tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post1744036718756376382..comments2024-03-29T00:41:43.025-07:00Comments on Anita Heiss Blog: Review: King Brown Country: The Betrayal of PapunyaDr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-12083761059366904512013-09-10T03:24:10.856-07:002013-09-10T03:24:10.856-07:00As a contrast to this I would highly recommend Dog...As a contrast to this I would highly recommend Dog Ear Café: How the Mount Theo program beat the curse of petrol sniffing by Andrew Stojanovski http://mttheo.org/home/dog-ear-cafe/<br />cheers, robertRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14147285772033302958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-16856877442379728542012-12-02T03:56:38.814-08:002012-12-02T03:56:38.814-08:00I met the Author in Ubud this year and listened to...I met the Author in Ubud this year and listened to his talk on the book. He discussed a lot of the problems and failures but never offered any solutions even when prompted by the audience. Identifying problems is needed but logically,Solutions and the discussion of Successes are the next step.Dub Lefflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498840992101194651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-20027835795422597502012-04-20T06:21:06.442-07:002012-04-20T06:21:06.442-07:00Anonymous? Thanks for pointing out that I'm pr...Anonymous? Thanks for pointing out that I'm pro-Indigenous. What else would I be? It seems that between us we've established that there is no evidence about anything. So, what do you think of the important issues raised in the book about self-determination and self-management? Do you think the author's argument about these issues is well made?Laurie Bamblettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-86774617030278556642012-04-17T22:20:35.979-07:002012-04-17T22:20:35.979-07:00I found the review interesting however it seems th...I found the review interesting however it seems that the author has taken an extreme pro-indigenous view. <br /><br />“Even if she is guilty of the management practices as alleged, there is no evidence that she did not learn them from the paternal, government, mainstreamed management she grew up with. It seems lazy, and predictable, to assume that Indigenous culture is the problem.” <br /><br />Whilst I don’t agree with every element of this book, I do think that the above quote is bias. One could point out that there is no evidence that she did learn her management practices from the paternal government. <br /><br />I find it a little hard to fathom why Dr Lawrence Bamblett leaps to the defence of the “villain” in this book or more correctly passes her mistakes off as possibly inherited behaviour from the government. I don’t think Alison Anderson iwas or is being led around by the nose on this matter. It doesn’t matter whether or not the person is indigenous or white her actions were portrayed as deplorable in the book and she has never answered or addressed any of the concerns detailed in the book despite numerous requests from a multitude of people. If there is no element of truth why has she not sought justice through the courts? <br /><br />My point is that a blind leap to support someone and shift blame to the government by Dr Bamblett is just a polar opposite view of the book based again on little to no evidence.<br /><br />I feel it is also lazy and predictable to assume that the government is the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com