Inequality, Identity and Future Discounting: A Comparative Ethnographic Approach to Social Trauma in Aboriginal Australian Communities [ 2002-04-21 - 2005-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Myrna Tonkinson (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Victoria Burbank (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Robert Tonkinson (Chief Investigator)

Brief description Inequality, Identity and Future Discounting: A Comparative Ethnographic Approach to Social Trauma in Aboriginal Australian Communities. Via fieldwork in Aboriginal communities, this study examines the extent to which psychosocial processes of identity serve as a mechanism whereby social inequality becomes personal and community disadvantage. We focus on Aboriginal perspectives, their experiences and accounts of social traumas. The study's significance lies in the persistence of differentially high negative social indicators in Aboriginal communities. Its originality lies in conceptualizations of future discounting as a dimension of identity and of identity as a process critical to well-being. Outcomes include further understanding of the relationship between inequality,identity and well-being.

Funding Amount $152,194

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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