Governing Warlpiri Subjects

Indigenous Employment and Training Programs in the Central Australian Mining Industry

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5877205
AutoresRebecca Lawrence (0000-0002-9417-8672, Stockholm University, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume43
Fascículo1
Páginas40-48
Data de publicação2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-5871.2005.00291.x
OpenAlexW2068919020
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23

In remote Australia there is an expanding emphasis on the employment and training of Indigenous people in the mining industry. Employment and training programs are presented as an effective strategy for breaking welfare dependence and empowering individuals and communities to take responsibility for their future. Using the case of programs targeting Warlpiri people's participation in the gold mining industry in the Tanami Region of the Northern Territory of Australia, this paper explores some of the different ways in which Warlpiri people are being governed. It investigates the endeavours, through various practices and discourses, to constitute Warlpiri people as particular kinds of neoliberal and ‘job ready’ subjects. Whilst the employment and training programs claim to respect the culture and liberties of Warlpiri people, there are clearly outlined attempts to construct self-reliant, autonomous and active individuals. Finally, the paper explores the potential links between rationalisations justifying the programs and the current concern, at the level of state and national governments, to direct various populations into work

Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Welfare · Engineering · Law · Mining and Resource Management