Abstract
This paper describes how works created in a visual arts workshop enable the author to work obliquely with stories about teaching Aboriginal children generated in a collective biography. The deconstructive work is framed by Prime Minister Rudd’s 2008 “sorry” speech to Aboriginal Australians and Mazzei’s work on silence with white teachers. The visual arts methodology allows a shift from narrative logic and literal detail to metonymy and symbolism while the materiality of artefacts and art equipment invite particular representations and interpretations to emerge.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 235-244 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | LEARNing Landscapes |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |