Future Voices: Decolonising Australian Media

In 2020, the Broadly Speaking series launched with a powerful conversation with distinguished professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson, in recognition of the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking book, Talkin’ Up to the White Woman. Throughout a year of insightful, challenging and engaging conversations about contemporary feminism and gender in colonial Australia, Moreton-Robinson’s text has been a reminder of the ways some feminist movements clash with ideas of Indigenous sovereignty.

Our final Broadly Speaking event for 2021 will bring together First Nations women working in community, media and journalism for a discussion about the tensions between their work and the white feminism that often characterises Australian media narratives. They’ll discuss the impact Talkin’ Up to the White Woman has had on their own writing and thinking about colonial patriarchy, and how to carry this influence forward for future generations.

What needs to be done to stop violence against First Nations women? How can we encourage more people to make the link between violence against women and colonisation? And how can First Nations journalists and writers reclaim their voice in media spaces that diminish or exclude them?

Warlpiri journalist Rachael Hocking will write a report on the outcomes of the discussion, to be published on the Wheeler Centre website following the event.

Content warning: This event includes discussion of family and domestic violence and other topics audience members may find confronting. To talk with someone about violence or abuse contact:

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