Aboriginal and Islander health Work Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, p. 23
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Looks at Abmusic, an Aboriginal music organization, started in 1985 which provides advice for grant applications, employment for Aboriginal musicians, and rehearsal and taping facilities.
Describes the Indigenous watercraft project of the Australia National Maritime Museum which was envisioned to overcome a gap regarding Australia's first mariners.
Research Studies in Music Education, vol. 19, no. 1, December 2002, pp. 4-13
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Looks at disparity between needs of a community and the needs of a researcher regarding a study of the effects of the media and cross-cultural transmission on the musical play of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in two towns in Australia.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 65-84
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Looks at significance of seascapes through representations found in Rebecca Belmore's Fountain, Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach and Kim Scott's That Deadman Dance.
Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, 2008, pp. 413-426
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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 History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 3-21
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Article examines textual descriptions from the letters and journals of Australian settlers of painted story boards depicting colonially prescribed behaviors and threatened consequences for not conforming. The journals and letters also describe how these picture boards were installed in various wilderness locations where known to be frequented by Indigenous peoples.
Examines installation specifically the mural pathway exploring the sense of community that comes from traditional modes of art, storytelling and interpretation.
Consists of results of literature search, survey of Indigenous festivals and distribution networks, case studies of popular productions (including box office receipts, audience reach, sales and awards when possible), and interviews with thirty-one stakeholders.
Visual Anthropology Review, vol. 21, no. 1-2, March 2005, pp. 138-162
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Comments on an exhibition, Proof: Portraits From the Movement, 1978-2003, featuring 67 framed black-and-white photographs plus 67 digital images on a DVD monitor
Analyzes the kinds of art that are deemed acceptable as Aboriginal and discusses the ways the Barkindji people in Wilcannia deal with issues pertaining to the politics of culture, cultural subjectivity and identity.
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 17, no. 3, 2012, pp. 325-336
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Study concludes that the Aboriginal Cultural Engagement Survey (ACES) is a useful tool for assessing the cultural engagement of Australian Aboriginal Clients.
Traces changes in Western attitudes toward the classification of objects and the subsequent evolution of the terminology used to refer to them.
Chapter 17 from Handbook of Material Culture edited by Chris Tilley, Webb Keane, Susanne Küchler, Mike Rowlands and Patricia Spyer.