Séminaire fédérateur du LISCA

Reia Anquet : Australia’s First Nations’ Estate Policy in 2022: the End of the “Great Australian Silence”?

 

It has now been 30 years since the landmark Mabo legal decision in Australia, which paved the way for the ‘handing back’ of land to First Nations under the Native Title Act (1993). Currently, just over 52% of Australia’s territory is under the jurisdiction of native title and land rights arrangements. This paper will investigate the policy ideas and paradigms that have propelled this form of indigenous environmental governance to the fore. Who have been the instigators of this policy? How does a colonial settler society deal with this significant area mass of indigenous estate? Is this policy led by policy paradigms that reinforce ‘repressive authenticity’ (Wolfe 1999) of the First Nations of Australia? Is the size of the First Nations estate a sign that the period of the ‘Great Australian Silence’ (Stanner 1969) - a structural cult of forgetfulness about the presence of Australia’s First Nations on the Australian continent - is no more?

 

Nicole Chickering : The Consequences of Political Polarization for Teachers in American Public Schools

This presentation will examine how sociopolitical divisions within the United States are intensifying difficulties for public schools, exacerbating working conditions for educators, and contributing to challenges for recruitment and retention of teachers. With the rise of identity politics and an “us versus them” mentality, discriminating truth from lies amidst the diffusion of misinformation has become problematic, resulting in accusations of deception across the political spectrum. As Americans have become more entrenched in mutually exclusive political camps, mistrust has grown, compromise has been lost, and without a common consensus schools are being put on the frontlines in the battle for truth. These divisions highlight questions about the goals for education, the purpose of public schools, and the role of the teacher in the classroom.

Lien Zoom :
https://univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/93260450384?pwd=UDY0d3R3bGlKNm5MbURocGRRTFY5Zz09
Meeting ID: 932 6045 0384
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