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What did Australia learn about Country after the 2019-2020 catastrophic bushfires? - Dr. Jessica Weir

What did Australia learn about Country after the 2019-2020 catastrophic bushfires? - Dr. Jessica Weir Online

The Public Thought leadership speaking series celebrates and promotes sustainability at Western Sydney University. In this event, Associate Professor Jessica Weir discusses what Australia learnt about Country in response to the catastrophic bushfires of 2019-20 and invites discussion from the audience.

What did Australia learn about Country after the 2019-20 catastrophic bushfires?

Australia’s 2019-20 catastrophic bushfires were shocking – the long stretch of burnt out eastern-seaboard localities, the capital cities blanketed in smoke, and particles from this continent circling the globe. There was national and international media interest in Indigenous peoples’ burning practices as ‘the answer’. This media attention reflects generational shifts by non-Indigenous individuals and institutions towards more respectful relations with Indigenous peoples (e.g. Welcome to Country ceremonies).

However, understanding whether Indigenous fire management is the answer requires understanding first what is the question; and this, as Indigenous leaders keep reiterating,  requires understanding Country.

This presentation considers what the catastrophic bushfire inquiries tell us about where the Federation of Australia is at with learning about Country. Associate Professor Weir will demonstrate how diverging and aligning Indigenous and non-Indigenous bushfire expertise offers not just more possibilities for responding to global environmental crisis, but more possibilities for understanding expert knowledge itself.

Associate Professor Weir: 'I contribute as a white non-Indigenous scholar descended from colonialists, and my scholarship is both charged and constrained by this positionality.'

Bookings are essential for this online event. Register below.

For more information or to get involved,  please contact: Emma Boddington or Bhadra Chandran

 

Date:
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Time Zone:
Sydney, Melbourne (change)
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
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  General Interest     Undergraduate Students     Western staff  
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