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Video Culture / Museum Culture
A pair of new exhibitions opened this past week at the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum. One extends established queries about the nature of objects stored in museums and their relationships to the people they purport to represent. The other makes … Continue reading
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Tagged Gapuwiyak, Jennifer Deger, Judy Watson, Miyarrka Media, University of Queensland Anthropology Museum, Yolngu
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Gapuwiyak Calling
Save the date! On Friday, March 14, 2014 a pair of exhibitions opens at the Anthropology Museum at the University of Queensland. Written on the Body is curated by Waanyi artist Judy Watson and Diana Young. But what I’m really … Continue reading
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A Short Trip to Melbourne, Warmun, and Yirrkala
I’m a little short on time this weekend, so I’m going to punt and offer a selection of short topics that have been kicking about on my desktop recently. The first is an alert to a wonderful new website/blog produced … Continue reading
Tiwi: Art, History, Culture
Among the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, with all the variety of language and culture they encompass, the Tiwi still stand apart. Their language is an isolate, unrelated to those of the mainland. Despite being among the first people to come … Continue reading
No Mere Survival
From over here in America, I usually have a hard time finding an appropriate subject with which to mark Survival Day. But this year, I’ve just finished watching Redfern Now, the first dramatic series to emerge from the ABC’s Indigenous … Continue reading
The Tall Man of Palm Island
A few weeks ago, a boxful of DVD’s that I’d ordered from Australia arrived and, in the evenings after work, we settled down to watch the televised adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap. I’d enjoyed the book immensely; I thought its … Continue reading
Revisiting Palm Island
It’s sometimes best not to (pre)judge a book by its title. I confess that when I first heard about the publication of Joanne Watson’s Palm Island: through a long lens (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2010), my first reaction was to wonder … Continue reading
Building a Camp in Arnhem Land
The Bulman-Weemol community is located in the heart of Arnhem Land, halfway between Katherine and Blue Mud Bay off the Gulf of Carpentaria. Nearby is Bodeidei Camp, an eco-tourism venture operated by Dreamtime Safaris that offers the experience of visiting … Continue reading
Christmas Spirit
Darwinians, mark your calendars. Top Enders and outsiders, make your reservations. Christmas is coming to town. And you do not want to miss it this year. On December 7, at the Chan Contemporary Art Space in Darwin’s CBD, Miyarrka Media … Continue reading
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Tagged Exhibitions, Gapuwiyak, Jennifer Deger, Yolngu
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Aboriginal Art & Culture: an American eye 