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The power of knowledge : the resonance of tradition / edited by Luke Taylor ... [et al.].
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Council. Conference (2001); Taylor, Luke, editor.; Australian Institute Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Studies. Council. Conference (2001), author.
2005
N 637 TAY.P
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Title
The power of knowledge : the resonance of tradition / edited by Luke Taylor ... [et al.].
Author
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Council. Conference (2001)
Taylor, Luke, editor.
Australian Institute Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Studies. Council. Conference (2001), author.
Added Meeting Name
Australian Institute Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Studies. Council. Conference (2001), author.
Item Type
Book
Description
xiii, 246 pages : Ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN
9780855754846 Print
Alternate Call Number
N 637 TAY.P
Summary
The power of knowledge, the resonance of tradition is a ground-breaking critique of the concept of ‘tradition’ applied in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context. The authors offer a refreshing new style of analysis. In writing that is rich in detail, strong in analysis and informed by their research experience they argue for a deeper appreciation of the creativity inherent in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social life, and the way that knowledge is constructed and deployed in complex intercultural contexts in contemporary Australia.' 'Each chapter draws on detailed local inter-cultural information which includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land and sea ownership and management, native title processes, service delivery arrangements for health and outstation management, and representations in art, song and broadcasting. In each arena there are multiple engagements with broad global processes.' 'The advent of Native Title legislation has led Indigenous communities across the country to demonstrate their ‘traditional’ connections to country. For many, their experiences of these processes are increasingly at odds with the complex inter-cultural realities of their contemporary lives. They feel the constraining effect of outmoded frameworks of ‘tradition’ in legislation and policy where social and cultural innovation are characterised as inauthentic.' (Source: Publisher's website) The power of knowledge, the resonance of tradition draws together key scholars in Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander social research and amplifies the work of an earlier AIATSIS conference. The authors provide productive ways of characterising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social life and develop a multi-disciplinary theoretical critique to the concept of tradition.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Formatted Contents Note
Contributors
Introduction / Luke Taylor, Graeme K. Ward, Graham Henderson, Richard Davis & Lynley A. Wallis
Part 1: Land resources and knowledge
1. Unsettled business: Acrylic painting, tradition, and Indigenous being / Fred Myers
2. Development options on Aboriginal land: Sustainable Indigenous hybrid economies in the twenty-first century / Jon Altman
3. Identity and economy in Aboriginal pastoralism / Richard Davis
4. Culture and commerce: The use of fishing traditions to prove native title / Lisa Strelein
5. A sea has many faces: Multiple and contested continuities in Yolngu coastal waters / Fiona Magowan
6. 'Biodiversity is a whitefella word': Changing relationships between Aborigines and the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service / Michael Adams and Anthony English
Part 2: Knowledge and colonialism
7. Dependency, technology and governance / Kingsley Palmer
8. Rhetoric to reality in sustainability: Meeting the challenges in Indigenous cattle station communities / Elspeth Young
9. Making use of medics: Overcoming cultural constraints in alcohol interventions / Maggie Brady
10. The Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet: Knowledge transfer to assist decision making in Indigenous health / Neil Thomson
Part 3: The resonance of tradition
11. New media projects at Yuendumu: Towards a history and analysis of intercultural engagement / Melinda Hinkson
12. Recruiting an Aboriginal voice: The state development of Aboriginal broadcasting / Philip Batty
13. Manifestations of the mimih / Luke Taylor
14. Knowing tradition, dealing with history? On concepts, strategies and practices / Britta Duelke
15. Gurindji mode of historical practice / Minoru Hokari
16. Culture, change and the ambiguous resonance of tradition in Central Cape York Peninsula / Benjamin Richard Smith
Publications from Conference presentations
Index
Published
Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2005.
Language
English
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