The vanishing endpoint of settler colonialism
Data(s) |
2012
|
---|---|
Resumo |
In this paper, we interrogate the way that narratives about the unfolding of settler colonialism through time are encoded in recent Australian Indigenous policy frameworks. We argue that the postcolonial image of a single transformative moment of radical political break is embedded in Australian policy frameworks, but is deployed in ways that fuse this idea with the moment of colonial completion and in so doing assist the colonial project. By merging the moment of decolonisation and the moment of colonial completion, temporal narratives mobilise conservative and progressive settler voices towards colonial goals. We identify three recent policy approaches: reconciliation, neoliberal contractualism and intervention, and interrogate the narratives of the present and future that they reflect and deploy. We argue these unacknowledged stories of the colonial future must be contested, so that debates about how settler and Indigenous people might live together differently across time are not foreclosed. |
Identificador | |
Publicador |
Arena Printing and Publications Pty Ltd |
Relação |
http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=639920374125373;res=IELLCC Strakosch, Elizabeth & Macoun, Alissa (2012) The vanishing endpoint of settler colonialism. Arena Journal, 37-38, pp. 40-62. |
Fonte |
Indigenous Studies Research Network |
Palavras-Chave | #160501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy #160601 Australian Government and Politics #160609 Political Theory and Political Philosophy #settler colonialism #Indigenous policy #reconciliation #Northern Territory intervention |
Tipo |
Journal Article |