AWAYE! - Full program podcast Folgen

Is the right to be who you are - in terms of gender and sexuality - another form of Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination? And - does it matter whether or not there’s a precedent for homosexuality and gender diversity in traditional culture? We ask some leading scholars working in the fields of queer and Indigenous studies who met at a symposium recently at the University of Wollongong. We meet a Maori artist who uses traditional weaving techniques to create digital artwork, and whose practice has included transgender performance; a queer academic at the University of Melbourne who explores Aboriginal sovereignty in literary texts; and a Cree scholar and community activist who recasts self-determination in terms of gender and sexuality.