http://blog.whywarriors.com.au Working effectively in & for Indigenous Communities Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:55:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the previous article 'Understanding Indigenous Poverty: making it "history"', we proposed that Indigenous “poverty” in remote communities was similar to 'conventional' poverty, in that people experience an oppression or lack of control in their lives, that comes about and is maintained through two features; Limitations or Limit conditions: Underlying conditions or ... http://blog.whywarriors.com.au/2010/predatory-systems-maintaining-indigenous-disadvantage-some-examples/ I have recently had the privilege of spending significant amounts of time participating in some Yolngu ceremonies going on in Galiwin'ku. This is a rare experience of being in a completely Yolngu domain (ie a space that is Yolngu controlled, completely understood by Yolngu, and completely foreign to me). Such ... http://blog.whywarriors.com.au/2010/cultural-spaces-an-example-of-the-limit-conditions-the-people-face/ I was recently told a story about a black African visitor to an Australian Indigenous community. This man went to visit an important Elder in the community. He knew that this man was a significant leader, who was important and respected. After his visit, he was reflecting with a friend ... http://blog.whywarriors.com.au/2010/dirty-assumptions/ In recent times the word "poverty" has been used broadly to refer to the situation in many remote Indigenous Communities in Australia. For most people poverty means a serious lack of money or material needs and it conjures images of the poor from 3rd world slums. This is problematic because ... http://blog.whywarriors.com.au/2010/understanding-indigenous-poverty-making-it-history/ Having moved to live permanently in a remote Indigenous community about 4 months ago, my wife and I have recently started to go through the struggles of culture shock (CS).  Having experienced culture shock many times before, as well as observed others around us experiencing it, we see CS as ... http://blog.whywarriors.com.au/2010/culture-shock-101/