Trapped in the Gap

Doing Good in Indigenous Australia

AvEmma Kowal

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

In Australia, a "tribe" of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. "White anti-racists" find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds - a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of postcolonial societies. These dilemmas are fueled by tension between the twin desires of equality and difference: to "close the gap," and to make indigenous people statistically the same as non-indigenous people while maintaining their distinctiveness. This tension lies at the heart of failed development efforts in indigenous communities, ethnic minority populations and the global South. This book explains why doing good is so hard, and how it could be done differently.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:295 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:214
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781782386049

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Emma Kowal is Associate Professor in Anthropology at Deakin University, Melbourne. She has previously worked as a medical doctor and public health researcher in Indigenous health settings. Kowal is co-editor of Moving Anthropology: Critical Indigenous Studies and Force, Movement, Intensity: The Newtonian Imagination in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and her research has been published in numerous journals.

Recensioner i media

"This is an excellent forensic analysis of the dilemmas of well intentioned white development workers in the intercultural, post-colonial setting of a region of a settler society that is still unsettled. It is well written and engaging ... It is scrupulously balanced, strives to be complete, and is consistently well argued." * Patrick Sullivan, University of Notre Dame "This book breaks new ground in the study of postcolonial identity politics. Its analysis of the complex motivations, aspirations and ethical ambiguities arising from the legacy of colonialism is both compelling and certain to prompt productive debate." * David Trigger, University of Queensland

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Interlude: Studying Benevolence Chapter 1. The Culture of White Anti-racism Chapter 2. Tiwi Long Grassers Chapter 3. Welcome to Country Chapter 4. Mutual Recognition Chapter 5. White Stigma Conclusion References Index