Exploring the legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
In 1948 a collection of scientists, anthropologists and photographers journeyed to northern Australia for a seven-month tour of research and discovery - now regarded as 'the last of the big expeditions'. The American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land was front-page news at th...
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Canberra
ANU Press
2011
Canberra, Australia : [2011] |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminary pages; Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; 1. Expedition as Time Capsule: Introducing the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Martin Thomas; Part I. Engagements with Aboriginal Cultures; 2. Inside Mountford's Tent: Paint, politics and paperwork. Philip Jones; 3. Nation Building or Cold War: Political settings for the Arnhem Land Expedition. Kim Beazley; 4. A Robinson Crusoe in Arnhem Land: Howell Walker, National Geographic and the Arnhem Land Expedition of 1948. Mark Collins Jenkins
- 5. Birds on the Wire: Wild sound, informal speech and the emergence of the radio documentary. Tony MacGregor6. From Kunnanj, Fish Creek, to Mumeka, Mann River: Hunter-gatherer tradition and transformation in Western Arnhem Land,1948-2009. Jon Altman; 7. Making a Sea Change: Rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of Frederick McCarthy's research on Groote Eylandt. Anne Clarke and Ursula Frederick; 8. Ecology and the Arnhem Land Expedition: Raymond Specht, a botanist in the field. Lynne McCarthy
- 9. Piecing the History Together: An overview of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition. Sally K. MayPart II. Collectors and Collections; 10. The String Figures of Yirrkala: Examination of a legacy. Robyn McKenzie; 11. The Forgotten Collection: Baskets reveal historiesLouise Hamby; 12. Hidden for Sixty Years: The motion pictures of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem LandJoshua Harris; 13. The Responsibilities of Leadership: The records of Charles P. Mountford. Denise Chapman and Suzy Russell
- 14. Beneath the Billabongs: The scientific legacy of Robert Rush Miller. Gifford Hubbs Miller and Robert Charles Cash15. An Insider's Perspective: Raymond Louis Specht's oral history. Edited and introduced by Margo Daly; Part III. Aboriginal Engagements with the Expedition; 16. The American Clever Man (Marrkijbu Burdan Merika). Bruce Birch; 17. Missing the Revolution! Negotiating disclosure on the pre-Macassans (Bayini) in North-East Arnhem Land. Ian S. McIntosh; 18. Aural Snapshots of Musical Life: The 1948 recordings. Linda Barwick and Allan Marett
- 19. Unpacking the Testimony of Gerald Blitner: Cross-cultural brokerage and the Arnhem Land Expedition. Martin Thomas20. The Forbidden Gaze: The 1948 Wubarr ceremony performed for the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Murray Garde; 21. Epilogue: Sifting the silence. Margo Neale, Project Director,Barks, Birds & Billabongs symposium; Contributors; Index
