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What's this big deal called social norms ?
Maiia: I left the periphery of the 2007 Strong Foundations Conference for Rebuilding Social Norms in Indigenous Communities, enlivened with an enormous and I believe a justified sense of positivity.
When the newsmedia reflects this reality, (which is why I'm still working at 4.51a.m) deferring from destructive reportage that actively if not deliberately damages Indigenous identity, it'll become part of the soulution.
Going on line is a two way process. We can express ourself instead of being passive consumers of broadcast commercially motivated sub-standard product posing as culture.
Cape York Institute Policy & Leadership
website REBUILDING SOCIAL NORMS
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE
Speakers like Prof. Marcia Langton, Ken Henry, Noel Pearson, Dr Chris Sarra etc, pondered the social norms necessary for strong Indigenous identity within the mainstream of Australian culture in 2007.
Maiia: The principles apply globally. After the barbarianism of the industrial era, the events of the last hundred years, I'm not sure anyone is that sure of identity or sanity.
For example Greenham Common had 96 cruise missiles each equal to 16 Hiroshimas. That's not sane. It's not socially aware, or responsible.
However in the context of this 2007 Australian conference - my insight was that human dignity desperately needs to be represented in culture/media. An ideal everyone of us can strive toward as individual citizens.Media Reform Maslov's Hierarchy Wear your armour though young warrior. And remeber the big bad wolf may be disguised.
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