Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resources

Discusses how Aboriginal peoples have and continue to use land for farming, cultivation and the economy. Could be used for challenging status quo, considering alternate understandings.

Discusses how Indigenous peoples have managed, selected and harvested plants. Could be used for embedding Indigenous knowledges and understandings.

Recounts the troubled history of Western biological studies of Indigenous Australians and asks how we now might see contemporary genomics, especially that conducted by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scientists. Could be used for considering different approaches and how history informs current structures.

Informs mainstream audiences about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and ways of being such as sea hunting with suckerfish, building artificial reefs, repurposing glass into spearheads, economic responses to colonisation, and the Voice to Parliament. Could be used for embedding Indigenous knowledges, acknowledging ingenuity and ways of being and knowing.

Reflections on efforts to increase Indigenous representation in biological sciences. Could be used for reflecting on how to include Indigenous peoples and how to augment cultural safety.

Using Australia as a case study, we investigate past documentation and use of Indigenous biocultural knowledge (IBK) and assess the main contributions to ecosystem science and management. Could be used for considering how IBK can extend and enrich our current understandings.