Welcome to country: acknowledgement, belonging and white anti-racism
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01/09/2015
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Resumo |
The Welcome to Country (WTC) ceremony and its twin, the Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners, have become prominent anti-racist rituals in the post-settler society of Australia. These rituals are rich in meaning. They are simultaneously emblems of colonisation and dispossession; of recognition and reconciliation; and a periodic focus of political posturing. This article analyses the multiple meanings of WTC ceremonies. In particular, I explore the politics of belonging elicited by WTC and Acknowledgement rituals. Drawing on ethnography of non-Indigenous people who work in Indigenous affairs, I argue that widespread enjoyment of these rituals among White anti-racists is explained because they paradoxically experience belonging through a sense of not belonging. |
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eng |
Publicador |
UTS ePRESS |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30080080/kowal-welcometo-2015.pdf http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5130/csr.v21i2.4280 |
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2015, Emma Kowal |
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Journal Article |