CHAPTER VI
THE CONSTRUCTION OF ‘WORLDS’ BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
The research question is asked: IVhat models of Aboriginal
•worlds’ do Aboriginal people offer themselves? IVhat are the
characteristics of these worlds?
6.1 Construction of models of Aboriginal society
This question of models of Aboriginal worlds was put to
all those ’reality definers' consulted in the preliminary
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interviews .
The model of worlds proposed initially to the reality
definers was one of linear development:
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tribal tradition- fringe urban those who
people oriented -÷ marginal —? anomic —^dwellers Aborigineshave ’passed’
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This model was rejected by the people and a succession of new
schema was gradually developed,based on the theorizing encountered
in interviews, until, finally, models meeting the approval of all
those consulted were developed.
A figure showing the models offered and a description of the
models will now follow.
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