Entanglements - Vanessa Cavanagh
Reigniting Connections: Aboriginal Women and Cultural Burning in NSW
Episode 2 of the There's no place like ... podcast, hosted by UOW's Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space , titled "Entanglements - Vanessa Cavanagh" was published on June 1, 2020 and runs 44 minutes.
June 1, 2020 ·44m · There's no place like ...
Summary
Following the recent devastating bushfires in Australia, there has been a strong push from Indigenous groups to reignite cultural burning practices and take a more active role in hazard reduction burns. In European traditions it is often men seen at the bushfire front, fighting the fires. But in some Aboriginal nations, it is the women who are responsible for cultural burning and who knew how to manage the risks.As part of her PhD, Vanessa Cavanagh from the University of Wollongong is trying to understand how Aboriginal women’s engagement in cultural burning in New South Wales can be promoted and supported.This talk was presented as part of the Entanglements Lecture Series, sponsored by ACCESS and the Animal Studies Research Centre, UOW, and the Wollongong Art Gallery.For more go to ACCESS https://www.uow.edu.au/social-sciences/research/access/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
Following the recent devastating bushfires in Australia, there has been a strong push from Indigenous groups to reignite cultural burning practices and take a more active role in hazard reduction burns.
In European traditions it is often men seen at the bushfire front, fighting the fires. But in some Aboriginal nations, it is the women who are responsible for cultural burning and who knew how to manage the risks.
As part of her PhD, Vanessa Cavanagh from the University of Wollongong is trying to understand how Aboriginal women’s engagement in cultural burning in New South Wales can be promoted and supported.
This talk was presented as part of the Entanglements Lecture Series, sponsored by ACCESS and the Animal Studies Research Centre, UOW, and the Wollongong Art Gallery.
For more go to ACCESS https://www.uow.edu.au/social-sciences/research/access/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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