Organiser 1

Module

Aboriginality

 

Colonial realities

Representations

Religion

Key concepts

Traditional art
Contemporary art

Assimilation
Primitive art

Dreaming
Reconciliation

Key questions What is tradition and why is it important? What is assimilation? What is the importance of the Dreaming in Aboriginal cosmology?
  How do we define contemporary Indigenous art? How have Aboriginal people intervened in discourses on stereotypes? How might the Dreaming contribute to processes of reconciliation?
Set text
Morphy, Aboriginal Art
pp. 4-10
pp. 371-380
pp. 319-368 pp. 67-100
AHT213 Reader Reading 1.1:Maughan
Reading 1.2:Langton
Reading 1.3:Muecke
Reading 1.4:Langton
Reading 1.5:Burton
Reading 1.6:McCulloch
Reading 1.7:White
Reading 1.8:Morton
Reading 1.9:Rose
E-Reserve *Anderson *Butler & Thomas
*Sheridan
*Stanner
*Gelder & Jacobs
Activities / Discussion Board Looking at Aboriginal art Aboriginality and the media Talk about the Dreaming
Assignment 1     The Telstra Art Award