Introduction: Thinking Places: Indigenous Humanities and Education
Every conception of humanity arises from a specific place and from the people of that place. How such places shape and sustain the people of a place is the focus of education that enables each student to understand themselves and makes them feel at home in the world....
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland
2005-12-01
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Every conception of humanity arises from a specific
place and from the people of that place. How such places
shape and sustain the people of a place is the focus of
education that enables each student to understand
themselves and makes them feel at home in the world. The
notion of Indigenous humanities being developed at the
University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon represents an
example of such ecological teachings and practices of what
constitutes humanity. Ecology is the animating force that
teaches us how to be human in ways that theological, moral
and political ideologies are unable to. Ecology privileges
no particular people or way of life. It does, however,
promote Indigenous humanity as affirmed in Article 1 of the
1966 UNESCO
Declaration of the Principles of International
Cultural Co-operation: “Each culture has a dignity
and value which must be respected and preserved” (Office of
the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1966). In the
Eurocentric versions of humanity, this concept is sometimes
referred to as cultural diversity; yet Indigenous peoples
prefer the concept of Indigenous humanities.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8dd65710059439095f27417d6a3157b2023-01-03T10:48:24ZengAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of QueenslandThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education2049-77842005-12-0134110.1017/S1326011100003914Introduction: Thinking Places: Indigenous Humanities and EducationMarie Battiste0Cathryn McConaghy1College of EducationSchool of Education Every conception of humanity arises from a specific place and from the people of that place. How such places shape and sustain the people of a place is the focus of education that enables each student to understand themselves and makes them feel at home in the world. The notion of Indigenous humanities being developed at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon represents an example of such ecological teachings and practices of what constitutes humanity. Ecology is the animating force that teaches us how to be human in ways that theological, moral and political ideologies are unable to. Ecology privileges no particular people or way of life. It does, however, promote Indigenous humanity as affirmed in Article 1 of the 1966 UNESCO Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation: “Each culture has a dignity and value which must be respected and preserved” (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1966). In the Eurocentric versions of humanity, this concept is sometimes referred to as cultural diversity; yet Indigenous peoples prefer the concept of Indigenous humanities. https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/400 |
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