ISBN |
9781922059673 |
Author |
Hinkson, Melinda (author.) |
Title |
Remembering the future : Warlpiri life through the prism of drawing / Melinda Hinkson. |
Portion of title |
Warlpiri life through the prism of drawing. |
Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2014. |
©2014 |
Description |
xi, 178 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map, portraits ; 28 cm. |
Note |
Includes indexes. |
Catalogue of Warlpiri drawings collected by Mervyn Meggitt, Hooker Creek 1953-54: pages 153-166. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173). |
Summary |
What can a collection of drawings reveal about their makers? Crayon drawings collected by anthropologists provide an illuminating prism through which to explore how the Warlpiri people of Central Australia have seen their place in the world and have been seen by others. In a lucid style Remembering the Future tracks the return to communities of an important collection, six decades after they were made. Discussions with many people, journeys to places and archival research build a compelling account of the colonial and contemporary circumstances of Warlpiri lives. |
Subjects |
Ethnology -- Australia, Central |
Race relations -- Australia |
Warlpiri (Australian people) -- Art |
Warlpiri (Australian people) -- Social life and customs |
Warlpiri (Australian people) -- Intellectual life |
Warlpiri (Australian people) -- Kinship |
Warlpiri (Australian people) -- Religion |
Warlpiri (Australian people) -- Rites and ceremonies |
Warlpiri (Australian people) -- History |
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Art. |
Drawing, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia, Central |
Call number |
305.89915 HIN |