A Blue Wristband View of History

The Death of Mulrunji Doomadgee and the Illusion of Postcolonial Australia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12354872
AutoresSarah Keenan (0000-0003-4258-3331, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen34
Número4
Páginas248-252
Fecha de publicación2009-12-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAlternative Law Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1037-969X • E-ISSN: 2398-9084
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1037969x0903400406
OpenAlexW3124728412
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas6

This article interrogates Australia’s “post-coloniality” in light of the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee and its legal and political aftermath. While Prime Minister Rudd recently called for an end to the history wars, and while liberal reformist measures such as anti-discrimination laws and native title rights support the illusion that Australia has now reached a point in its history where it has meaningfully departed from its colonial past, the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee and the police reaction to it suggest that Australia today is still very much a colonial place. The article argues that what is emerging is a “blue wristband” view of history which denies the existence of colonial power relations today while actively reproducing them

Colonialism · Illusion · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Prime minister · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology

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