1、Exploring Social Representations of Indigenous Cultural Fire Natural Hazards Research Australia 2023Gabrielle MillerPhD Candidate|The University of MelbourneNatural Hazards Research AustraliaSupervisors:Dr.Andrea Rawluk,Dr.Rebecca FordInsights from a case study of East Gippsland,VictoriaI gratefully
2、 acknowledge were meeting today on the lands of the Kaurna peopleI pay my respects to their elders past and present and extend my respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people here today Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are the first storytellers,scientists,researchersResearch
3、 Context1.“The big fire problem”:Recognition of and reckoning with the limits of dominant settler-colonial approaches to land and fire management1.Recognition and(Re)-centering of Indigenous people and their knowledge within fire and land managementCultural burning initiatives expanding at a range o
4、f scales,diverse actorsInstitutional interest and support growingDiscourse-popular texts and media202020192021Existing research:Indigenous-settler fire partnerships and engagementsWhat researchers and practitioners are telling us:What researchers and practitioners are telling us:Barriers Colonial lo
5、ad Legislative and regulatory frameworks Persistence and dominance of settler-colonialism and Western paradigmsEnablers building two-way trust,mutual respect and understanding Cultural confidence,cultural safetyResearch needs Empirical studies into the“other-side”of settler-Indigenous relations(Begg
6、s et al.2023)Identify potential change agents and leverage pointsPhase 1:Case study on Gunnai-Kurnai Country/East Gippsland,Victoria“He used to describe East Gippsland as a sea of forest with islands of freehold land within it”(Ex-forester)What are social representations?Sociogenesis of social repre