The strain to hold ground: site-based conflict and an Indigenous ideology of water and place

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Heckenberg, Robyn. 2019. "The strain to hold ground: site-based conflict and an Indigenous ideology of water and place." Collins, Pauline, Igreja, Victor and Danaher, Patrick Alan (ed.) The nexus among place, conflict and communication in a globalising world. Singapore. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 17-36

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Chapter Title	The strain to hold ground: site-based conflict and an Indigenous ideology of water and place
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	2865
Book Title	The nexus among place, conflict and communication in a globalising world
Author	Heckenberg, Robyn
Editors	Collins, Pauline, Igreja, Victor and Danaher, Patrick Alan
Page Range	17-36
Chapter Number	2
Number of Pages	20
Year	2019
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication	Singapore
ISBN	9789811359248
	9789811359255
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5925-5_2
Web Address (URL)	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-5925-5_2
Abstract	In terms of duties and obligations, Indigenous peoples hold true to stories about the way to treat and respect the land, the water and the sky, yet globally water and land resources, in particular, have become locations of conflict. The degradation of the rivers, and of the land associated with resourcing water, creates sites of conflict between commercial capitalist ideology and Indigenous utilitarian and spiritual difference. ‘The strain to hold ground’ analyses the clash in ideology between the Australian contemporary colonial state and Indigenous interests and value systems. The research is substantiated by a number of examples of intercultural communication break-down, where the nexus between place and cultural difference manifests as conflict arising from the uneven relationship between the colonised and the coloniser.
Keywords	land management, water management, Indigenous tribal custom
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	450399. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges and management not elsewhere classified
	450599. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community not elsewhere classified
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	College for Indigenous Studies, Education and Research
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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