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David Trigger
David Samuel Trigger is an Australian anthropologist, author, and academic. He is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Queensland (UQ) as well as adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He is a Member and previous co-chair of the Professor Ronald Berndt and Dr. Catherine Berndt Research Foundation at UWA and has served as the co-director of the Centre for Native Title Anthropology at the Australian National University. He is the Principal Partner in David S. Trigger & Associates consulting anthropologists. Trigger is most known for his research in applied anthropological studies, specifically focusing on Indigenous land negotiations in Australian society, contributing directly asa researcher in native title claims, heritage matters, and agreements between Aboriginal groups and other land users. He has authored reports for legal cases and published academic journal articles and book chapters. He is the author of Whitefella Comin: Aboriginal Responses to Colonialism in Northern Australia. He co-edited Disputed Territories: Land, Culture, and Identity in Settler Societies. He has won awards including a Canadian Studies Faculty Enrichment Award, Canadian Studies Faculty Research Award, and (with co-authors) The Mander Jones Award issued by the Australian Society of Archivists.…
Article summary
David Samuel Trigger is an Australian anthropologist, author, and academic. He is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Queensland (UQ) as well as adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He is a Member and previous co-chair of the Professor Ronald Berndt and Dr. Catherine Berndt Research Foundation at UWA and has served as the co-director of the Centre for Native Title Anthropology at the Australian National University. He is the Principal Partner in David S. Trigger & Associates consulting anthropologists. Trigger is most known for his research in applied anthropological studies, specifically focusing on Indigenous land negotiations in Australian society, contributing directly asa researcher in native title claims, heritage matters, and agreements between Aboriginal groups and other land users. He has authored reports for legal cases and published academic journal articles and book chapters. He is the author of Whitefella Comin: Aboriginal Responses to Colonialism in Northern Australia. He co-edited Disputed Territories: Land, Culture, and Identity in Settler Societies. He has won awards including a Canadian Studies Faculty Enrichment Award, Canadian Studies Faculty Research Award, and (with co-authors) The Mander Jones Award issued by the Australian Society of Archivists.…
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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