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Indigenous Research Ethics: Policy, Protocol and Practice1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Arthur Smith*
Affiliation:
James Cook University, Townsville
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There is growing interest and respect in the world regarding the knowledge and experience of Indigenous peoples. This is particularly so in industrialised ‘post-colonial’ societies such as Australia, which see themselves as committed to principles of equity and social justice.

There is a new political, economic and social context in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledge is widely recognised and valued, even if not properly understood. In the search for a more precisely articulated national identity, Indigenous identity is claimed by many as integral to Australian identity. Coupled with this is a revised sense of coming to terms with the past, a recognition of what has been left out of histories taught from non-Indigenous perspectives. The cold war of invasion and resistance goes on but there are signs of an end in view.

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Section C: Research
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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Footnotes

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Paper presented at the Indigenous Research Ethics Conference, Townsville, Queensland, 27-29 September, 1995.

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1 Paper presented at the Indigenous Research Ethics Conference, Townsville, Queensland, 27-29 September, 1995.