Linda Ford interviewed by Jackie Huggins and Peter Read in 2010 for Seven years on - continuing life histories of Aboriginal leaders oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4805485
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Ford, Linda, 1962-, interviewee
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- 2010
- 1 sound file (ca. 72 min.)
- Series:
- Seven years on - continuing life histories of Aboriginal leaders oral history project.
- Summary:
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Linda Ford speaks about finishing her PhD in 2005; working as a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland; working to increase Indigenous student numbers with Queensland University of Technology; Indigenous ownership of Indigenous tertiary units; her PhD; negotiating with her mother about what Indigenous knowledge she could use in her PhD; her mother’s death in April 2007 from illness; working at Charles Darwin University; her concerns that other Indigenous students will not get the same educational opportunities she has had; her steep learning curve after graduation; her current role co-ordinating a unit on Indigenous Knowledge at UQ; lecturing and tutoring Indigenous and non-Indigenous students; her PhD thesis being examined by Indigenous scholars; the women in her family being very supportive of her PhD; Indigenous knowledge gaining attention from mainstream academia and Aboriginal communities; taking on her mother’s role being a senior figure in her clan; her daughters and the continuation of knowledge and culture; living in Brisbane; being committed to returning to Darwin eventually; the challenges of working for government in Darwin; the NT Intervention; her hopes for the future and for her children.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 17 March 2010 at the State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, Qld.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 45 leaves)
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- Occupation:
- Academics
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