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David Trigger works on the different meanings attributed to land and nature across diverse sectors of society and in different countries. In Australian Aboriginal Studies, Professor Trigger has carried out more than 25 years of anthropological study on Indigenous systems of land tenure, including applied research on resource development negotiations and native title. David Trigger is Professor of Anthropology at The University of Queensland. His research interests encompass the different meanings attributed to land and nature across diverse sectors of society and in different countries. His current work on Australian society includes projects focused on a comparison of pro-development, environmentalist and Aboriginal perspectives on land and nature, and a study of ‘nature, culture and belonging’ in an urban city environment. Of particular interest are the issues of ‘nativeness’ and ‘invasiveness’ as understood in both nature and society, with implications for issues of land, cultural identity and environmental management. In Australian Aboriginal Studies, Professor Trigger has carried out more than 25 years of anthropological study on Indigenous systems of land tenure, including applied research on resource development negotiations and native title. He is the author of Whitefella comin': Aboriginal responses to colonialism in northern Australia (Cambridge University Press) and a wide range of scholarly articles. His most recent book is a co-edited cross-disciplinary collection titled: Disputed territories: land, culture and identity in settler societies (Hong Kong University Press).
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