Patterns of petrol sniffing and other drug use in young men from an Australian Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. BURNS ◽  
P. D'ABBS ◽  
B. J. CURRIE
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Arnhem Land ◽  
Australian Aboriginal Community

scholarly journals Mutual Incomprehension: The Cross Cultural Domain of Work in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Community

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva McRae-Williams ◽  
Rolf Gerritsen
Keyword(s):  
Northern Territory ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Remote Community ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Cultural Domain ◽  
Formal Employment ◽  
Australian Aboriginal Community

This article is set within the context of concerns about Indigenous workforce participation disadvantage. It discusses conflicting life-worlds relating to work of both Aboriginal and non- Indigenous residents in Ngukurr, a remote community in South East Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory. It contrasts an Indigenous social culture of kinship and relatedness to a Western one where employment is central to identity and its formal rules shape behaviour. We investigate how these different social ideologies affect cross-cultural relationships and shape the formal employment domain in Ngukurr. Given that governments have moved to more assimilationist policies in recent years, there are important policy implications following from this mutual cultural incomprehension.

A Journey Toward Cultural Competence

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Nilson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Natural Tendency ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Reflective Evaluation ◽  
Australian Aboriginal Community ◽  
Reflective Development

This article highlights the personal journey of reflective development that a non-Aboriginal White researcher and health professional underwent to be “fully positioned” in the everyday lives of a rural Australian Aboriginal community in Western Australia. The article explains the researcher’s personal development in areas important to building respect, building relationships, and ensuring reciprocity while undertaking Aboriginal research. The researcher reports on the reflective evaluation of her worldview. Understanding that judgment is a natural tendency, the researcher used reflexivity as a tool to examine and contextualize her judgments, presumptions, and preconceptions, which positioned her to be open to differing viewpoints and actively explore alternate perspectives. The researcher explores her evolutionary understanding that cultural competence is not a destination but a continual journey, and she details her knowledge development regarding the Aboriginal research paradigm, which requires that all the learning, sharing, and growth taking place is reciprocal and engages all parties actively.

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