AWW22 History, Storytelling and the Collective Imagination - Tom Griffiths and Bruce Pascoe

Co-presented with Melbourne Writers' Festival


With its descriptions of the sophisticated economic and
socio-political livelihoods of many First Nations’ communities,
Bruce Pascoe’s 2014 multi-award-winning Dark Emu called for a
reconsideration of pre-colonial Aboriginal Australia. Confronting
criticism from some who reject its portrayal of Aboriginal
agriculturalists, and following the COVID-cancellation of their
anticipated Melbourne Writers’ Festival session, Bruce and
eminent historian Tom Griffiths (The Art of Time Travel) come
together to consider the productive conversation emerging around
Australia’s understanding of Aboriginal histories, and discuss
the best way to deepen our shared knowledge of our nation’s vital
first stories.