ISBN:
9781760761400
Language:
English
Pages:
219 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
20 cm
Series Statement:
First knowledges
DDC:
305.89915
Keywords:
Aboriginal Australians Social life and customs
;
Aboriginal Australians Architecture and society
;
Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology)
;
Creation Mythology
;
Aborigines
;
Lokales Wissen
;
Design
;
Architektur
;
Australiens (Aborigènes) - Mœurs et coutumes
;
Temps du rêve (Mythologie australienne aborigène)
;
Culture - Cultural awareness
;
Culture - Relationship to land
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Occupations - Architects
;
Occupations - Designers
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Social organisation - Kinship
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Habitation - Camps
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Religion - Spirituality
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Religion - Dreaming - Ancestor spirits
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Law - Intellectual property
;
Buildings - Architecture and design
;
Indigenous knowledge
;
Attitudes - Indigenous perspectives
;
Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
;
Creation - Mythology
;
Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology)
;
Australien
;
Australia
;
Indigenous collection
;
Indigenous collection
Abstract:
Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. Design: Building on Country issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people
Description / Table of Contents:
First knowledges : an introduction -- Personal perspectives -- Objects and spirituality : building on Country -- On camps, shelter and Country -- Engineered structures -- Materials -- Camp layouts and the importance of kinship -- Placemaking in Country -- Comtemporary Indigenous architecture and design -- The offering : a new Australian design
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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