Citation

Fredericks B. Aust. J. Indig. Educ. 2009; 38(S1): 10-16.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1375/S1326011100000776

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper demonstrates how Indigenous studies is controlled in some Australian universities in ways that continue the marginalisation, denigration and exploitation of Indigenous peoples. Moreover, it shows how the engagement of white notions of "inclusion" can result in the maintenance of racism, systemic marginalisation, white race privilege and radicalised subjectivity. A case study will be utilised which draws from the experience of two Indigenous scholars who were invited to be part of a panel to review one Australian university's plan and courses in Indigenous studies. The case study offers the opportunity to destabilise the relationships between oppression and privilege and the epistemology that maintains them. The paper argues for the need to examine exactly what is being offered when universities provide opportunities for "inclusion".

Language: en