The Social Effects of Native Title Recognition, Translation, Coexistence

The Social Effects of Native Title Recognition, Translation, Coexistence

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The papers in this collection reflect on the various social effects of native title. In particular, the authors consider the ways in which the implementation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth), and the native title process for which this Act legislates, allow for the recognition and translation of...

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Main Author: R. Smith, Benjamin (auth)
Other Authors: Morphy, Frances (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2007
Series:Research Monograph 27
Subjects:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
australia
social aspects
native title
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal title
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous peoples
Larrakia people
Umpila language
Yolngu
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Summary:The papers in this collection reflect on the various social effects of native title. In particular, the authors consider the ways in which the implementation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth), and the native title process for which this Act legislates, allow for the recognition and translation of Aboriginal law and custom, and facilitate particular kinds of coexistence between Aboriginal title holders and other Australians. In so doing, the authors seek to extend the debate on native title beyond questions of practice and towards an improved understanding of the effects of native title on the social lives of Indigenous Australians and on Australian society more generally. These attempts to grapple with the effects of native title have, in part, been impelled by Indigenous people's complaints about the Act and the native title process. Since the Act was passed, many Indigenous Australians have become increasingly unhappy with both the strength and forms of recognition afforded to traditional law and custom under the Act, as well as the with socially disruptive effects of the native title process. In particular, as several of the papers in this collection demonstrate, there is widespread discomfort with the transformative effects of recognition within the native title process, effects which can then affect other aspects of Indigenous lives.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (223 p.)
ISBN:OAPEN_459535
Access:Open Access

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