The 2013 Narrm Oration, "Being and becoming Indigenous: Resurgence against contemporary colonialism", was delivered by Professor Taiaiake Alfred on 28 November.
Professor Alfred is the founding Director of the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He specialises in traditions of governance, decolonisation strategies, and land based cultural restoration.
The Narrm Oration has been hosted annually by Murrup Barak, Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development at The University of Melbourne with the support of Rio Tinto Australia since 2009.
Additional Information
"The 2013 Narrm Oration: Taiaiake Alfred." Murrup Barak, Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development at The University of Melbourne. The University of Melbourne. Parkville, Victoria. November 28, 2013. Video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwJNy-B3lPA, accessed January 6, 2014)