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In the latter part of last year a Macquarie University academic aroused outrage with his comments over the supposed links between race and criminality. For his colleagues and the union alike, the case provided a difficult example of the clash of shared academic values and the right to speak. Here four participants in the controversy-- from NTEU's National President to colleagues--reflect on the thorny matters at issue. These include: (1) Beyond "Political Correctness" (Carolyn Allport); (2) Race Matters (Gillian Cowlishaw); (3) "It is Forbidden..." (Jennifer Rutherford); and (4) Legitimate Enemies (Judy Lattas). (Contains 15 endnotes.)

Ethnographic research concerning Aboriginal social life in the earlier settled areas of the continent has formed a minor strand within the body of Australian anthropological research. Yet these studies speak directly to the current national discourse concerning distressing conditions in many Aboriginal communities in the north. The kind of anthropology generated in South East Australia has always sought to do more than simply depict particular collective worlds--it also addresses how they are made, particularly in conditions of upheaval, relocation and engagement with state institutions and the nation's ideologies. By drawing attention to one kind of border, that between cultural/social worlds we hope to overcome another boundary, that between ethnographies of the north and the south. To this end, we draw attention to the process of boundary making that has been a crucial dynamic within the changing historical and social configurations that have shaped Aboriginal experiences of the social world. Thus, instead of reporting on the significance of cultural characteristics, this collection shifts attention to relationships with others, with the state and the encompassing society. Keywords: located anthropology, Australianist anthropology, borders., The collection emerged from a conference' of the South East Australia Network of Anthropologists (SEANA), a title that expresses our regional ethnographic focus, but that conceals our larger ambitions. (2) [...]

A series of overtly racialised disturbances in Australia in late 2005 resulted in contrasting interpretations from social science academics and media analysts who were less concerned to illuminate the life [...]

When both the incumbent and prospective Prime Ministers of Australia competed for public applause in April 2004 on 'getting rid of ATSIC' because 'it isn't working', the limited public commentary [...]

This paper engages with the arguments which circulated in the public domain in opposition to the recognition of native title, and sets out the `truths' they constructed concerning the nature [...]

Out of sight out of mind There is a common cynical response to social change, encapsulated in the appropriate'y French cliche plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose, and [...]

Initially this book gives the impression of being a serious study, engaging in serious argument on matters of fact and interpretation within a disciplined academic framework. It comes from an [...]