Many ‘myths’ are authentic memories of human pasts, told by people who passed down precise accounts of their history.
Disiplin ilmiah, gaya jurnalistik
Artikel-artikel mengenai Indigenous culture
Menampilkan 1 - 20 dari 101 artikel
The overarching goal of Indigenous cultural practices is to prevent the overconsumption of resources that underpins society’s throwaway culture.
One super fund’s efforts to properly serve remote Indigenous customers sparked a national change – which has helped women fleeing domestic violence and those who’ve lost everything in a flood or fire.
European colonists chronicled their version of how Indigenous peoples lived with horses. New collaborative research adds scientific detail to Indigenous narratives that tell a different story.
For many millennia, Indigenous Australians have engineered our landscape. From an ochre mine to fish traps, here are five remarkable examples of First Nations technical know-how.
Wiradjuri woman Denni Francisco will be the first Indigenous designer to have a solo show at Australian Fashion Week.
Western museums are beginning to re-evaluate how they portray cultures and history and return stolen artifacts. But for change to be meaningful, it needs to be truly inclusive.
Stone tools, clubs, boomerangs, decorative shellwork: a survey of 45 museums in the UK has found a vast number of Indigenous Australian objects. Not all were stolen; some were gifted or traded.
The Rainbow Serpent features in murals across the nation and as an Indigenous fairytale in books. But such images are often far removed from this Ancestral Being’s traditional ambivalent meanings.
Indigenous artists have been engraving rock shelters for millennia - long before the Kimberley’s celebrated rock art paintings. Now the rocks’ natural coatings are yielding clues to the engravings’ creation.
It was the site of historic gatherings, such as a four-day initiation ceremony for young men. Then colonial authorities quashed such practices. The place was lost for more than a century, until now.
How does rock art matter? New research finds it can act as a kind of intergenerational media –even when no longer visible to the eye.
Bushfire Recovery Victoria has a focus on Aboriginal culture and healing – a long overdue approach in disaster recovery.
The Moon is not only a guide to the best time to fish and plant food, it also provides evidence of a long connection between the people on different islands in the Torres Strait.
Pre-Invasion, message sticks were sent between distant communities to maintain diplomatic relations. They demanded acknowledgement and mutual respect.
More than 500 paintings at 87 rock shelters provide a remarkable glimpse into past Aboriginal life.
Strong language and culture is listed among the fresh Closing the Gap targets. But, as the latest research on speakers and learners shows, language is fundamental to well-being across the board.
The Morrison government has seized on environment law reform proposed on Monday. I was a federal environment official for 13 years – and I know these things cannot be rushed.
A series of four live-streamed concerts from Arnhem Land offers a welcome break from bad news and a way for Indigenous musicians to share their talents with the world.
Laws in other countries recognise ‘rights of nature’. But even trees sacred to Indigenous Australian communities have no special protection.
Kontributor teratas
-
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
-
Professor and Inaugural Director, Indigenous Knowledge Institute, The University of Melbourne
-
Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
-
Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
-
Professor of Education, Charles Darwin University
-
Senior Lecturer in Screen and Design, Deakin University
-
Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne
-
Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University
-
Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
-
Claire Smith adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
-
Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
-
Research Associate in Archaeology, Flinders University
-
Professor of Linguistics, The University of Queensland
-
Adjunct Lecturer, Archaeology | Director, Land and Heritage Management, Flinders University
-
Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
