Hi! (Might I ask where the mention happened? Am just curious!)
Acknowledgement of the traditional owners is very rare in my experience outside government/university circles.
Yeah; I'm aware that my experience is probably weighted by the fact that I've spent more time in that sort of establishment (cos I've been doing the touristy thing!) than average. Although as I say, I did see it at Exodus, implying that at least *some* sorts of hippy types are aware of these things.
Interestingly, the pagan types I was talking to at ConFest mentioned the fact that they move Beltane & Samhain to the appropriate time of the year for the S hemisphere (thus causing much confusion, until I just asked, on my part as I tried to work out whether I'd got my terminology confused or whether they'd done the Sensible Thing & moved them). I don't know whether this is normal/standard.
Hm, now you mention it, what the workshop ppl were on about sounds much more like it arose from NorAm culture (based on my extremely poor knowledge of that). Except that they were also trying to add in bits that were definitely Aussie (refs to goannas, the fact that the sun is north not south, etc etc). So, um, yeah. This is reinforcing my impression, basically!
[nods] re your point about pinching legacies from other places - that's interesting, thank you!
(I should note that to at least some extent I probably *am* a wet liberal hippy type; but I try and be up-front and responsible about it :-) )
Re: Aussie cultural appropriation
Acknowledgement of the traditional owners is very rare in my experience outside government/university circles.
Yeah; I'm aware that my experience is probably weighted by the fact that I've spent more time in that sort of establishment (cos I've been doing the touristy thing!) than average. Although as I say, I did see it at Exodus, implying that at least *some* sorts of hippy types are aware of these things.
Interestingly, the pagan types I was talking to at ConFest mentioned the fact that they move Beltane & Samhain to the appropriate time of the year for the S hemisphere (thus causing much confusion, until I just asked, on my part as I tried to work out whether I'd got my terminology confused or whether they'd done the Sensible Thing & moved them). I don't know whether this is normal/standard.
Hm, now you mention it, what the workshop ppl were on about sounds much more like it arose from NorAm culture (based on my extremely poor knowledge of that). Except that they were also trying to add in bits that were definitely Aussie (refs to goannas, the fact that the sun is north not south, etc etc). So, um, yeah. This is reinforcing my impression, basically!
[nods] re your point about pinching legacies from other places - that's interesting, thank you!
(I should note that to at least some extent I probably *am* a wet liberal hippy type; but I try and be up-front and responsible about it :-) )