Foundations for Sustainable Indigenous Environmental Education and Community Re-Vitalization in Response to Global Climate Change
A presentation by Indigenous scholar Dr. Gregory A. Cajete, Director of Native American Studies and Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico College of Education.
Changing Nature of Australian Multiculturalism and its Implications for Ethnic Minorities and Education: Critical Reflections
This paper by Dr. Siri Gamage focused on how Australian multiculturalism and associated political discourses and policies have undergone substantial changes in emphasis and direction in the last decade compared to the previous decades under the liberal-nation federal government.
Identity Conversion, Citizenship, and Social Studies: Asian-Australian Perspectives on Indigenous Reconciliation and Human Rights
This presentation by Professor Michael Singh explored Asian-Australian perspectives on Indigenous Reconciliation in Australia, providing both an overview of the colonialist legacy of White Australia that continues to sustain a problematic relationship between Indigenous- and Asian-Australians, and a discussion on how Indigenous Australians have sought to publicly reclaim their humanity and sense of dignity.
Youth and Media: Literacies Old and New
This paper by Dr. Michael Hoechsmann focused on how changes in access to technology have facilitated new conditions for young people to shoot, cut and mix multimodal texts, and the emergence of the Internet as ’home theater’ for a global audience has enabled youth to communicate across borders and across the street.
Teaching Whiteness in a Multicultural Context and Color-blind Era
This presentation by Dr. Zeus Leonardo centered around the critical theme of whiteness.