Indigenous Australians and engaged anthropologists

How can they struggle together for social justice and a safe climate

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ID18949685
AuthorsH A Baer (0000-0001-8119-4051, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume18
Issue2
Pages313-319
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/11771801221082347
OpenAlexW4229028879
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

This article is written from the position of eco-socialist scholarship. Given that anthropogenic climate change that is driven by the expropriation of the atmospheric commons constitutes a growing crisis for First Nation peoples around the world, it is imperative that engaged anthropologists, form linkages with anti-systemic movements, including Indigenous and ethnic rights movements, for social justice and environmental sustainability. In the Australian case, this article argues that there is a need to revisit and rejuvenate earlier black-red-green alliances with a push for First Peoples to receive public funds to own and control their own green energy projects, a process which has the potential to contribute to the decolonization of the Australian political economy. In some sectors, these alliances are already occurring with organizations such Original Power and the First Nations Clean Energy Network, as First Nation communities take matters into their own hands

Climate change · Climate justice · Commons · Environmental justice · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Sustainability · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Mining and Resource Management

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