Heal Country Series: Heal the Nation and Secure the Future

Lecturer in Indigenous, intergenerational, environmental and multispecies justice, and SEI Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Christine Winter explores this year’s NAIDOC week theme ‘Heal Country, Heal the Nation’ in a four-part podcast series. The series asks Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to explain what ‘Heal Country, Heal the Nation’ means to them. Running through the series is an exploration of First Nations knowledge and philosophies as key to healing (and protecting) human and nonhuman realms. In Episode 1 Christine speaks to Justin Ridgeway, a Worimi man and Cultural Heritage Education Manager from the Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council and Murrook Cultural Centre about why recognising the inextricable links between Country, culture, and identity is fundamental to healing Country and securing the future. Find out more about The Heal Country Podcast Series here.Timestamps 00:00 Introduction - Christine Winter 00:35 Connecting Community with Country 05:55 Identities and Histories Woven into Country 13:40 Respecting the Land's Generosity 19:55 Our Responsibility to Heal the Nation 24:40 Cultural Identity and Spirituality Speakers Justin Ridgeway, Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council and Murrook Cultural Centre Dr Christine Winter, Sydney Environment Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.