Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, 2008, pp. 413-426
Description
Looks at three schools of international art scholarship and their relevance to Australian Aboriginal art from remote communities: primitivism, histories of ornament, and aesthetic theory.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, September 1981, pp. 44-46
Description
Article investigates the family 'clan' system in northern Australia and the belief in 'payback' in which people believe that all misfortunes are a result of others wishing them harm.
Visual Anthropology Review, vol. 21, no. 1-2, March 2005, pp. 47-62
Description
Comments on Australian indigenous ceremonial traditions that include song, music and designs and how they interweave with the political, the religious, and the aesthetic.
Law and History Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 95-131
Description
Explains how the concept of terra nullius (empty land) once underway was very difficult to reverse, while in North America the opposite occurred where Aboriginal people were recognized as owners of the land.