Biyaal (Preface) (From Indigenous Knowledge Production

Yammaa Woolombi Gawuban Gunigal Gamilaraay Kamilaroi Waters. I introduce myself traditionally, as a representative of the Australian Kamilaroi First Nation Aboriginal People. With each word stated I clear a pathway of intellectual property and established First Nation boundaries connected to land in which I am acknowledged as a ceremonial keeper and language speaker. This is authority spoken in language that provides access to not only separate Aboriginal nations, but also the statesmen and-women of these lands. This is a system of acknowledgment that continues outside the paradigm of the Western institution, their government and the academy. Due to a process of neo-colonialism, our collective voice as Aboriginal people has become silenced via the hegemonic principles of Western education, control of the media and government sanctions promoting values diametrically opposed to sustaining Aboriginal culture and wellbeing (Burrows, 2016, p. 91). In short, altruism and austerity from the West defined as neoliberalism is destroying our very way of life

Austerity · Government (linguistics) · Hegemony · Humanity · Indigenous · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Property (philosophy) · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies