Australian psychology and Australia's indigenous people: Existing and emerging narratives

This brief overview of psychological research with indigenous people of Aus tralia attempts to apprehend the broad, underlying narratives of previous r esearch in terms of its sociopolitical aims. It then considers the debate a bout whether the moral precept of social responsibility is compatible with scientific values that underpin psychological research, and argues that a s ocially responsible psychology is one that engages in self-reflection on it s biases and prejudices, methodologies, and systems of ethics. Each of thes e self-reflective goals is analysed in turn, with a view to establishing di alogue between non-indigenous researchers and practitioners and Indigenous people about the role a socially responsible psychology might have in conte mporary Indigenous society.