Professor Anne Poelina

Prof. Anne Poelina, Co-Chair of Indigenous Studies and Senior Research Fellow Nulungu Institute, University of Notre Dame Australia, is a Kimberley, Nyikina Warrwa Indigenous woman; Chair, Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council, an active community leader, human and earth rights advocate, and filmmaker. She holds membership to national and global Think Tanks. Over the last 30 years she has successfully employed a powerful combination of public engagements, academic research, peer reviewed academic papers, podcasts, film, community meetings, poetry, and storytelling to share the lived experiences of Indigenous people.

Listening to Martuwarra Country

The presentation will commence with a visual and audio presentation to listen and feel Martuwarra Country. Prof. Poelina believes human and non-human beings have an equal right to life. The meaning of life is grounded in the interdependent relationship between all things. There are benefits from promoting earth-centered governance where relationships are inclusive of nonhuman beings. Mother Earth is our collective commons, and co-existence is the embodiment of life itself.  This balance and harmony with our living cultural landscapes grounds the philosophical framework of values, ethics, and virtues. Importantly we need to govern and manage the commons for the greater common good of humanity, our biosphere and planetary wellbeing. We need to Listen to Country.