Native migrant narratives in an age of alchemy and activism

Bibliographic Data

ID7562833
AuthorsOlivia Guntarik (0000-0002-6423-5517, RMIT University, corresponding author), Aramiha Harwood (RMIT University)
Year2022
Volume18
Issue2
Pages257-268
Publication date2022-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/11771801221082350
OpenAlexW4229044078
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

This article braids our personal and political narratives to examine approaches to creative ethnography as a technique of writing for activists’ goals. Using autobricolage—mixing art, activism and ethnography—we explore narrative as a decolonising strategy to centre Indigenous ontology. The insights carry implications for how we understand and engage with the experiences of others, particularly marginalised voices. The article also offers reflections on the current climate of protest and its new opportunities for social change and solidarity. These reflections are as important for defenders of climate change as for protesters of BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo. Shared histories of colonialism and migration can potentially provide the basis for productive settler-Indigenous social relations among current and future generations. By sharing our experiences as native migrants living in Australia—Harwood from Aotearoa and Guntarik from Borneo—we show how stories reinforce one another, trigger new memories and reveal parallel politics

Aotearoa · Colonialism · Ethnography · Indigenous · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Social activism · Sociology · Solidarity · Storytelling · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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