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Indigenous articulations of social media and digital assemblages of care

open access: yesDigital Geography and Society, 2022
Studies show that, in times of need, Indigenous people across the continent now referred to as ‘Australia’ tend to rely more on the ‘informal’ connections of support, care and trust made with family, friends and community—connections which are ...
Ryan Frazer   +2 more
doaj  

Dreamtime Astronomy: development of a new Indigenous program at Sydney Observatory [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2014
The Australian National Curriculum promotes Indigenous culture in school education programs. To foster a broader appreciation of cultural astronomy, to utilise the unique astronomical heritage of the site, and to develop an educational program within the framework of the National Curriculum, Sydney Observatory launched Dreamtime Astronomy, a program ...
arxiv  

Building audiences: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Building Audiences examines the barriers to and the strategies for increasing audiences in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts sector. This research investigates the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of current and potential audiences.
Brian J. Martin   +5 more
core  

The Introduction of Extended Out‐of‐Home Care (OOHC) Until 21 Years in Australia: A Mapping of Policy, Legislation and Programs in Each Jurisdiction

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is increasingly recognised by global research that extending out‐of‐home care (OOHC) until at least 21 years of age is the policy reform most likely to advance improved outcomes for care leavers. In recent years, all eight Australian jurisdictions (States and Territories) have introduced forms of extended care programs.
Philip Mendes   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous Canada MOOC continues to partner with CFLA-FCAB Indigenous Matters Committee / Comité des questions autochtones (IMC-CQA)

open access: yesPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2018
CFLA-FCAB Indigenous Matters Committee - Indigenous MOOC Working Group
doaj   +1 more source

The contribution of sleep to ‘Closing the Gap’ in the health of Indigenous children: a methodological approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Examination of the sleep of Australian Indigenous children presents some unique challenges, particularly in terms of community input, study design and in the collection of relevant data.
Danny Camfferman, Sarah Blunden
core   +1 more source

Access to Transition Planning and Support for Young People Who Self‐Place When in Out‐Of‐Home Care: The Perspectives of Young People and Practitioners

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the experiences of young people in Queensland, Australia, under child protection orders who leave approved out‐of‐home care placements (e.g., foster; residential care) to stay in unapproved locations (e.g., sleeping on the streets; staying with friends, family/kin, or strangers).
Jemma Venables   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building a Language-Learning Game for Brazilian Indigenous Languages: A Case of Study [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
In this paper we discuss a first attempt to build a language learning game for brazilian indigenous languages and the challenges around it. We present a design for the tool with gamification aspects. Then we describe a process to automatically generate language exercises and questions from a dependency treebank and a lexical database for Tupian ...
arxiv  

Historical reasoning about Indigenous imprisonment: a community of fate? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The high rate of Indigenous incarceration is a problem for public policy and therefore for historical and social analysis. This paper compares and contrasts two recent attempts at such analysis: Thalia Anthony’s Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment ...
Tim Rowse
core  

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