Abstracts and Biographies:
Indigenous
The role of humour in conflict resolution
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Lillian Holt
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| Reconciliation as a government endorsed policy in Australia
has centred on many issues, e.g. the land, the history, the indigenous peoples. However,
it seems that the emphasis remained in the structural, i.e. the factual, the historical
thus the external. The emotional and the spiritual thus the internal were overlooked,
including humour. However, whilst little research with an oppressed population has
transpired, Linda Maree (1997) suggested that one key to dealing with the past in a manner
which is constructive and empowering, was humour.
So where does humour fit in the Reconciliation process?
This session is interactive. Come and share your views and - more importantly - your
humour - as we converse on this topic. |
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| Lillian Holt is currently the Director of the Centre for
Indigenous Education, University of Melbourne. Prior to her current appointment, she
worked for sixteen years, at Tauondi, an Adult Aboriginal community based College, in Port
Adelaide.
Lillian has a BA from the University of Queensland and an MA from the University of
Northern Colorado, USA. She is currently enrolled in a PhD on Humour, at the University of
Melbourne.
She has travelled extensively - and has spoken at many conferences, nationally and
internationally.
Lillian has formally worked in Aboriginal Education for the past thirty years and sees
Humour as a tool for both resistance and healing. Her interactive workshop will explore
this topic, particularly in the context of Reconciliation. |
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