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Understanding Indigenous enterprise on Palm Island: Is resilience more than a metaphor?

Erin Bohensky (paper co-authored by Yiheyis Maru, James Butler, Thomas Stevens, and Kostas Alexandridis)

Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference, 10 November 2009

Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference

• The hybrid economy as political projectProfessor Jon Altman, Australian National University
• Settler economies and Indigenous encountersChristopher Lloyd, University of New England
• Indigenous modes of exchange and participation in the Indonesian trepang industryDaryl Guse, Australian National University
• The art of cutting stone: Aboriginal convict labour in 19th-century New South Wales and Van Diemen’s LandKristyn Harman, University of Tasmania
• ‘Always Anangu’ – always enterprising’Alan O'Connor, University of South Australia
• Albert Namatjira, camels and cars: the evolution of Indigenous art economies in Central AustraliaAlison French, Australian National University
• ‘Afghans’ and Aborigines in Central AustraliaPhilip Jones, South Australian Museum
• Evidently not!Mike Pickering, National Museum of Australia
• Between locals: Interpersonal histories and the Papunya art movementPeter Thorley and Andy Greenslade, National Museum of Australia
• The economy of shells: A history of Aboriginal women at La Perouse making shellwork for saleMaria Nugent, National Museum of Australia
• Small Aboriginal community incorporations on shifting ground: A perspective from Ltyentye Apurte Community, Santa TeresaJudy Lovell, University of Canberra (paper co-authored by Camille Dobson and Veronica Dobson)
• Before the mission station: The incorporation of settlers into a seasonal economyJohn White, Australian National University
• Workfare, welfare and the hybrid economy: The Western Arrernte in Central AustraliaDiane Austin-Broos, University of Sydney
• From barter to award wages: Aboriginal labour and Methodist missions in Arnhem LandGwenda Baker, Monash University
• The 1968–69 introduction of equal wages for Aboriginal pastoral workers in the KimberleyFiona Skyring, consultant historian
• Unfair pay: Tracing tracker wages in New South Wales, 1862–1950Michael Bennett, historian, Native Title Service Corp
• A financial scandalRos Kidd, historian and consultant
• Understanding Indigenous enterprise on Palm Island: Is resilience more than a metaphor?Erin Bohensky (paper co-authored by Yiheyis Maru, James Butler, Thomas Stevens, and Kostas Alexandridis)
• Necessity entrepreneurship within a dominant societyDennis Foley, University of Newcastle
• Demand responsive services and culturally sustainable enterprise in remote Aboriginal settingsPaul Memmott, University of Queensland
• Social and cultural factors in remote area Indigenous enterprise developmentDeirdre Tedmanson (paper co-authored by Bobby Banerjee)
• Options for developing a natural resource-based economy in Arnhem Land: Payments for environmental servicesNanni Concu, Australian National University
• Animal spirits in the Dreaming and the market: The economic development of caring for countryGeoff Buchanan, Australian National University
• Policy mismatch and Aboriginal art centres: The tension between economic independence and community developmentGretchen Stolte, Australian National University
• Wrap-up and discussionIan Keen, anthropologist