Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resources

This LibGuide provides a starting point for finding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library materials, resources and subject guides

Books

Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia
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.

Articles

Building partnerships for linking biomedical science with traditional knowledge of customary medicines: a case study with two Australian Indigenous communities.
University researchers collaborate Australian Indigenous communities to investigate selected medicinal plants and locally made bush products. Could be used for finding case studies for work or assessment; embedding Indigenous knowledges.
Decolonising Indigenous health: Generating a productive dialogue to eliminate rheumatic heart disease in Australia
Reveals how biomedical dominance, deficit discourses and systemic racism influence current policy and practice landscape. Could be used for considering impact of embedded racism in policy and the effect on current work.
Embedding authentic First Nations content within biomedical science curriculum
Reflects on practice of Indigenising biomedical science curriculum including through using a traditional yarning circle experience. Could be used for finding case studies for work or assessment; reflecting on ways of being, knowing and doing.
Taking on colonial institutions: making room for an Indigenous Research Paradigm in prospective biomedical research in tertiary hospitals
Discusses First Nations involvement in a multi-site institution-based biomedical research project. Could be used for considering best practice; reflecting on ways of being, knowing and doing.
Integration of Indigenous healing practices with western biomedicine in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America: a scoping review protocol
Discusses what types of Indigenous healing practices have been integrated with western biomedicine. Could be used for considering best practice; reflecting on ways of being, knowing and doing.