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Cultural burning and public sector practice in the Australian Capital Territory
Australian Geographer ( IF 2.672 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-13 , DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2021.1917133
Dean Freeman 1 , Bhiamie Williamson 2 , Jessica Weir 3
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ABSTRACT

Aboriginal peoples’ fire management practices captured global attention during the Australian 2019–20 ‘Black Summer’, as a possible method to mitigate bushfire risk; however, these ‘cultural burns’ are no straightforward matter for public sector practice. As the slow, retrospective work to address historical and contemporary discrimination is imperfectly underway, we explore a cultural burning program supported by a government agency in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). In this paper, two co-authors share their experiences helping create a cultural burning program as Aboriginal people but not as Traditional Custodians. We document the steps taken to build support, create opportunities and engage Ngunnawal and Ngambri Traditional Custodians, and identify early positive results and challenging matters being generated. We demonstrate that rather than being restricted by public sector bureaucracy, the ACT cultural burning program has leveraged policy and entwined itself around the machinery of government in a way that accesses resources, creates opportunities and is slowly but surely changing public sector practice. Nonetheless, this is a journey of iteratively learning. It remains that more substantive measures are needed to recognise Traditional Custodianship if the current cultural burning program is to become a more substantial expression of Aboriginal peoples’ cultural land management.



中文翻译:

澳大利亚首都地区的文化燃烧和公共部门实践

摘要

在澳大利亚2019-20年度“黑色夏天”期间,原住民的消防管理实践引起了全球关注,这是减轻丛林大火风险的一种可能方法;然而,对于公共部门的实践而言,这些“文化灼伤”并不是一件直接的事情。由于针对历史和当代歧视的缓慢而回顾性的工作正在进行中,因此,我们探索了一项由澳大利亚首都地区(ACT)政府机构支持的文化焚烧计划。在本文中,两位共同作者分享了他们的经验,他们以土著人而非传统保管人的身份帮助创建了一个文化燃烧计划。我们记录了为建立支持,创造机会并吸引Ngunnawal和Ngambri传统保管人而采取的步骤,并确定了早期的积极成果和正在产生的挑战性问题。我们证明,ACT的文化燃烧计划没有受到公共部门官僚机构的限制,而是利用政策并以获取资源,创造机会的方式缠绕政府机构,并正在缓慢但肯定会改变公共部门的做法。尽管如此,这是一个反复学习的过程。如果要使当前的文化烧毁计划成为土著人民文化土地管理的更重要体现,仍然需要采取更多的实质性措施来承认传统的监护权。尽管如此,这是一个反复学习的过程。如果要使当前的文化烧毁计划成为土著人民文化土地管理的更重要体现,仍然需要采取更多的实质性措施来承认传统的监护权。尽管如此,这是一个反复学习的过程。如果要使当前的文化烧毁计划成为土著人民文化土地管理的更重要体现,仍然需要采取更多的实质性措施来承认传统的监护权。

更新日期:2021-05-25
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