TY - JOUR
T1 - Did Australia listen to Indigenous people on constitutional recognition? A big data analysis
AU - Parkinson, John
AU - Franco-Guillen, Nuria
AU - de Laile, Sebastian
PY - 2022/1/2
Y1 - 2022/1/2
N2 - This paper uses novel electronic tools to identify the degree to which Australia was listening to Indigenous peoples in a ‘national conversation’ about constitutional recognition between 2015 and late 2017. The results show that while there was a superficial overlap in themes, there were important differences of framing. Recognition remained a largely formal, elite and non-Indigenous concern, with First Nations focusing on treaties, sovereignty, listening and respect. Interaction was noticeably aggressive, but not exclusively so. Non-Indigenous people avoided discussing racism, and talked more frequently about history, framing issues in the past tense; First Nations talked about the here and now. And despite more focus on everyday racism, Indigenous peoples were consistently more positive and proud, rejecting ‘plight’ constructions
AB - This paper uses novel electronic tools to identify the degree to which Australia was listening to Indigenous peoples in a ‘national conversation’ about constitutional recognition between 2015 and late 2017. The results show that while there was a superficial overlap in themes, there were important differences of framing. Recognition remained a largely formal, elite and non-Indigenous concern, with First Nations focusing on treaties, sovereignty, listening and respect. Interaction was noticeably aggressive, but not exclusively so. Non-Indigenous people avoided discussing racism, and talked more frequently about history, framing issues in the past tense; First Nations talked about the here and now. And despite more focus on everyday racism, Indigenous peoples were consistently more positive and proud, rejecting ‘plight’ constructions
KW - Constitutional recognition
KW - Indigenous politics
KW - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
KW - big data
KW - democracy
KW - INTERNET
U2 - 10.1080/10361146.2021.2009764
DO - 10.1080/10361146.2021.2009764
M3 - Article
VL - 57
SP - 17
EP - 40
JO - Australian Journal of Political Science
JF - Australian Journal of Political Science
SN - 1036-1146
IS - 1
ER -