Year of the voice

Third space archaeology for decolonised interdisciplinary collaboration

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ID9287244
AuthorsKellie Pollard (0000-0001-8479-1724, Charles Darwin University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume90
Issue1
Pages96-98
Publication date2024-01-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0312-2417 • E-ISSN: 2470-0363
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03122417.2024.2317566
OpenAlexW4398786843
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

In 2023, a national referendum of Australian citizens was asked if they approved of an amendment to the Constitution to give the First Peoples of the continent a Voice.The referendum challenged doing things the same old way in Australia when it comes to policy and laws impacting First Peoples by asking all Australians to get used to their ways of knowing how to close the gap.The Commonwealth Government responded with a new implementation plan (Commonwealth of Australia 2023).For archaeology in Australia, this extends the philosophy of Voice representation in new ways for First Peoples in academia and practice.First Peoples' ways of knowing (epistemology), being (ontology) and doing (axiology) the past, history, heritage, material culture, and present has reached its time in Australia.The achievements of the 1967 referendum are akin to the promise of the Voice in 2023 as a metaphor for the ways archaeologists can do relationships differently via a third space with, by, and for, First Peoples now and in the future

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