Settler health: P. Atkinson, M. Baird, K. Adams, ‘Aboriginal Health Consumers Experiences of an Aboriginal Health Curriculum Framework’, Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin, 2, 3, 2021 | settler colonial studies blog

Settler health: P. Atkinson, M. Baird, K. Adams, ‘Aboriginal Health Consumers Experiences of an Aboriginal Health Curriculum Framework’, Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin, 2, 3, 2021

16Aug21

Excerpt: In settler colonised countries, medical education is situated in colonist informed health systems. This form of colonisation was characterised by overt racism and the gaining of territory through the domination and elimination of the Indigenous (Indigenous meaning here Indigenous people globally) population. The remaining populations were subjected to a process of elimination via aggressive assimilation into colonist society. Strenuous efforts were made to micro-manage their lives in an attempt to remove identity, language, culture and connections to family and Country. To justify this action, Indigenous peoples were exotified and misrepresented as uncivilised by colonists, in contrast to the colonisers, who were portrayed as heroes bringing civilisation to them. However, despite the continued resistance of Indigenous people to settler colonialism, its ideological and racist informed practices and processes continue to impact social goods such as education and health care up to this day.

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