Power of Knowledge, the Resonance of Tradition

by Taylor, Luke; Ward, Graeme K.; Henderson, Graham; Davis, Richard; Wallis, Lynley A.

• ISBN13: 9780855754846
• ISBN10: 0855754842
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press

Summary

A ground-breaking critique of the concept of "tradition" as it has been applied in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context, this refreshing new analysis argues for a deeper appreciation of the creativity inherent in their social life and the way that knowledge is constructed and deployed in complex intercultural contexts in contemporary Australia.

Table of Contents

Contributors	v
Introduction	xi
Luke Taylor, Graeme K. Ward, Graham Henderson, Richard Davis & Lynley A. Wallis
Part 1 Land resources and knowledge	1	(98)
1. Unsettled business: Acrylic painting, tradition, and Indigenous being	3	(31)
Fred Myers
2. Development options on Aboriginal land: Sustainable Indigenous hybrid economies in the twenty-first century	34	(15)
Jon Altman
3. Identity and economy in Aboriginal pastoralism	49	(12)
Richard Davis
4. Culture and commerce: The use of fishing traditions to prove native title	61	(13)
Lisa Strelein
5. A sea has many faces: Multiple and contested continuities in Yolngu coastal waters	74	(12)
Fiona Magowan
6. 'Biodiversity is a whitefella word': Changing relationships between Aborigines and the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service	86	(15)
Michael Adams and Anthony English
Part 2 Knowledge and colonialism	99	(56)
7. Dependency, technology and governance	101	(15)
Kingsley Palmer
8. Rhetoric to reality in sustainability: Meeting the challenges in Indigenous cattle station communities	116	(14)
Elspeth Young
9. Making use of medics: Overcoming cultural constraints in alcohol interventions	130	(11)
Maggie Brady
10. The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet: Knowledge transfer to assist decision making in Indigenous health	141	(14)
Neil Thomson
Part 3 The resonance of tradition	155	(81)
11. New media projects at Yuendumu: Towards a history and analysis of intercultural engagement	157	(12)
Melinda Hinkson
12. Recruiting an Aboriginal voice: The state development of Aboriginal broadcasting	169	(13)
Philip Batty
13. Manifestations of the mimih	182	(17)
Luke Taylor
14. Knowing tradition, dealing with history? On concepts, strategies and practices	199	(15)
Britta Duelke
15. Gurindji mode of historical practice	214	(9)
Minoru Hokari
16. Culture, change and the ambiguous resonance of tradition in Central Cape York Peninsula	223	(13)
Benjamin Richard Smith
Publications from Conference presentations	236	(2)
Index	238