Organiser 2

 
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Module

Landscape

GO BACK
 

Painting country

Performance

Gender

Key concepts

country
'inside' meanings

'making culture'
corroboree

awelye (yawelye)
fibre

Key questions What is the difference between landscape and country? How do rituals evolve? Is there a women's aesthetic?
  How was Aboriginal art adapted to protect traditional knowledge? How are performers and audience involved in 'culture making'? What is the importance of fibre in Aboriginal culture?
Set text
Morphy, Aboriginal Art
pp. 103-142 pp. 183-218 pp. 285-316
AHT213 Reader Reading 2.1: Johnson
Reading 2.2: Lowe
Reading 2.3: Christensen
Reading 2.4: Bennett
Reading 2.5: Johnson
Reading 2.6: Hamby & Mellor
E-Reserve * Perkins & Lynn * Myers * Fourmile
Activities / Discussion Board Mapping country An Indigenous performance Gender, media and the market
Assignment 2     Let's go to a gallery