Indigenous Rights, Recognition and the State in the Neoliberal Age Symposium

The ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) hosts a two-day symposium investigating Indigenous rights, recognition and the state in the neoliberal age.

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The symposium at ANU is an exciting chance to hear from a group of sociologists, political scientists, political economists, anthropologists, law and society scholars and political philosophers theorising the relationship between the state and Indigenous peoples in the neoliberal age, particularly in the context of rights and recognition, and engage in a dialogue about Indigenous rights and recognition in the neoliberal age. The retreat from recognition of Indigenous peoples' rights in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States in the 21^st century has been experienced within a broader ascent of politics, which has been framed within the rubric of neoliberalism. The event is aimed at critically exploring the theoretical, social, racial, political-economic dynamics underwriting Indigenous policy in the contemporary neoliberal environment in which laws and policies with respect to Indigenous peoples are being reformed and made. Speakers will share innovative, practical and provocative ideas with respect to Indigenous rights, recognition and the state in the neoliberal age.

The program includes a keynote address by Dr Maria Bargh author of A Hidden Economy: Māori in the Privatised Military Industry (2015) and editor of Resistance: An Indigenous Response to Neoliberalism.

Dr Maria Bargh (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa) is Head of School and Senior Lecturer in Māori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Maria is an ANU alumni completing her PhD in Political Science and International Relations. Her research is in the area of Māori politics, resource management and economics.

Attendees at the symposium will have the opportunity to hear from over 20 other speakers including:

• Dr Isabel Altimirano-Jimenez, University of Alberta
• Associate Professor Stephanie Gilbert, University of Newcastle
• Associate Professor Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
• Dr Sara Motta, University of Newcastle
• Professor Patrick Sullivan, University of Notre Dame
• Associate Professor Daphne Habibis, University of Tasmania
• Dr Louise Humpage, University of Auckland
• Dr Avril Bell, University of Auckland
• Dr Kirsty Glover, Melbourne Law School
• Craig Ritchie, Deputy Director, AITSIS
• Mary Spiers Williams, ANU College of Law
• Dr Shelley Bielefeld, RegNet, The Australian National University
• Associate Professor Will Sanders, CAEPR
• Dr Katherine Curchin, CAEPR
• Dr Deirdre Howard-Wagner, CAEPR

Registration (places limited)

• 2 day symposium  $80
• Symposium dinner (optional) $55

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