{"id":3878,"date":"2016-05-23T10:28:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T02:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/23\/how-to-unlock-the-traditional-science-of-indigenous-australians\/"},"modified":"2016-05-23T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T02:28:45","slug":"how-to-unlock-the-traditional-science-of-indigenous-australians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/23\/how-to-unlock-the-traditional-science-of-indigenous-australians\/","title":{"rendered":"How to unlock the traditional science of Indigenous Australians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is still undeniably wide, with Indigenous Australians consistently losing out in health, employment, incarceration, life expectancy and education.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the disadvantages faced by Indigenous Australians, it follows that they\u2019re also under-represented in science fields. But according to some, it’s time to recognise that science is actually central to Indigenous culture and survival.<\/p>\n

“When we talk about Aboriginal science, don\u2019t forget we’re the ones who turned a stick in to a boomerang, without aeronautical engineering degrees,” Jim Walker, Former Manager of Indigenous Engagement at CSIRO (Australia\u2019s federal agency for scientific research) said at a panel discussion at Brisbane\u2019s World Science Festival in March.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is still undeniably wide, with Indigenous Australians consistently losing out in health, employment, incarceration, life expectancy and education. Given the disadvantages faced by Indigenous Australians, it follows that they\u2019re also under-represented in science … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[728,3002,960,1112],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-australia","tag-indigenous-culture","tag-science","tag-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}