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Jobs and livelihoods ways forward for
‘being on country’
Jocelyn Daviesa, Josie Douglasb,
Hannah Huenekea, Michael LaFlammea,
Karissa Preussc, Jane Walkerb,
Fiona Walsha.
a CSIRO
Sustainable Ecosystems
Charles Darwin University
c Australian National University
b
Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
Livelihoods thinking –
understanding the systems that
drive well-being
Mainstream view  policy
• A job tends to be seen as an outcome in themselves, or
a proxy indicator for the ‘good life’
Livelihoods view  people centred
(concerned with people’s choices and actions)
• acknowledges diversity in people’s aspirations
• concerned with capability: people’s ability to live the life
they want to live, be the people they want to be. A
powerful indicator of well-being, correlated with health.
• A job tends to be a strategy to achieve other aspirations
(eg learning, respect, pride, income, self-reliance)
Visible motivation & purpose
The sustainable livelihoods framework
A straightforward way of thinking about sustainable systems
to generate health, well-being, income and good land condition
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Strategies – what people do
Outcomes/aspirations – what people get or aspire to get
Assets – what people have
Rules – who is allowed to do what
Risks – threats to what people have
Influence – the power to change rules
Financial
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Social
Risks
Assets
Influence
Human
Cultural
Physical
Rules
Strategies
Outcomes
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Aboriginal employment success at Desert Park
Employees workplace aspirations
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Aboriginal employment success at Desert Park
Employee
Work at
Desert Park
Risks
Assets
Influence
Rules
Knowledge
Social networks
Confidence
Enterprise
Risks
Outcomes
Strategies
1) Learning
2) Aboriginal co-workers 3)
Aboriginal culture
4) Natural environment
Recruitment processes,
Workplace culture, Work roles,
Traditional owner relationships
Assets
Knowledgeable, confident,
experienced staff
Influence
Rules
Aboriginal apprenticeships,
employment & training
Strategies
Outcomes
Satisfied visitors
Visitor numbers &
income enhanced
Long term employees
Challenges in Aboriginal employment at Desert Park
Employee
Leave Desert
Park job
Risks
Assets
Influence
Rules
Strategies
Outcomes
Support family or
community,
Be on country
Enterprise
Individual attention
‘Open door’
Employees
leave
Risks
Assets
Influence
Rules
Strategies
Outcomes
Language & culture in bush schools
Elders’ strategies and
outcomes
• being actively involved in school
education
• transmission of traditional knowledge;
social, cultural, ecological, linguistic
• teaching Aboriginal languages including
specialised vocabulary, complex
grammar, special ways of talking in
particular situations (eg ceremony,
funerals, sign language etc)
• strong localised identity & well-being
(i.e. Warlpiri, Eastern Arrernte)
Language & culture in bush schools
Elders perspective
Supportive
policy;
Principal
sets
priorities
Relevance of
language &
culture not
clear: no
resources
allocated
Risks
Assets
Influence
Young people with
knowledge, know-how &
relationships;
Succession pathways
for future generations
Rules
Work part time
with school,
teaching
language &
culture
Strategies
Outcomes
Valued role in a
mainstream
organisation
Using video to record and share knowledge
Young people’s perspectives
Learning knowledge
• “The old words tell us
where we come from, they
tell the stories of the
dreaming tracks”
• In 40 minutes, the old
people come up with 200
words… and it just keeps
on going!
• “We need to record these
old people, put it in a
computer database.”
• “It’s desperate-measures
time.”
Learning media skills
“I love working with old
people with the camera.”
“We want more projects
like this – bring ‘em on!”
Using video to record and share knowledge
Young people perspective
Right person for
country;
Right ways to
use equipment;
Small funding.
Very large need
very small project
Risks
Assets
Stronger
Aboriginal
identity, new
communicatio
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Influence
Rules
Go on country with
elders, record and
edit videos
Strategies
Outcomes
Videos recorded &
shared; skills gained for
further media work
Conservation management Northern Tanami
Indigenous Protected Area (IPA)
DEWHA (Australian Government) desired outcomes
• Biodiversity conservation
• Aboriginal aspirations for country supported
• stronger National Reserve (protected area)
System
• Whole-of-landscape management
• Partnerships are created
Conservation management Northern Tanami
Indigenous Protected Area (IPA)
DEWHA (Australian Government) perspective
Instability at
community
level;
Changes in
program rules
Risks
Plan of Management;
Contracts for agreed works;
Flexibility given diversity of
on-ground situations
Assets
Influence
Rules
Land in good condition;
Networks;
Community capacity for
conservation management.
Resource IPA
management;
Keep continuity in
staff responsible
for particular IPAs
Strategies
Outcomes
Effective National Reserve
(protected area) System,
Biodiversity conservation,
Landscape connectivity;
Strong partnerships
Generating stronger livelihoods through land
management in Warlpiri country
Yuendumu community aspirations
• teaching & learning about culture & country
• self-esteem, identity, well-being
• meaningful employment
• reduced substance misuse &
improved social cohesion
• improved health
• maintaining responsibility to county
Generating stronger livelihoods through
land management in Warlpiri country
Yuendumu community perspective
Funding
bodies may
not resource
elders’
involvement
Risks
Elders & young
people go together
on country
Assets
Young people
with knowledge
of country, skills,
confidence; local
employment
Influence
Rules
Development
of ranger group
Strategies
Outcomes
Sustainable livelihoods
(health, well-being, income,
cultural maintenance, good
land condition)
Sustainable desert livelihood
characteristics
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Strategies – diverse and adaptive
Outcomes/aspirations – often integrate land, family, culture
Assets – often people and place-based
Rules – two laws, with few shared rules
Risks – high due to uncertainty of rainfall & government policy
Influence – often low. Inequities are entrenched.
Financial
Natural
Social
Risks
Assets
Influence
Human
Cultural
Physical
Rules
Strategies
Outcomes
Principles for land management to produce
sustainable livelihood outcomes (health,
wellbeing, income, good land condition),
covering…
• Authority structures accountable to customary
governance of land
• Intergenerational learning
• Partnerships for two-way learning about
environmental change
• Management approaches that promote social
learning and account for both community and
investor aspirations
• Attention to diet, exercise, safe working practice
and skills development, with investment &
infrastructure to support this.
Thankyou
Collaborating & support organisations:
Alice Springs Desert Park
Australian Government Department of the
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Australian National University
Central Land Council
Centre for Remote Health
Charles Darwin University
CSIRO
Griffith University
Northern Territory Government
PAW-Warlpiri Media
Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation
Community members and staff at Lajamanu,
Yuendumu, Anmatjere, Willowra, Ntaria
Photos: Karissa Preuss, Michael LaFlamme, Fiona Walsh,
Josie Douglas, Jane Walker, Alice Springs Desert Park