Interview with Dr. Richard Fejo, Australia China Friendship Society, Anthropological Approaches to Debt, Power and Desire

Wednesday, 4 December 2024 - 7:00am to 8:30am

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Lev Lafayette, President of the Australia China Friendship Society -In the first part of this interview, Lev talks about the organisation, when and why it was formed, and the activities and events they put on to promote friendly relations between the two nations.

 

Holly High, Associate professor, Deakin University - Holly has focussed her studies on Laos, and written about anthropological approaches to debt, power and desire, psychoanalytic theory, and is currently investigating transformations in pregnancy, birth and early childhood in Laos. This is the first of a multi-part interview about how democracy functions in Laos, a one party socialist state.

 

NT Larrakia and Warramungu elder Dr. Richard Fejo - Third and final part of an interview where Dr Fejo talks about lowering of the age of criminal consent by the Northern Territory government, and shares personal stories of the continuing fight for justice for First Nations people on occupied lands.

 

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