The Colour of Country

Adam Duncan

doi:10.18357/jcs.v40i2.15177

The Colour of Country

Authors

Adam Duncan Reconciliation Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs.v40i2.15177

Abstract

This article explores my relations to Country through colour. It is accompanied by three art pieces I have recently painted. It has a particular focus on my changing relationship to Biripi and Ngunnawal countries in Australia and the ways this relationship was impacted by my travelling to the “Learning How to Inherit in Colonized and Ecologically Challenged Lifeworlds” symposium in Victoria, British Columbia. As depicted in the paintings, my understandings of Country are coloured by the heritage-‐based connections to land that continue to shape my contemporary Aboriginal identity, my growing engagement with and understanding of the contemporary common worlds I inhabit, and the discussions of place and identity that took place at the symposium.

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Author Biography

Adam Duncan, Reconciliation Australia

Adam Duncan is a proud Biripi man and an early childhood educator currently working with Reconciliation Australia. He lives on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra, Australia. He works with early childhood educators and young children to explore concepts of contemporary Aboriginal identities and ways in which to relate to Australia’s Indigenous cultures in meaningful ways. He engages with these cultures and histories through story, drawing on his Aboriginal heritage and the Indigenous concept of Dreamings. Email: Adam.Duncan@Reconciliation.org.au

Published

2015-12-05

How to Cite

Duncan, A. (2015). The Colour of Country. Journal of Childhood Studies, 40(2), 32–41. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs.v40i2.15177

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 2 (Spring 2015) Canadian Children

Section

Articles

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