Revitalising Indigenous-state relations

Grant type

ARC Discovery Project

Researchers

• Professor Sarah Maddison (University of Melbourne)
• Dr Nikki Moodie (University of Melbourne)
• Associate Professor Morgan Brigg (University of Queensland)
• Dr Elizabeth Strakosch (University of Queensland)

Description

This project is investigating the complexity of Indigenous affairs governance and the ongoing tensions in the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the Australian state. The project expects to generate new data on contemporary Indigenous governance arrangements and analyse them using an original conceptual framework to inform knowledge-exchange workshops designed to advance proposed new approaches. Expected outcomes of this project include concrete proposals for re-setting Indigenous-settler relations and Indigenous affairs policy. This should provide significant benefits in the field of Indigenous governance including plans for more genuine transformation in Australian Indigenous-settler relations.