Associate Sarah Maddison and Dr Sana Nakata, co-directors of the Indigenous Settler Relations Collaboration. Credit: Phil Soliman, Telepathic Photo
Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner Jill Gallagher will today launch a new collaboration that will explore the challenges that impact on the relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians. Based in the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Arts, the Indigenous Settler Relations Collaboration (ISRC) brings together cross-disciplinary researchers to explore Voice, Treaty and Truth. Through cross-cultural research projects the team will look at how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can assume a more respected and influential public voice in Australia's social and political life. They will also explore how structural reform can improve current relations and how truth-telling can lead to an enriched understanding of Australia's shared and contested histories. Associate Professor Sarah Maddison and Dr Sana Nakata are co-directors of the ISRC. "In the wake of government rejection of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, ISRC will expand public and official understanding of the challenges between Indigenous and settler Australians," Associate Professor Maddison said. "Through our research we hope to discover what might inform, shape and give life to more just relations." The multidisciplinary team includes researchers in anthropology, criminology, cultural studies, development studies, history, law, media, journalism, political science and sociology.
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