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Four Scholars Speak to Navigating the Complexities of Naming in Indigenous Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2014

Bronwyn Carlson ,
Jeff Berglund ,
Michelle Harris  and
Evan Te Ahu Poata-Smith
Bronwyn Carlson*
Affiliation:
Indigenous Studies Unit, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Jeff Berglund
Affiliation:
Ethnic Studies and Applied Indigenous Studies, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Michelle Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Social Work, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Evan Te Ahu Poata-Smith
Affiliation:
Indigenous Studies Unit, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
*
address for correspondence: Bronwyn Carlson, Indigenous Studies Unit, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia Email: bcarlson@uow.edu.au
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Abstract

Universities in Australia are expanding their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies programs to include Indigenous populations from around the globe. This is also the case for the Indigenous Studies Unit at the University of Wollongong (UOW). Although systems of nomenclature in Indigenous Studies seek to be respectful of difference, the politics of naming in the global context raises some complexities worthy of discussion. In this article, four scholars discuss the politics of naming in relation to teaching a joint Indigenous Studies subject at the UOW and Northern Arizona University.

Keywords

Indigeneitylanguage useterminologynomenclature
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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 43 , Issue 1: Rethinking, revitalising and re-shaping tertiary Australian Indigenous Studies , August 2014 , pp. 58 - 72
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Copyright © The Authors 2014 

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