ISBN:
9781921666452
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1921666455
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9781921666445
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1921666447
Language:
English
Keywords:
Arnhem Land Expedition
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Arnhem Land Expedition
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Aboriginal Australians Australia
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Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Aboriginal Australians
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Aboriginal Australians
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Anthropology
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences
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Sociology and anthropology
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HISTORY ; Australia & New Zealand
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Aboriginal Australians
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Discoveries in geography
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Ethnic & Race Studies
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Gender & Ethnic Studies
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Social Sciences
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Northern Territory ; Arnhem Land
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Arnhem Land Expedition
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Arnhem Land (N.T.) Discovery and exploration.
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Arnhem Land (N.T.) Discovery and exploration
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Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Abstract:
"In 1948 a collection of scientists, anthropologists and photographers journeyed to northern Australia for a seven-month tour of research and discovery - now regarded as 'the last of the big expeditions'. The American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land was front-page news at the time, but 60 years later it is virtually unknown. This lapse into obscurity was due partly to the fraught politics of Australian anthropology and animus towards its leader, the Adelaide-based writer-photographer Charles Mountford. Promoted as a 'friendly mission that would foster good relations between Australia and its most powerful wartime ally, the Expedition was sponsored by National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institution and the Australian Government. An unlikely cocktail of science, diplomacy and popular geography, the Arnhem Land Expedition put the Aboriginal cultures of the vast Arnhem Land reserve on an international stage."--Publisher's website.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Title from opening screen (viewed 1 Aug. 2012.)
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Expedition as Time Capsule: Introducing the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
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Part I. Engagements with Aboriginal Cultures. Inside Mountford's Tent: Paint, politics and paperwork
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Nation Building or Cold War: Political settings for the Arnhem Land Expedition
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A Robinson Crusoe in Arnhem Land: Howell Walker, National Geographic and the Arnhem Land Expedition of 1948
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Birds on the Wire: Wild sound, informal speech and the emergence of the radio documentary
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From Kunnanj, Fish Creek, to Mumeka, Mann River: Hunter-gatherer tradition and transformation in Western Arnhem Land, 1948-2009
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Making a Sea Change: Rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of Frederick McCarthy's research on Groote Eylandt
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Ecology and the Arnhem Land Expedition: Raymond Specht, a botanist in the field
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Piecing the History Together: An overview of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
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Part II. Collectors and Collections. The String Figures of Yirrkala: Examination of a legacy
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The Forgotten Collection: Baskets reveal histories
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Hidden for Sixty Years: The motion pictures of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
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The Responsibilities of Leadership: The records of Charles P. Mountford
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Beneath the Billabongs: The scientific legacy of Robert Rush Miller
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An Insider's Perspective: Raymond Louis Specht's oral history Edited and introduced by
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Part III. Aboriginal Engagements with the Expedition. The American Clever Man (Marrkijbu Burdan Merika)
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Missing the Revolution! Negotiating disclosure on the pre-Macassans (Bayini) in North-East Arnhem Land
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Aural Snapshots of Musical Life: The 1948 recordings
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Unpacking the Testimony of Gerald Blitner: Cross-cultural brokerage and the Arnhem Land Expedition
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The Forbidden Gaze: The 1948 Wubarr ceremony performed for the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
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Epilogue: Sifting the silence
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