"Larissa Behrendt ... advocates for the inclusion of ancient Indigenous philosophies into our traditional Western liberal traditions, to create a truly inclusive and engaging democracy."

She..."reminds us that the legal system has been used to exclude and discriminate against First Nations people. " (transcript)
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Larissa Behrendt's Boyer Lecture argues justice and imagination are an investment in democracy (audio)
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Epistemological violence and epistemic injustice >>
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Larissa Behrendt's Boyer Lecture argues justice and imagination are an investment in democracy

I want to reflect on what I have come to see, through my own experience, as both the illuminating strengths and the shadowed weaknesses of the Australian legal system and its role in our democracy.

ABC News