[csaa-forum] Indigenous Studies Research Network 2012 Critical Reading Group - further details

[Fiona Nicoll]

Gambling Addictions: Sovereignty, Well‐Being and Activism

When: Friday November 2nd 2012, 10am‐5:00pm
Where: B Block, Room 304, Kelvin Grove Campus, QUT
Cost: $100.00 Inc GST

This reading group explores the role of legal gambling industries in former white settler colonial nations. For some
Indigenous communities in the US and Canada, land‐based and online casinos have provided the economic
foundation for strengthened self‐governance, improved health, employment and education indicators as well as
language and cultural revival. In Australia public awareness of Indigenous gambling has been primarily been
framed by concerns about the prevalence of ‘problem gambling’ on card games and Electronic Gaming Machines.
Scholars in New Zealand have developed a public health approach to social impacts rather than focusing narrowly
on individual pathologies of gambling. In this comparative context we will guide participants through a discussion
of some of the many questions regulated gambling poses for Indigenous sovereignty, well‐being and activism.

Facilitators are: Dr Fiona Nicoll, Lecture, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of
Queensland, Dr Trish Luker, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Technology, Sydney and Dr David Singh, Research
Fellow, Indigenous Studies Research Network, QUT. Dr Nicoll, Dr Luker and Dr Singh are research affiliates of the
Indigenous Studies Research Network.

Registration includes a book of readings and catering. Please provide any dietary requirements when confirming
your attendance. For further information please email isrn at qut.edu.au or phone (07) 3138 8611