The Strain to Hold Ground: Site-Based Conflict and an Indigenous Ideology of Water and Place

In terms of duties and obligations, Indigenous peoples hold true to stories about the way to treat and respect the land, the water and the sky, yet globally water and land resources, in particular, have become locations of conflict. The degradation of the rivers, and of the land associated with reso...

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Main Author: Heckenberg, Robyn
Other Authors: Collins, Pauline
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Springer 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88516
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description In terms of duties and obligations, Indigenous peoples hold true to stories about the way to treat and respect the land, the water and the sky, yet globally water and land resources, in particular, have become locations of conflict. The degradation of the rivers, and of the land associated with resourcing water, creates sites of conflict between commercial capitalist ideology and Indigenous utilitarian and spiritual difference. ‘The strain to hold ground’ analyses the clash in ideology between the Australian contemporary colonial state and Indigenous interests and value systems. The research is substantiated by a number of examples of intercultural communication break-down, where the nexus between place and cultural difference manifests as conflict arising from the uneven relationship between the colonised and the coloniser.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-885162022-06-09T07:57:54Z The Strain to Hold Ground: Site-Based Conflict and an Indigenous Ideology of Water and Place Heckenberg, Robyn Collins, Pauline Igreja, Victor Danaher, Patrick Alan Social Science In terms of duties and obligations, Indigenous peoples hold true to stories about the way to treat and respect the land, the water and the sky, yet globally water and land resources, in particular, have become locations of conflict. The degradation of the rivers, and of the land associated with resourcing water, creates sites of conflict between commercial capitalist ideology and Indigenous utilitarian and spiritual difference. ‘The strain to hold ground’ analyses the clash in ideology between the Australian contemporary colonial state and Indigenous interests and value systems. The research is substantiated by a number of examples of intercultural communication break-down, where the nexus between place and cultural difference manifests as conflict arising from the uneven relationship between the colonised and the coloniser. 2019 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88516 English Springer restricted
spellingShingle Social Science
Heckenberg, Robyn
The Strain to Hold Ground: Site-Based Conflict and an Indigenous Ideology of Water and Place
title The Strain to Hold Ground: Site-Based Conflict and an Indigenous Ideology of Water and Place
title_full The Strain to Hold Ground: Site-Based Conflict and an Indigenous Ideology of Water and Place
title_fullStr The Strain to Hold Ground: Site-Based Conflict and an Indigenous Ideology of Water and Place
title_full_unstemmed The Strain to Hold Ground: Site-Based Conflict and an Indigenous Ideology of Water and Place
title_short The Strain to Hold Ground: Site-Based Conflict and an Indigenous Ideology of Water and Place
title_sort strain to hold ground: site-based conflict and an indigenous ideology of water and place
topic Social Science
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88516