The community game
Subtitle: aboriginal self-definition at the local level
By: Frances Peters-Little
Series: Research discussion paper / AIATSIS -- no. 10; Research discussion paper (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Research Section) -- no. 10
Publisher: Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Canberra, ACT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians; Politics and government; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Government relations
Description: "This discussion paper raises the question: 'what constitutes an Aboriginal community'? It examines how some Aboriginal people identify with communities, and explores how they are represented and conceptualised both internally and externally. The short term aim of this paper is to encourage readers to examine popular notions of Aboriginal 'communities' and their historical development and to ensure further debate about how Aboriginal people identify and determine one's 'community'. I argue that today's popular notions of community, identity and self-representation are increasingly problematic for 'rural' Aboriginal people's quest for native title, reconciliation and self-determination."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25).