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Sydney Writers' Festival 2009 - Online Program

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Black Politics: Inside the Complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture
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Sarah Maddison’s new book, Black Politics, builds a picture of the last 25 years of Aboriginal political history. She explores the issue of why Aboriginal communities still struggle so hard to be heard in mainstream politics, based on her interviews with leading Indigenous activists from across the nation.



In Conversation  |  Current Affairs, Culture & Heritage
Participants
Sarah Maddison

When
Monday, May 18 2009
13:30 - 14:30

Where
Carrington Hotel, Katoomba
15-47 Katoomba Street
Katoomba
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Cost
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SARAH MADDISON (LOCAL)Maddison, Sarah
SARAH MADDISON is senior associate dean in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of NSW. She is co-editor of Silencing Dissent and co-author of Activist Wisdom. Her latest book, Black Politics: Inside the Complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture, draws on extensive interviews with activists and politicians to explain the dynamics of Aboriginal politics. It reveals the challenges and tensions that have shaped community, regional and national relations over the past 25 years.

also appearing at...
104: Capturing Contemporary Australia
177: Terms of Engagement
244: Black Politics with Sarah Maddison and Larissa Behrendt
164: Black Politics