Perspectives of my lived experiences for addressing suicides among aboriginal communities in the North Queensland tropics

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-219
Author(s):  
Mercy Baird
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Young Person ◽  
James Cook ◽  
Strategic Intent ◽  
The North ◽  
Philosophical Standpoint ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
The Tropics

This article contextualises my perspectives of Indigenous knowledge within a cultural cosmology, used to address the suicide epidemic in an Indigenous Community in the Far North Queensland Tropics of Australia. I use my personal narrative from the philosophical standpoint theory of an Indigenous female with first-hand experience of living under the residues of the Queensland Government Act (1897). Through the lens of a social constructivist worldview and theoretical underpinnings of Indigenist research, I give honour to Indigenous knowledge, cultural values and privilege the voices of local people. As a PhD researcher at James Cook University, I apply to my research, “Healing after experiencing the suicide of a young person—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives informed by Indigenous Knowledges” with three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. This research also aligns itself to the JCU Strategic Intent, Peoples and Society in the Tropics.

The Purga Project: Indigenous Knowledge Research

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norm Sheehan ◽  
Polly Walker
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The University

We are Indigenous University lecturers involved in research with the Purga Elders and Descendants Aboriginal Corporation. Our research at Purga involves the instigation of Indigenous Knowledge as the basis of effective and valid research methodologies. This article will describe the work that the University of Queensland (UQ) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit is doing at Purga. It will then articulate the principles of Indigenous Knowledge Research that inform this work.

Ethics of medical research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Bobba
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Research Protocols ◽  
Fresh Perspective ◽  
Torres Strait

Conducting ethical health research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations requires an understanding of their unique cultural values and the historical context. The assimilation of Indigenous people with the broader community through colonial policies such as the dispossession of land and forcible removal of children from their families in the Stolen Generation, deprived entire communities of their liberty. Poorly designed research protocols can perpetuate discriminatory values, reinforce negative stereotypes and stigmas and lead to further mistrust between the Indigenous community and healthcare professionals. The manuscript offers a fresh perspective and an up-to-date literature review on the ethical implications of conducting health research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

A Torres Strait Islander Perspective on the Concept of Indigenous Knowledge

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina Whap
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Traditional Language ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Kinship Ties ◽  
Society Today

The concept of Indigenous knowledge itself has life; it is ‘living’ knowledge. This Indigenous knowledge or ‘living’ knowledge is not written, but rather transmitted orally by the gatekeepers and holders of knowledge, especially from our Elders ‘Athe’ (grandfather), ’Aka’ (grandmother), our parents ‘Baba’ (father), and ‘Ama’ (mother), as well as our (uncles) ‘Awahdeh’ and our (aunties) ‘Ama’. These holders of knowledge play a major part in our individual lives as they mould or shape our minds, values, ethics, morals and opinions about society today and its influences on us as individuals. The Elders also influence where we place ourselves in our community and in the wider community. This transmission of Indigenous knowledge is ‘passed on’ through traditional language, traditional lores, understandings of totems, kinship ties, performance of dances, songs, stories, myths, legends, rituals, ceremonies and activities or events which influence our lives daily.

The Black Academy

2020 ◽  
pp. 389-406
Author(s):  
Mark Rose
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Terra Nullius ◽  
Dark Ages ◽  
Indigenous Perspective ◽  
Torres Strait

The continent nominated by Westerners “Terra Australis Incognita” was land occupied for tens of thousands of years; home to peoples whose surviving descendants, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, could claim to have sustained the world's oldest culture. The colonists occupying the territory, however, declared it “terra nullius,” a land with no recognized claim. The colonial attitude to Indigenous culture was similar, treating it as “Intellectual nullius.” From the colonial occupation to the 1980s became the “Dark Ages for Indigenous Knowledge,” in which the trans-generational capability, engaged in Western knowledge, was rare. In this chapter, this history is revisited on a path to current contributions of the Black Academy to higher education. These are advanced here as: an Indigenous perspective; an oppositional approach; integrative Indigenous knowledge; contemporary Indigenous knowledge; and pure Indigenous knowledge. Reflecting on the research paradigm involved, emerging contributions of the Black Academy represent a supercomplex renaissance.

Establishing a Community-Controlled Multi-Institutional Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (S1) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
Leilani Pearce ◽  
Bronwyn Fredericks
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Research ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
James Cook ◽  
Health Council ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
National Heart Foundation ◽  
The University

AbstractThe Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) lead and govern the Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE), which has a focus on circulatory and associated conditions in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The CCRE is a partnership between QAIHC and Monash University, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of Queensland, James Cook University, the National Heart Foundation, and the University of Wollongong. The establishment of the CCRE under the community-controlled model of governance is unique and presents both opportunities and challenges for innovative partnerships between universities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community organisations. This paper outlines the processes and strategies used to establish a multi-institutional research centre that is governed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health sector.

scholarly journals Editorial

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Levon Blue ◽  
Peter Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Real World ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Treatment Protocols ◽  
The Third ◽  
Real World Problem ◽  
Final Article ◽  
Torres Strait

In this edition, the contributing authors represent a variety of disciplines, including sociology, humanities, psychology and management/business. The importance of academics from many disciplines researching and writing about Indigenous matters means that researchers are positioning themselves as ready to work across disciplines to help solve real-world problem facing Indigenous people worldwide. In the first article, Josie Arnold advocates for practice-led research (PLR) as a model for credentialling Indigenous knowledges in academia. The second article, by Jennifer Chisholm, critically examines and problematises the notion of Indigenous transgender acceptance. In the third article, Stefan Gröschl argues that interculturalism is a means towards collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The final article in this issue is co-authored by Mohajer Abbass Hameed and Shaun Coade, who argue that the majority of research methodologies and treatment protocols used in mainstream psychology are in tension with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural values.

A Preliminary Report on the Establishment of the Remote Area Teacher Education Program (RATEP) at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sites in North Queensland

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil McGarvie
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
James Cook ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
Teacher Qualification ◽  
Torres Strait

The Queensland Department of Education has instigated, planned and supported, over a significant period of time, various programs to enable Aboriginal and Islander entrants to become trained and qualified teachers. Such programs have included for example:● teacher training which did not lead to a formal teacher qualification, such as the Aboriginal/Islander course provided at the then North Brisbane {Kedron Park) CAE;● the Associate Diploma of Education at Cairns College of TAFE, which led to employment as an Aboriginal/Islander Community Teacher;● the programs with enclave support, (such as those at Mt Gravatt CAE, Kelvin Grove CAE, James Cook University Aboriginal and Islander Teacher Education Program, AITEP), leading to a Diploma of Teaching or further awards, with full teacher registration.

The Black Academy

2016 ◽  
pp. 326-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Rose
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Terra Nullius ◽  
Dark Ages ◽  
Indigenous Perspective ◽  
Torres Strait

The continent nominated by Westerners “Terra Australis Incognita” was land occupied for tens of thousands of years; home to peoples whose surviving descendants, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, could claim to have sustained the world's oldest culture. The colonists occupying the territory, however, declared it “terra nullius,” a land with no recognized claim. The colonial attitude to Indigenous culture was similar, treating it as “Intellectual nullius.” From the colonial occupation to the 1980s became the “Dark Ages for Indigenous Knowledge,” in which the trans-generational capability, engaged in Western knowledge, was rare. In this chapter, this history is revisited on a path to current contributions of the Black Academy to higher education. These are advanced here as: an Indigenous perspective; an oppositional approach; integrative Indigenous knowledge; contemporary Indigenous knowledge; and pure Indigenous knowledge. Reflecting on the research paradigm involved, emerging contributions of the Black Academy represent a supercomplex renaissance.

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