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  • This house believes that indigenous groups should focus on expanding the powers and resources of Land Councils rather than seeking change through federal and state legislatures

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    Land Councils are regional organizations that represent and assist indigenous peoples in protecting and maintaining their land claims and cultural sites. Some Land Councils also offer programs to help local indigenous businesses or individuals access housing and employment. Land councils are usually self-funded.

    US Universities Debate Championship Tournament 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-10-20

  • This house, as the environmental movement, would prioritise advocating for the return of land rights to indigenous people as their primary environmental protection strategy

    14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Semifinals · 2023-09-22

  • This house, as the environmental movement, would prioritize advocating for the return of land rights to indigenous people as their primary environmental protection strategy

    14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Open Pre Semis · 2023-09-22

  • This house would create a federal police unit for investigating the deaths and disappearances of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

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    Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women refers to the tragic and ongoing crisis of disproportionately high rates of disappearances, violence, and homicides faced by Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit individuals in North America, often stemming from systemic issues and inadequate responses.

    Canadian Universities’ High School Nationals 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-08-19

  • This house prefers a world where the value of treaty settlements was given directly to Māori rather than Iwi.

    Joynt Scroll 2023 · No Round · 2023-05-07

  • In the case of ethnographic research on remote and minority communities, This House supports the use of ethnographic refusal in postcolonial scholarship

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    Ethnography is a descriptive study of a particular human society and the process of making such a study. Contemporary ethnography is based almost entirely on fieldwork and requires the complete immersion of the anthropologist in the culture and everyday life of the people who are the subject of his study. Many ethnographers reside in the field for a year or more, learning the local language or dialect and, to the greatest extent possible, participating in everyday life while at the same time **trying** to maintain an observer's objective detachment. Ethnographic refusal is a practice by which researchers and research participants logether decide not to make particular information available for use within the academia. Engaging in ethnographic refusal as method, then, is intended as an ethical intervention that provides research participants the opportunity To dictate whether knowledge is to be made available within the academia among other places. Examples of ethnographic refusal include the presence of contamination (in places, bodies or animals), or access to knowledge that is considered sacred, amidst various other things.

    Polemic 2024 · Open Semi Finals · 2023-04-17

  • In the case of ethnographic research on remote and minority communities, THis HouSe supports the use of ethnographic refusal in postcolonial scholarship

    Infoslide

    Ethnography is a descriptive study of a particular human society and the process of making such a study. Contemporary ethnography is based almost entirely on fieldwork and requires the complete immersion of the anthropologist in the culture and everyday life of the people who are the subject of his study. Many ethnographers reside in the field for a year or more, learning the local language or dialect and, to the greatest extent possible, participating in everyday life while at the same time **trying** to maintain an observer's objective detachment. Ethnographic refusal is a practice by which researchers and research participants logether decide not to make particular information available for use within the academia. Engaging in ethnographic refusal as method, then, is intended as an ethical intervention that provides research participants the opportunity To dictate whether knowledge is to be made available within the academia among other places. Examples of ethnographic refusal include the presence of contamination (in places, bodies or animals), or access to knowledge that is considered sacred, amidst various other things.

    Polemic 2024 · Novice Finals · 2023-04-17

  • This house believes that India should lease Protected Areas to local residents

    Infoslide

    India uses protected area management" to identify important natural areas and prioritizes the protection of wilderness in those areas over resource use. (eg: national parks

    Colgate 2023 · wildlife preserves · 2023-03-25

  • This house believes that that elites in post-colonial countries should actively indigenize themselves.

    Infoslide

    Indigenization is the act of making something more native; transforming some service, idea, etc., to suit local culture, especially through the use of more indigenous people in public administration, employment, and other fields.

    HKDC 2023 · 4 · 2023-03-25

  • That, as the Albanese Government, we would legislate an Indigenous Voice to Parliament even if the referendum to enshrine it in the constitution fails.

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    Note that this is an actor motion. The referendum that will take place later in the year will ask voters whether enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution. The Voice to Parliament will be comprised of Indigenous people, elected from and by local communities across Australia. The Voice will be able to provide submissions to the Australian Parliament and the Executive Government (Cabinet) on how potential policies may affect Indigenous peoples. The Voice does not have the power to overrule or veto parliamentary decisions but can make recommendations and explain whether a policy would be effective at improving the lives of or disproportionally disadvantage Indigenous peoples. If the Voice is placed in the constitution, it cannot easily be removed in future unless another referendum is called and people vote to remove it. If the government were to simply legislate it, there is potential for a future government to simply remove it altogether through the same simple legislation that would create it.

    Advanced Open 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-03-02

  • This House will declare Antarctica as global commons

    Infoslide

    Antarctica is a resource-rich continent with massive ambits of progress possible regarding scientific research, minerals, etc. Simultaneously, it is also home to various indigenous communities that make a claim on these lands. https://discoveringantarctica.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/governed_claims1.png The Antarctica Treaty System regulates international relations with respect to Antarctica. The three major provisions in this treaty system are as follows- 1. Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only 2. Freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica and cooperation toward that end… shall continue 3. Scientific observations and results from Antarctica shall be exchanged and made freely available

    Lloyd Parliamentary Debate · Novice Semifinals · 2023-03-01

  • This House will declare Antarctica as global commons

    Infoslide

    Antarctica is a resource rich continent with massive ambits of progress possible regarding scientific research, minerals, etc. Simultaneously, it is also home to various indigenous communities that make a claim on these lands. https://discoveringantarctica.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/governed_claims1.png The Antarctica Treaty System regulates international relations with respect to Antarctica. The three major provisions in this treaty system are as follows- 1. Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only 2. Freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica and cooperation toward that end… shall continue 3. Scientific observations and results from Antarctica shall be exchanged and made freely available

    Lloyd Parliamentary Debate · Quarterfinals · 2023-03-01

  • That we should ban ecotourism

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    Ecotourism is a form of tourism concerned primarily with the observation and appreciation of nature as well as the traditional cultures in the area. Examples include camping, wildlife viewing and tours conducted by locals. Ecotourism agencies often invest in infrastructure to make these areas more accessible to tourists and to preserve the integrity of the location.

    Junior Open 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-02-27

  • This house believes that religious organisations should syncretise over remaining independent

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    Religious Syncretism is the practice of blending cultural/religious indigenous practices with different religious beliefs (for example, the Catholic Church merging traditional saints with local deities in Latin America). Religious Independence is the belief that one's religion must remain tied to a unique set of religious teachings that contain the truth about humanity and divinity.

    Madrid WUDC 2023 · EFL Finals · 2022-12-28

  • This house believes that advocacy for indigenous people should prioritise influencing general government policy over obtaining legal recognition of their status and historical grievances.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · Semifinals · 2022-12-15