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Monumental Disruptions

Aboriginal people and colonial commemorations in so-called Australia
By Terri Farrelly and Bronwyn Carlson
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Monumental Disruptions by Terri Farrelly and Bronwyn Carlson examines the intricate and often contentious relationship between indigenous cultures and monumental structures. The authors explore how these edifices have historically been both a source of pride and controversy, particularly in terms of their impact on native lands and identities. The book delves into the ways in which these disruptions have influenced both nature and societal structures, offering insightful perspectives on future reconciliations.
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What is the place of Australia's colonial memorials in today's society? Do we remove, destroy or amend? Monumental Disruptions investigates how these memorials have been viewed, and are viewed, by First Nations people to find a way forward.

In June 2020, on the heels of Australia's James Cook anniversary commemorations and statue-toppling Black Lives Matter protests in the USA, dozens of police were sent to guard a statue of Cook in Hyde Park, Sydney. Despite the police presence, two women spray-painted 'sovereignty never ceded' across the statue.

Scenes like this are being repeated around the world as societies reassess memorials that no longer reflect today's values. Should they be removed, destroyed or amended? Monumental Disruptions looks for answers. It investigates why commemorations were erected, their meaning for Aboriginal people in Australia, both then and now, and it compares Australia's experience with that overseas.

Those who question colonial commemorations have been called 'UnAustralian'; but, in Australia, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities are working together to forge new ways to mark the past. This timely book is essential reading for anyone interested in how a society commemorates and acknowledges its complex history.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780855751159

Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 February 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Aboriginal Studies Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Professor Bronwyn Carlson is an Aboriginal writer, researcher and academic from Dharawal Country in NSW. Bronwyn has received three Australian Research Council grants and is a past winner of the Stanner Award. She is the author of The Politics of Identity: Who Counts as Aboriginal Today? and is a well known commentator on the place of monuments in Australia. Bronwyn delivered the keynote 'Breaking with the past, dis(re)membering the monuments' at the 2019 Cultural Studies Association of Australia conference and in 2020 authored The Conversation's Friday essay 'Taking a wrecking ball to monuments contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing down'. She is founder and editor of the Journal of Global Indigeneity and convenor of The Forum for Indigenous Research Excellence, a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Sociology and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Dr Terri Farrelly is an independent research consultant and Adjunct Fellow in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University. Her doctoral thesis was on Aboriginal suicide, and she has also worked as a research consultant on intergenerational trauma and healing, contesting colonial commemorations, and addressing racism and discrimination through truth-telling. Terri has collaborated with Aboriginal academics and worked with Aboriginal and mainstream Australian government and non-government organisations to improve their cultural competence and service delivery, and their support of Aboriginal expertise in research and development. Terri has collaborated with Professor Bronwyn Carlson since 2004.

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