Academic ‘place-making’: fostering attachment, belonging and identity for Indigenous students in Australian universities

摘要: ABSTRACTPlace is a concept used to explore how people ascribe meaning their physical and social surrounds, emotional affects. Exploring the university as place can highlight relations affecting Australian Indigenous students’ sense of belonging identity. We asked what factors contribute development positive for these students. Findings are presented from two universities, based on focus groups with students, interviews non-Indigenous staff. Students prioritized relationships academics key theme, stressing academic’s flexibility understanding enabled persistence at university. situationally manage self-identification, requiring engage effectively diverse but staff felt they required further professional development. argue that ‘make’ places in pedagogies mentoring roles, require universities recogn...