This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This essay proposes that a fundamental arbitrariness and absurdity at the heart of culture becomes visible in times of radical social change.

Immerse yourself in the stories, artworks and ancient traditions spanning more than 60,000 years Since time immemorial, Australia’s Aboriginal peoples have made their homes and defined their rich ...

Two slightly burnt, fat-covered sticks discovered inside an Australian cave are evidence of a healing ritual that was passed down unchanged by more than 500 generations of Indigenous people over the ...

As blazes rage in southern Australia, Indigenous fire-prevention techniques that have sharply cut destructive bushfires in the north are drawing new attention. By Thomas Fuller Photographs and Video ...

New collaborative work at an Aboriginal cave in eastern Victoria, published today, shows the stark difference between contemporary archaeological research and that conducted in the 1970s. In 1971, ...

Hannah McGlade is a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues. Only a year after the 46,000 year-old sacred Aboriginal site Juukan Gorge was destroyed by Rio Tinto, the West ...

The piece expresses the artist’s sense that young Aboriginal men are targets for prejudice. It also typifies the new enthusiasms of the indigenous art establishment. Aboriginal art’s journey from the ...

Preface: oral history and oral traditions / Stephen J. Augustine -- Introduction: a layering of voices: Aboriginal oral traditions / Renee Hulan and Renate Eigenbrod -- The assault on Aboriginal oral ...

Aboriginal art is far more than just visually stunning patterns — it is one of the oldest continuous forms of cultural expression in the world. Rooted in storytelling, ritual, and identity, Aboriginal ...

Imagine you’re in south-east Cape York Peninsula, heading north from the tiny town of Laura – population 133. You’re in a dusty four wheel drive, bumping over a rough gravel road to a remote location ...

Ottawa (May 22, 2007) -- Aboriginal Peoples will now have greater involvement in the planning, execution and sharing of research outcomes conducted with their communities, as a result of new research ...