TY  - JOUR
TI  - Redefining ‘cultural values’ – the economics of cultural flows
AU  - Davies, Siobhan
AU  - Wilson, Jason
AU  - Ridges, Malcolm
T2  - Australasian Journal of Water Resources
AB  - Cultural flows are water allocations to Aboriginal groups to maintain cultural values. Economic frameworks treat cultural values as sites or places where ‘cultural activities’ take place. A cultural flow is then a discretionary allocation of water to ‘water’ those sites, in the same way that water is delivered to irrigators to water their crops. This water allocation framework, in which environmental, irrigation or cultural values are traded off in a zero-sum game, is grounded in economic and legal frameworks that treat spiritual, environmental, economic and social values as separate and unconnected value domains. In contrast, within Aboriginal ontology each value domain is inherently connected, and cannot be traded off against the others. Interpreting cultural beliefs as akin to a recreational activity ignores the relationship between cultural belief and Aboriginal economic and social organisation. We use a case study of the Narran Lakes area of NSW to explore the relationship between cultural beliefs and the way in which Country was managed under cultural law. Understanding this relationship is important in the economic analysis of cultural flows.
DA  - 2021/01/02/
PY  - 2021
DO  - 10.1080/13241583.2020.1795339
DP  - Taylor and Francis+NEJM
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
SP  - 15
EP  - 26
SN  - 1324-1583
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2020.1795339
Y2  - 2023/05/09/01:28:15
KW  - Urban planning
ER  - 

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Co‐producing a fire and seasons calendar to support renewed Indigenous cultural fire management
AU  - McKemey, Michelle B
AU  - Banbai Rangers
AU  - Ens, Emilie J
AU  - Hunter, John T
AU  - Ridges, Malcolm
AU  - Costello, Oliver
AU  - Reid, Nick CH
T2  - Austral Ecology
DA  - 2021///
PY  - 2021
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13034
VL  - 46
IS  - 7
SP  - 1011
EP  - 1029
J2  - Austral Ecology
SN  - 1442-9985
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.13034
KW  - Landscape architecture
KW  - Urban planning
ER  - 

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Cross-Cultural Monitoring of a Cultural Keystone Species Informs Revival of Indigenous Burning of Country in South-Eastern Australia
AU  - McKemey, Michelle B.
AU  - Patterson, Maureen (Lesley)
AU  - Banbai Rangers
AU  - Ens, Emilie J.
AU  - Reid, Nick C. H.
AU  - Hunter, John T.
AU  - Costello, Oliver
AU  - Ridges, Malcolm
AU  - Miller, Cara
T2  - Human Ecology
AB  - Globally, Indigenous cultural burning has been practiced for millennia, although colonization limited Indigenous people’s ability to access and manage their ancestral lands. Recently, recognition of Indigenous fire management has been increasing, leading to the re-emergence of cultural burning in Australia, the Americas, parts of Asia and Africa. We describe how the Banbai people of south-eastern Australia have reintroduced cultural burning at Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area. Our team of Banbai Rangers and non-Indigenous scientists conducted cross-cultural research to investigate the impact of burning on a cultural keystone species, the Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Our comparison of the effects of a low-intensity, patchy, cultural fire in the Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area to a nearby higher intensity fire in Warra National Park through a Before-After-Control-Impact assessment indicated that the higher intensity fire reduced echidna foraging activity, possibly to avoid predation. Most importantly, we describe a cross-cultural research model whereby Indigenous rangers and non-Indigenous scientists work together to inform adaptive natural and cultural resource management. Such trans-disciplinary and collaborative research strengthens informed conservation decision-making and the social-ecological resilience of communities.
DA  - 2019/12/01/
PY  - 2019
DO  - 10.1007/s10745-019-00120-9
DP  - Springer Link
VL  - 47
IS  - 6
SP  - 893
EP  - 904
J2  - Hum Ecol
LA  - Banbai, E8: Baanbay
SN  - 1572-9915
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-019-00120-9
Y2  - 2020/10/30/05:53:05
ER  - 

TY  - THES
TI  - Developing cross-cultural knowledge ('right way'science) to support Indigenous cultural fire management
AU  - McKemey, Michelle B
A3  - Reid, Nick
A3  - Ens, Emilie
A3  - Hunter, John
A3  - Ridges, Malcolm
DA  - 2021///
PY  - 2021
M3  - PhD Thesis
PB  - University of New England
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30852
KW  - Landscape architecture
KW  - Urban planning
ER  -