How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places? - Libby Porter

Essay by Libby Porter

The return of land to Indigenous custodians in Australia over the past 20 years is a dramatic shift in Australian land tenure and management. Yet this revolution has, as yet, barely touched urban Australia.

Public and policy discussion about the future of urban Australia is framed as if Indigenous people were not present, and as if cities were not built on Aboriginal land.

What would it take to think about cities as spaces where Indigenous and non-Indigenous systems, knowledge and values co-exist? What would recognising such co-existence mean for how the future of cities is decided?

To read the full article in the Conversation, go to https://theconversation.com/how-can-we-meaningfully-recognise-cities-as-indigenous-places-65561