Disciplining the Savages, Savaging the Disciplines

An alternative reading for those struggling at the contradictory and ambiguous intersections of academia and Indigenous experience, this book moves beyond the usual criticisms of the disciplines providing an alternative for understanding Indigenous peoples. Nakata, A Torres Strait Islander Academic, Casts A Critical Gaze On The Research Conducted By The Cambridge Expedition In The Late 1890s. Part One: 1. Missionary Inscriptions Of The 'lost Soul' -- 2. Domesticating The Savage -- 3. Linguistic Inscriptions Of The Language -- 4. Psychological Inscriptions Of The Mind -- 5. Physiological Inscriptions Of The Senses -- 6. Anthropological Inscriptions Of The Community -- 7. Disciplining And Regulating The Body -- Part Two: 8. Disciplining The Islander In Formal Education -- 9. Disciplining Indigenous Knowledge -- Part Three: 10. The Cultural Interface -- 11. An Indigenous Standpoint Theory. Martin Nakata. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 226-236) And Index. Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Map: Islands of the Torres Strait Introduction Part One 1. Missionary inscriptions of the ‘lost soul’ 2. Domesticating the savage 3. Linguistic inscriptions of the language 4. Psychological inscriptions of the mind 5. Physiological inscriptions of the senses 6. Anthropological inscriptions of the community 7. Disciplining and regulating the body Part Two 8. Disciplining the Islander in formal education 9. Disciplining Indigenous Knowledge Part Three 10. The Cultural Interface 11. An Indigenous Standpoint theory Concluding remarks References Index