Non-Indigenous conceptions of Indigeneity have historically focused on controlling the socialization, mobility and reproduction of Indigenous people. In the Indigenous community, we have only recently begun to demarcate our own space in which to debate the nature of Indigeneity in Australia. To date, we have successfully deployed notions of Indigeneity, via the strategic essentialism of pan-Abo...

How can we understand the persistence of archaic or conservative socio-cultural practices in hybrid communities in the diaspora? How does the experience of exile and immigration manifest itself in ideological, cultural, and linguistic terms? In this project, we will examine the practices of a unique settlement in Patagonia, Argentina, which presents an exceptional situation of cultural and ling...