Faculty of Arts and Society
The faculty brings people and places to life, and from that, our desire to think, examine, express and create grows. This drives us to act collectively for positive social change and advance inquisitive, harmonious and equitable society, particularly for those who are most vulnerable.
We strive to prepare students to be teachers, creative thinkers and innovators in a complex changing world. We bring together expertise in education, business, law, Indigenous knowledge practices, human geography, disaster preparedness and management, languages, humanities and the creative industries.
Our reputation is based on extensive partnerships with government, industry and community stakeholders to address social, cultural and economic issues in:
- sparsely populated regional areas, including Northern Australia
- developing regions, including South-East Asia - particularly China, Indonesia and Timor-Leste
- Indigenous knowledge, social, cultural and economic futures.
The faculty’s research and teaching will draw on the strength of the Northern Institute, centres of excellence and multidisciplinary teams primarily engaged in teaching, research, networking and business development. Together, academics, research students and industry professionals examine and drive solutions for emerging social, cultural and economic issues in challenging contexts.
COOKING WITH THE OLDEST FOODS ON EARTH: AUSTRALIAN NATIVE FOODS RECIPES AND SOURCES
Native produce business is booming and it’s about to enter a new phase — Australian native ingredients are beginning to turn up in growers’ markets...
View full detailsIF EVERYONE CARED ENOUGH HER VOICE RECLAIMED
Margaret Lilardia Tucker MBE (affectionately known as Aunty Marge) was a significant Aboriginal activist and one of the first Aboriginal women t...
View full detailsINDIGENOUS METHODOLOGIES 2ND EDITION
PRINT ON DEMAND Indigenous Methodologies is a groundbreaking text. Since its original publication in 2009, it has become the most trusted guide...
View full detailsTRAPPED BY HISTORY
The Australian nation has reached an impasse in Indigenous policy and practice and fresh strategies and perspectives are required. Trapped by Hi...
View full detailsRACIALIZED POLICING: ABORIGINAL PEOPLE'S ENCOUNTERS WITH THE POLICE
Policing is a controversial subject, generating considerable debate. One issue of concern has been "racial profiling" by police, that is, the alleg...
View full detailsTHE WELCOME TO COUNTRY HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA
The definitive book that introduces readers from all backgrounds to First Nations histories and cultures. The Welcome to Country Handbook by Profe...
View full detailsBUSH TUCKKA GUIDE 2ND EDITION
In this second, refreshed edition of Samantha Martin’s bestselling Bush Tukka Guide, readers will discover additional bush foods, recipes and upd...
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An unmissable First Nations memoir that tells of the shattering experience of being stolen, The Last Daughter is a story of heartbreak and heali...
View full detailsTIWI TEXTILES - DESIGN, MAKING, PROCESS
Tiwi Textiles: Design, Making, Process tells the story of the innovative Tiwi Design centre on Bathurst Island in northern Australia, dedicated ...
View full detailsJAKARDA WUKA (TOO MANY STORIES)
Fully illustrated, Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories) draws on a combined 70+ years of collaborative research involving Yanyuwa Elders, anthropolog...
View full detailsFIRST KNOWLEDGES ASTRONOMY, SKY COUNTRY
What do you need to know to prosper for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and inge...
View full detailsQUARTERLY ESSAY LAST DRINKS THE IMPACT OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION
When Mal Brough and John Howard announced the Northern Territory intervention in mid-2007, they proclaimed a child abuse emergency. In this rive...
View full detailsLIES, DAMNED LIES
Winner of the University Of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award A deeply personal exploration of Australia's colonisation past, present and future b...
View full detailsSONGLINES AND FAULT LINES - EPIC WALKS OF THE RED CENTR
Visitors to the Red Centre come looking for the real Australia, but find a place both beautiful and disturbing. There is wilderness, desire and ...
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This book is for social work and criminal justice practitioners who wish to develop culturally appropriate and effective programs for reducing ange...
View full detailsBASIC PARAMETERS OF YOLŊU LAW AND GOVERNANCE
Basic Parameters of Yolŋu Law and Governance provides the essentials of Yolŋu governance and the Maḏayin system of law in an attempt to outline nec...
View full detailsAN ENGLISH ROSE IN KAKADU
GIVING THIS COUNTRY A MEMORY
Aboriginal literature is a growing field with a rapidly expanding global audience. The book represents a range of writers; it includes highly ac...
View full detailsLIVING ARCHIVE OF ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES
LIVING ARCHIVE OF ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES
HOW THEY FOUGHT
How They Fought reflects the high quality of research and interpretation that is present in Ray Kerkhoves established works. There is no doubt t...
View full detailsABORIGINAL SUICIDE IS DIFFERENT
Every Australian's birthright includes the expectation of a healthy and possibly happy life of some longevity, assisted by all the services which a...
View full detailsKURLUMARNINY WE COME FROM THE DESERT
We come from the desert is the story of Minyjun (Monty Hale), a senior Ngulipartu man from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Written in his ...
View full detailsEVERYWHEN AUSTRALIA AND THE LANGUAGE OF DEEP HISTORY
Everywhen asks how knowledge systems of Aboriginal people can broaden our understanding of the past and of history. Indigenous ways of knowing, ...
View full detailsWHITE TEARS BROWN SCARS
When white people cry foul it is often people of colour who suffer. White tears have a potency that silences racial minorities. White Tears/Brow...
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