Serious Whitefella Stuff by Mark Moran - ISBN: 9780522868296
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Bridging cultures, policy, and tradition in remote Aboriginal Australia.

Serious Whitefella Stuff

When Solutions Became the Problem in Indigenous Affairs

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    277 pages

  • Release Date

    1 February 2016

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Summary

With individual chapters by Alyson Wright and Paul Memmott.

How does Indigenous policy signed off in Canberra work—or not—when implemented in remote Aboriginal communities? Mark Moran, Alyson Wright and Paul Memmott have extensive on-the-ground experience in this area of ongoing challenge. What, they ask, is the right balance between respecting local traditions and making significant improvement in the areas of alcohol consumption, home ownership and revitalising cultural practices?

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522868296
ISBN-10:0522868290
Author:Mark Moran, Noel Pearson
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:277
Release Date:1 February 2016
Weight:242g
Dimensions:195mm x 132mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

If you want to help, you should read Serious Whitefella Stuff.’ – Noel Pearson ‘This book reminds us that the dance between policy and practice is an awkward one, and that change is tough to achieve and sustain. Mark Moran and his colleagues offer both chastening experiences and some pointers to how more systemic change could happen.’—Tim Costello

About The Author

Mark Moran

Professor Mark Moran leads the Development Effectiveness group at the Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. His career spans academia, not-for-profit organisations, government and consultancy work. Mark has a unique background of technical and social science research with a degree in civil engineering and a PhD in human geography and planning. He has worked in Indigenous communities in Australia, USA and Canada, and in developing communities in Lesotho, China, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Bolivia. He was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship in 1997 and The University of Queensland Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Thesis in 2006. His writing has appeared in The Australian and Griffith Review.

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