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A review by downsophialane
Dark Emu - Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? by Bruce Pascoe
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
We’ve been lying to each other about the traditional custodians of Australia. In Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe problematises the myth of a simplistic pre-invasion Indigenous hunter-gatherer society in accessible and digestible prose. What’s most astonishing about the mainstream cultural simplification of Aboriginal Australian societies in this country is that evidence to the contrary is RIGHT THERE in the written accounts, and supported by archeological evidence of complex organised economies and technologies across the continent prior to European arrival. As a young man Bruce Pascoe was a teacher, and this book offers the clear, straightforward explanation of an educator.
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TO TEACH? 🍎
Every Australian teacher should read this book, particularly social sciences and/or humanities that teach invasion history of Australia.
For Stage 5 English, I plan to use excerpts of this text alongside with western history of science. Students will examine the gaps in western-centric scientific narratives of progress.
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TO TEACH? 🍎
Every Australian teacher should read this book, particularly social sciences and/or humanities that teach invasion history of Australia.
For Stage 5 English, I plan to use excerpts of this text alongside with western history of science. Students will examine the gaps in western-centric scientific narratives of progress.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide and Racism