TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘I want to video it, so people will respect me’
T2 - Nauiyu community, digital platforms and trauma
AU - Morris, Gavin
AU - Groom, Rachel A.
AU - Schuberg, Emma Louise
AU - Dowden-Parker, Sarah
AU - Ungunmerr-Baumann, Miriam Rose
AU - McTaggart, Aaron
AU - Carlson, Bronwyn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - The Edge of Sacred project was conducted with the Nauiyu community in northern Australia and investigated trauma and traditional healing practices. Study participants from the community identified negative social changes and an escalation in anti-social behaviour, such as higher rates of bullying, violence, risky sexual behaviour and children accessing pornography, when mobile phones and social networking sites were used inappropriately. The research utilised Dadirri, a place-based, performative healing praxis that engaged community members in a truth-telling journey. Shared stories revealed social impacts derived from accessing mobile technologies and the ensuing cultural colonisation affected all aspects of Nauiyu community life. We present the findings of mobile phone use behaviours in this remote context and the performance of negative, traumatised and harmful identities that occupy social media and are enabled through social networking sites. Despite the corrosive effects of colonisation, the community unanimously believed that empowerment through truth-telling exists within and belongs to Nauiyu. The traditional holistic healing practice of Dadirri reframes identities, reclaiming Indigenous Lore.
AB - The Edge of Sacred project was conducted with the Nauiyu community in northern Australia and investigated trauma and traditional healing practices. Study participants from the community identified negative social changes and an escalation in anti-social behaviour, such as higher rates of bullying, violence, risky sexual behaviour and children accessing pornography, when mobile phones and social networking sites were used inappropriately. The research utilised Dadirri, a place-based, performative healing praxis that engaged community members in a truth-telling journey. Shared stories revealed social impacts derived from accessing mobile technologies and the ensuing cultural colonisation affected all aspects of Nauiyu community life. We present the findings of mobile phone use behaviours in this remote context and the performance of negative, traumatised and harmful identities that occupy social media and are enabled through social networking sites. Despite the corrosive effects of colonisation, the community unanimously believed that empowerment through truth-telling exists within and belongs to Nauiyu. The traditional holistic healing practice of Dadirri reframes identities, reclaiming Indigenous Lore.
KW - Aboriginal
KW - colonisation
KW - Dadirri
KW - mobile phones
KW - social media
KW - trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118232446&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1329878X211038005
DO - 10.1177/1329878X211038005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118232446
SN - 1329-878X
VL - 183
SP - 139
EP - 157
JO - Media International Australia
JF - Media International Australia
IS - 1
ER -