“We need some sort of ‘gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous societies… a time of exclusion to allow communities to consolidate their heritages.”
Kim Scott (kim skot)
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IMAGE SOURCE: Tom Edwards in Hannah Reich, “Australian authors share their hopes for life after COVID-19.” MSN.com. 27 Jun 2020. | TEXT SOURCE: Kim Scott and Hazel Brown, Kayang & Me, Fremantle Press, Fremantle, 2005.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “In order to strengthen Indigenous communities - and that’s the only means by which an Australian nation-state will have any chance of grafting onto Indigenous roots -(we need a moratorium)…After that, exchange and interaction from relatively equal positions should be possible, because that’s how cultural forms are tested and grow.”
QUOTE QUESTION: How might your People consolidate their heritage?
IMAGE CONTEXT: Caption: “The two-time Miles Franklin Award-winning Noongar novelist Kim Scott says we need to rebuild "in the interests of social justice".
IMAGE QUESTION: Where do you choose to stand in support of your People?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: he quote is from a book of stories about Noongar heritage. The photo is from an online international news platform.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you know which stories should be shared beyond your Peoples’ circle?
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