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Fixing up Australia's written history
Manage episode 432959801 series 2902428
History is always subjective but in Australia we have a history of not just sanitising the past and its characters but censoring or at least covering up. However, we can right the wrongs of the past and one significant project to do this is underway at the Australian National University, to revise the National Dictionary of Biography, especially the role of Indigenous people and women in Australia. But decolonising twenty heavy tomes, nine million words, and almost 14,000 biographies can’t be done overnight.
Guest: Melanie Nolan - General Editor, Australian Dictionary of Biography
380 episoder
Manage episode 432959801 series 2902428
History is always subjective but in Australia we have a history of not just sanitising the past and its characters but censoring or at least covering up. However, we can right the wrongs of the past and one significant project to do this is underway at the Australian National University, to revise the National Dictionary of Biography, especially the role of Indigenous people and women in Australia. But decolonising twenty heavy tomes, nine million words, and almost 14,000 biographies can’t be done overnight.
Guest: Melanie Nolan - General Editor, Australian Dictionary of Biography
380 episoder
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