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What Can We Learn?

Roger Thomas, professor and director of Wilto Yerlo Center for Australian Indigenous Research and Studies, responds to our question of what Western cultures can learn from Aboriginal culture. Dr. Thomas contrasts colonial and indigenous orientations toward the land, connects respect for the land with a social fabric of mutual caring and concern, and invites colonial cultures to take responsibility for damage done to both ecological and social systems.

Roger Thomas

Roger Thomas is a professor at the University of Adelaide where he directs Wilto Yerlo, the Centre for Australian Indigenous Research and Studies. Wilto Yerlo is recognized as a center of excellence for Australian Indigenous research and education through partnerships with indigenous people that honors... bio page »

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