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Literacy, Genocide and the Media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Michael J. Christie
Michael J. Christie*
Affiliation:
Yirrkala Community School, P O Box 896, Nhulunbuy, NT 0881
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Extract

The structures of a traditional school curriculum, time-table, and teaching practices can, by their very nature, be destructive of Aboriginal identity and traditional Aboriginal education, even when, on the surface, the content of the school curriculum is Aboriginal. This article explores the idea that the processes of reading and writing and making books, movies and videos can also be very destructive of Aboriginal identity when these things are controlled by the imagination of white educators and media makers.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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