The 'Australian' Community: Bound for more of the Same?

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/tfc.v2i1.595

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Fiona McAllan

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In this paper I interrogate why a nation grounded with an overarching assumption of a unified community is increasingly being confronted with ruptures, breaches and anomalies when it comes to indigenous inclusion. I search the intersections of current political rhetoric and indigenous relations to uncover an entrenched colonialism in relation to this inclusion. Following Nancy’s notion of partage, which connotes a sharing while sharing out, and the structure of ‘engaging with’ rather than ‘deciding for’, I sketch an originary relation of ethos that questions the material effects of a community homogenously bounded by ownership and entrepreneurialism .

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2007): 'Not Another Hijab Row': new conversations on gender, race and religion

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