Program
All events during the forum including
the conference dinner will be held in the Birabahn
Building at the University of Newcastle. The Knowledge Sharing
Sessions will be held on the first floor in the Yalmambirra
Rooms 2.05 & 2.07. All other events/sessions will
be held on the ground floor "Eating
and Meeting Place".
During the forum there will be a
display from the local Awabakal (traditional and contemporary)
which can be viewed on the first floor
Yalmambirra Room 2.06.
Please see attached locality
map for the location of the University. Please see the attached
map of the
University for the location of Birabahn.
Please note that all conference
participants will receive a conference bag with a Program and
Abstracts Booklet along with other relevant information during
registration.
PROGRAM (quick reference): DAY
1 - DAY 2- DAY 3
DAY
1 - MONDAY, 29TH NOVEMBER, 2004
| 8:30 - 9:00am |
REGISTRATION
|
| 9:00 - 9:45am |
Welcome to Country - Awabakal Elder
Welcome to University -
Welcome to Forum - Associate Professor Nerida Blair - Head
of Wollotuka School of Aboriginal Studies and Director of
Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Research Centre
|
| 9:45 - 10:15am |
MORNING TEA
|
| 10:15 - 11:15am |
YARNIN' SESSION:
Awabakal Stories - Dr. John Maynard
with Michael Davison on Didge
|
| |
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
SESSION 1:
|
| 11:15 - 11:55am |
Expanding health service options in
Vancouver by restoring Indigenous traditional-based health-education
...more
Dawn Marsden ..bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Why Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Peoples Should Boycott Research!
Why Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People Must
Boycott Research!
...more
Mr. Bevan Cassady ...bio
(Yalmambirra room 2.07)
|
| 12:00 - 12:45pm |
Practical re-colonisation: A new direction
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health ...more
Mr. Steven Larkin ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Is disease theory a mythical fabrication
embedded in Australian historiography to rationalise the
misappropriation of another peoples' lands and waterways?
...more
Mr. Greg Blyton ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 12:45 - 1:45pm |
LUNCH
|
| |
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING SESSION 2:
|
| 1:45 - 2:25pm |
Creating a Space for Indigenous Voices:
Authenticity, Identity and Colonialism ...more
Ms. Vicki Grieves
...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Maha'oi: The Intrusion of Inferiority
by the Perpetual Ghost in Education ...more
Mr. Anthony (Joe) Fraser
..bio & Ms. Kerri-Ann Hewett ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 2:30 - 3:15pm |
Voicing the problems and pitfalls that
inhibit the entry and advancement of Indigenous women academics
in contemporary academic environments ...more
Daisy Webster
...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Relatedness and Research: Re-naming,
Re-claiming, Re-newing for Re-storing our Stories and our
Voices ...more
Ms. Karen Martin ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 3:15 - 3:45pm |
AFTERNOON TEA
|
| |
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING SESSION 3:
|
| 3:45 - 4:30pm |
Indigenous
Governance in Higher Education ...more
Rob McPhee ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
The NSW Annual Aboriginal Rugby League
Knockout: a history ...more
Heidi Norman ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 4:30 - 5:15pm |
What Can we Learn from Ghandi on How
to Record Indigenous History?
...more
Ms. Frances Peters-Little
...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Does Love Conquer All?: Black-White
Relationships in a Racially Divided World ...more
Ms. Sharon Moore ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 5:15pm onwards |
INFORMAL GATHERING:
Refreshments and BBQ Dinner
Cultural Performance
|
DAY
2- TUESDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 2004
| |
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING SESSION 4:
|
| 9:00 - 9:40am |
The history of western education in
Australia for Indigenous peoples has been destructive to
Indigenous beliefs and cultures ...more
Mr. Joe Perry ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Indigenous Quantitative Research
...more
Ms. Karen Adams ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 9:45 - 10:30am |
Beyond Pedagogical Norms: Country, Story
- Aboriginal Perspective and Learning ...more
Annie Vanderwyk ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Foucault's Governmentality Literature
and Indigenous Affairs ...more
Heidi Norman ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 10:30 - 11:00am |
MORNING TEA
CD Launch - Ms. Sandy Indlekofer-O'Sullivan
|
| |
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING SESSION 5:
|
| 11:00 - 11:40am |
Multimedia as a Culturally Appropriate
Tool for Indigenous Researchers ...more
Ms. Sandy Indlekofer-O'Sullivan ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Indigenous Research Methodologies: It's
all about a good Yarn Up ...more
Dr. Wendy Hanlen ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 11:45 - 12:30pm |
Separatism - Is it a place where we
need to go? ...more
Mr. Michael Donovan ...
bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Researched to Death: Exploring Indigenous
Research Philosophy
...more
Associate Professor Nerida Blair
...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 12:30 - 1:30pm |
LUNCH
Cultural Performance
|
| |
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING SESSION 6:
|
| 1:30 - 2:15pm |
National Health and Medical Research
Council (NHMRC) Indigenous Community Ethics Guidelines workshop
... more
Ms. Gail Garvey ...bio,
Ms. Dallas Young ...bio
& Mr. Daniel McAuly
...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Strategic Praxis: A Holistic Approach
to Indigenous Research
...more
Dr. Douglas Morgan, Jennifer Baker, Bevin Wilson, John
Browne, Sydney Sparrow & Sheena Coleman
...bios
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 2:20 - 3:00pm |
Centering Indigenous Voices in Research:
Highlighting Ethical Protocols in Indigenous Research
...more
Daisy Webster ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| |
Information Workshop – Current
Issues and Helpful Strategies for Developing Indigenous
Researchers ...more
Gail Garvey ...bio
and Yvonne Cadet-James ...bio
(Facilitators)
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| 3:00 - 3:30pm |
AFTERNOON TEA
|
| |
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING SESSION 7:
|
| 3:30 - 4:15pm |
Evidence-based policy making in Indigenous
Health in Australia: a critique
...more
Steven Larkin
...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Secrets of lost souls: An expose of
a hidden past/s that affect a Nation
...more
Kathleen-Mary Graham ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 4:20 - 5:00pm |
Tobacco interventions in eight far North
Queensland Indigenous Communities ...more
Ms. Dallas Young ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
People, Place and Time: the Weilmoringle
Community ...more
Ms. Lorina Barker ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 7:00pm onwards |
CONFERENCE DINNER |
DAY
3- WEDNESDAY, 1ST DECEMBER, 2004
| |
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING SESSION 8:
|
| 9:30 - 10:15am |
Universal Relationships and Responsibilities:
to sustainable living practices for cultural and environmental
well being ...more
Tjalaminu Mia ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
“Do-Gooders”: White Women
in the Foundation For Aboriginal Affairs
...more
Julianne Butler ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room
2.07)
|
| 10:20 - 11:00am |
Indigenous Researchers: Jackie's of
all trades and masters of the bloody lot! ...more
Professor John Lester ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.05)
|
| |
Reconsidering Kinship: The Family in
Indigenous Research
...more
Kathleen Butler ...bio
(Yalmambirra Room 2.07)
|
| 11:00 - 11:30am |
MORNING TEA
|
| 11:30 - 1:00pm |
FINAL YARNUP, CLOSE AND THANK YOU'S
|
| 1:00pm |
LUNCH |
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