
From the personal to the political: Understanding the impacts of colonialism through story telling
Flinders University City Campus Festival Tower, Station Rd, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaYou are warmly invited to an expert panel event led by JBC’s Professor Marinella Marmo to explore the enduring legacy of colonialism through personal experience and political reflection. The seminar is anchored in The Chosen Son, Professor Leanne Weber’s deeply moving account of the forced removal of her Aboriginal foster brother, Len, in the late 1950s and his subsequent placement in her Adelaide family. Building from this intimate narrative, the discussion will provide a timely platform to critically examine how contemporary laws, policies, and practices, both at State and Federal levels, continue to shape the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.