Whitefella Magic: A posthumanist take on the Dark Emu debate

Stephen Muecke

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Abstract

The Sutton and Walshe book, Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers?, did not start the debate over Pascoe’s Dark Emu, but it has certainly escalated it to a broader public. Now there are numerous reviews, essays and opinions, from Geoffrey Blainey in The Australian (an ideological rant that even manages to drag in the Federal Labor leader for criticism) to Guy Rundle in Crikey (tying himself in rhetorical knots trying to defend Pascoe). It’s another battle in the culture wars, reminiscent of the one led by Keith Windschuttle on Aboriginal history twenty-odd years ago. Is that really what Sutton and Walshe wanted? Or do they just want to defend the pursuit of truth by the best possible means?
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages7
JournalOverland
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 10 Aug 2021

Keywords

  • Aboriginal Australia
  • culture wars
  • human sciences

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