Decolonising Australian psychology: Discourses, strategies, and practice

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 276-297

  Dudgeon, Pat ^a   Walker, Roz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Colonisation; Cultural determinants; Decolonisation; Decolonising psychology; Indigenous Australian; Indigenous wellbeing; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994769955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21953325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v3i1.126     Document Type: Article

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