Poetry as Means of Dialogue in Court Spaces

John Kinsella

doi:10.5130/csr.v13i2.2131

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/csr.v13i2.2131

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poetry, justice, court spaces, politics, court, Australia, reconciliation, Indigenous, non-Indigenous

John Kinsella

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This article reflects on the use of poetry as means of dialogue in a court setting in Australia. It mentions the different approaches in which poetry might be introduced in court spaces. The author also explores the advantages of recognizing the works of Australian poets to the reconciliation process in Australia between indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The article includes several of the author's own protest poems.

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Vol 13 No 2 (2007): Slight Anthropologies

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BREWSTER, A., O’NEILL, A. & BERG, R. V. D. (eds.) 2000. Those who Remain will Always Remember: An Anthology of Aboriginal Writing, Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
COHEN, D. 2003. Writing, Law, and Legal Practice in the Athenian Courts. In: YUNIS, H. (ed.) Written Texts and the Rise of Literate Culture in Ancient Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511497803.006
GREY, T. C. 1992. The Wallace Stevens Case: Law and the Practice of Poetry, Cambridge, Harvard University Press.

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