Living with the land, learning from the past

Living with the land, learning from the past
Living with the land, learning from the past
Principal speaker

Mr Bruce Pascoe

Other speakers

Kerry O'Brien

Moderated by renowned journalist Kerry O'Brien, the third instalment of A better future for all will welcome celebrated Indigenous author, Bruce Pascoe.

Together they will explore the way Bruce's critically acclaimed book Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? challenges conventional thinking about the First Australians as hunter gatherers.

In this book Bruce draws on the historical record to recreate a much more sophisticated picture of an ancient civilisation in Australia before the Europeans arrived. This is at odds with colonial and post-colonial stereotypes and points to ways that Indigenous knowledge can provide lessons that can be applied today, despite the backlash which has attempted to discredit him.

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RSVP on or before Thursday 8 October 2020 15.24 pm, via https://www.griffith.edu.au/better-future

Event contact details
  • Location Livestream event
  • Time 6.00 pm to 7.15 pm
  • date Thursday 8 October 2020