Are Australian Aboriginal Communities Adapting to a Warmer Climate? A Study of Communities Living in Semi-Arid Australia

Race, Digby; Mathew, Supriya; Campbell, Matthew; Hampton, Karl

doi:10.5539/jsd.v9n3p208

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“…Meanwhile, the prevalence of over‐crowding in Aboriginal housing in the Northern Territory is well established (see, for example, Lea & Pholeros, 2010; Stevens & Bailie, 2012). Functioning as the service centre for many remote communities in the region, Alice Springs is an unsurprising site of transience (Horne et al, 2013; Race et al, 2016; Taylor, 2013). Further, a recent study with women residing in town camps reported that frequent ‘visitors' were regarded as a major safety issue for women and children (Brown, 2019).…”

Section: ‘Breaking the Cycle’ And Youth As A Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Cop chasing’ in Alice Springs: Youth experiences of surveillance in a Central Australian Town

Chapman

2022

Australian J of Anthropology

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Indigenous youth living in Alice Springs are subject to routine forms of surveillance, facilitated by a range of stakeholders, including police, security guards, government agents, business owners and members of their own communities. ‘The problem’ of youth is the subject of much attention in media and community forums as well as Northern Territory specific legislation, resulting in increased levels of policing in town. Drawing on recently collected fieldwork data, this paper explores some of the nuances in the relationships through which these processes of surveillance are enacted. Encounters observed and described by young people themselves are often at once both intimate and oppressive. This paper will first explore recent policy approaches and then focus on some examples of youth experiences with policing to outline some of the ways in which young people navigate and resist surveillance in Alice Springs. Understanding youth experiences of surveillance and policing enables a distinctive perspective on a shifting social world, and offers insight into contemporary forms of disadvantage faced by Indigenous youth.

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Section: ‘Breaking the Cycle’ And Youth As A Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Cop chasing’ in Alice Springs: Youth experiences of surveillance in a Central Australian Town

Chapman

2022

Australian J of Anthropology

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“…The residents of indigenous communities have strong social networks, a close relationship with their land, and considerable family and kinship responsibilities [36]. Previous studies have indicated that traditional ecological knowledge practices and cultural and social relationships should also be seen as critical components to the relocation and adaption of indigenous people's [37].…”

Section: Sustainability Perceptionsmentioning

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Influence Analysis of Sustainability Perceptions on Sense of Community and Support for Sustainable Community Development in Relocated Communities

Lin

Lee

Wang

2021

IJERPH

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This study aims to examine a theoretical model using sustainability perceptions, including environmental; sociocultural; economic; and life satisfaction, sense of community, and support for sustainable community development among the indigenous people of two relocated communities in Taiwan. A total of 747 usable questionnaires were collected and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The analytical results indicated that sense of community is an antecedent of support for sustainable community development in both relocated communities. Life satisfaction perceptions can influence the sense of community in Rinari. Additionally, environmental and economic perceptions are antecedents of the sense of community in New Laiyi. Finally, this study provides theoretical implications to fill the gaps in previous research, and offers valuable insights for promoting residents’ support for sustainable community development in aboriginal communities; thus, this study has significant contributions, theoretically and practically.

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“…liveability more generally (e.g. Race et al 2016aRace et al , 2016b. These issues are neatly summarised by Howden (2017) in his John Milne Memorial Rangeland Journal Lecture at the 2017 ARS Biennial Conference.…”

Section: Climate and Environmental Changementioning

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Australian rangeland futures: time now for systemic responses to interconnected challenges

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Australia’s rangelands contain wildlands, relatively intact biodiversity, widespread Indigenous cultures, pastoral and mining industries all set in past and present events and mythologies. The nature of risks and threats to these rangelands is increasingly global and systemic. Future policy frameworks must acknowledge this and act accordingly. We collate current key information on land tenures and land uses, people and domestic livestock in Australian rangelands, and discuss five perspectives on how the rangelands are changing that should inform the development of integrated policy: climate and environmental change, the southern rangelands, the northern rangelands, Indigenous Australia, and governance and management. From these perspectives we argue that more attention must be paid to: ensuring a social licence to operate across a range of uses, acknowledging and supporting a younger, more Indigenous population, implementing positive aspects of technological innovation, halting capital and governance leakages, and building human capacity. A recommended set of systemic responses should therefore (i) address governance issues consistently and comprehensively, (ii) ensure that new technologies can foster the delivery of sustainable livelihoods, and (iii) focus capacity building on a community of industries where knowledge is built for the long-term, and do all three of these with an eye to the changing demographics of the rangelands.

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Are Australian Aboriginal Communities Adapting to a Warmer Climate? A Study of Communities Living in Semi-Arid Australia

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

‘Cop chasing’ in Alice Springs: Youth experiences of surveillance in a Central Australian Town

‘Cop chasing’ in Alice Springs: Youth experiences of surveillance in a Central Australian Town

Influence Analysis of Sustainability Perceptions on Sense of Community and Support for Sustainable Community Development in Relocated Communities

Australian rangeland futures: time now for systemic responses to interconnected challenges

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