
- Authors
- David Hollinsworth (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Race Ethnicity and Education, Vol.19(2), pp.412-432
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.1080/13613324.2014.911166
- ISSN
- 1361-3324; 1361-3324
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448831102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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