Witulya mulapa nganana mantjintjaku: From cultural devastation to cultural re-invention: At The Heart of Learning (Series: Paper 2 of 4)

Witulya mulapa nganana mantjintjaku: From cultural devastation to cultural re-invention: At The Heart of Learning (Series: Paper 2 of 4) Journal Article

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

• Author(s): Makiniti Minutjukur, Sam Osborne
• Published: 2014
• Volume: 10

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Abstract: For remote Central Australian Aboriginal communities, the world has changed completely and irrevocably in the space of a lifetime. Drawing on Jonathan Lear’s (2006) Radical Hope, the authors highlight the comparative struggles outlined in Lear’s refl ection on the life of Crow Indian chief Plenty Coups. For Anangu (Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people), the same question that confronted Plenty Coups arises: “How can Anangu pursue a ‘virtuous’ Anangu existence in a world where ‘being Anangu’ no longer ‘makes any sense’?” The authors explore the possibilities of choosing cultural re- invention over resigning to a sense of “the end” and consider how the recognition and retention of long- held values might benefi t the broader experience of education, rather than be considered as a barrier or constraint to “success”.

• Urls: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/117718011401000102