Truth-telling and the Ancient University: Healing the Wound of Colonisation in Nauiyu, Daly River

This book shares a strength-based truth-telling model, explores the significance of community placed on developing the Ancient University, and outlines the truth-telling model developed by the Nauiyu community to address a community need. It is the first of its kind to utilise an Indigenous research methodology on the country and with the people to which it belongs.

Format: Hardback
Length: 178 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2023
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This book presents a strength-based truth-telling model that uncovers the trauma associated with colonization and the unique healing practices of the Nauiyu Nambiyu community in Australia. It highlights the importance of community in establishing the Ancient University, an Aboriginal-led, standalone healing center that incorporates traditional healing practices. The book outlines the truth-telling model, which was created by the Nauiyu community to address a specific community need. This innovative approach represents a departure from decolonial scholarship, which merely reproduces Indigenous voices speaking back to the colonizers. This book explores Indigenous critical pedagogies to examine theoretical frameworks with implications for planning, learning, and teaching that are culturally responsive in diverse contexts. It is the first of its kind to employ an Indigenous research methodology on the land and with the people it belongs to.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789819961580
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023