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Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia : Historical and Cultural Relationships / Philip A. Clarke.

Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia : Historical and Cultural Relationships / Philip A. Clarke.
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ISBN 9781486315970
1486315976
Author Clarke, Philip A. (author)
Title Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia : Historical and Cultural Relationships / Philip A. Clarke.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, 2023.
Description xi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Australia is home to many distinctive species of birds, and Aboriginal peoples have developed close alliances with them over the millennia of their custodianship of this country. Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships provides a review of the broad physical, historical and cultural relationships that Aboriginal people have had with the Australian avifauna. This book aims to raise awareness of the alternative bodies of ornithological knowledge that reside outside of Western science. It describes the role of birds as totemic ancestors and spirit beings, and explores Aboriginal bird nomenclature, foraging techniques and the use of avian materials to make food, medicine and artefacts. Through a historical perspective, this book examines the gaps between knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples and Western science, to encourage greater collaboration and acknowledgment in the future. Cultural sensitivity warning: readers are warned that there may be words, descriptions and terms used in this book that are culturally sensitive, and which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. While this information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided by the author in a historical context. This publication may also contain quotations, terms and annotations that reflect the historical attitude of the original author or that of the period in which the item was written, and may be considered inappropriate today. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this publication may contain the names and images of people who have passed away.
Subjects Stories and motifs - Birds
Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnozoology
Traditional ecological knowledge -- Australia
Birds -- Australia
Aboriginal Australians -- Religion
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
Animals and civilisation
Birds -- Behaviour
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships -- Australia
Ethnoornithology
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Bradley, John, 1959 June 12- (author of introduction, etc.)
Other Corporate Bodies CSIRO Publishing
Call number 2023.124
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A00964955 2023.124
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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