Dates and Times
30 October 2019
12:30 - 13:30
Event for
Location
Organiser
Centre for Creative & Cultural Research
Speakers
Ian McHugh
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CCCR Seminar: Pernicious Tropes and How to Avoid Them: Representing Indigenous characters as a non-indigenous writer
Please join us for the next CCCR seminar, all welcome.
Abstract: Scholars in Australia and elsewhere have catalogued the numerous ways that settler writers have fallen short in representing indigenous characters, cultures, histories and stories in fiction. Approaching the creative component of his doctoral thesis, Ian was confronted with the need attempt exactly that kind of representation if he was to respond honestly to his research findings. So, he turned to the work of Aboriginal and other indigenous scholars who have addressed the issue, as well as non-indigenous scholars they cited, to produce a typology of the common missteps and mistakes - the pernicious tropes - that he needed to avoid, which then formed the basis of the decisions he has made about representation in his creative piece. This seminar presents the typology for comment and critique.
Additional Information
Short bio: Ian McHugh is an award-winning short fiction writer. His stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies in Australia and internationally, including The Year’s Best Science Fiction, The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror, and Award Winning Australian Writing. His debut short story collection, Angel Dust, was shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Collection in 2015. Ian is in the final year of his doctoral research at the University of Canberra.
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.