What is it about?
This is an engaging e-book giving advice about working with Indigenous communities. Although this community-developed resource was developed with Non-Indigenous Early Childhood Mentors, Trainers and Teachers in mind, the advice is broadly applicable to anyone working with or for Indigenous communities. Part-handbook, part-narrative, the booklet is broken into 11 short chapters on different aspects of remote community and cultural life.
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Why is it important?
The resource provides unique community perspectives about outsiders working within local communities. This resource will be useful for those new to conducting participatory research or evaluation in remote Indigenous communities, and not just for those who will be immersed in community life for some time.
Perspectives
While the resource largely represents perspectives from the Wadeye community, it poses questions relevant to anyone working in intercultural contexts. The strongest message is that even if we have many years of experience, including working with remote communities, every time we start working with a new community, we’re in 'new country'.
Liz Gould
NSW Ministry of Health
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This page is a summary of: Book Review: Title: You're in New Country: Advice for Non-Indigenous Early Childhood Mentors, Trainers and Teacherscompiled by FarmerRebekah and FasoliLynCommonwealth of Australia, 201190 pages, e-book, Evaluation Journal of Australasia, December 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1035719x1601600406.
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