Australia has just listed Indigenous knowledge among its science priorities – after First Nations knowledge has long gone uncredited in Western ‘discoveries’, such as life-changing drugs.
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Indigenous Australian practices, honed over thousands of years, weave science with storytelling. In this Indigenous science series, we look at different aspects of First Australians’ traditional life and…
Indigenous Australian practices, developed and honed over thousands of years, weave science with storytelling. In this Indigenous science series, we’ll look at different aspects of First Australians’ traditional…
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Professor of Public History, University of Technology Sydney
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Author, The Oldest Foods on Earth, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor of Human Biology, University of New England
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Professor and DST/NRF Bio-economy Research Chair, University of Cape Town
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Chercheuse en développement durable, sciences sociales et technologie, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
