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Collecting Cultures
Myth, Politics, and Collaboration in the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
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2009
Summary
In February 1948, a team of Australians and Americans embarked upon one of the largest scientific expeditions that had ever taken place in Australia. Seventeen men and women journeyed across northern Australia for nine months, investigating the people and environment of the remote region known as Arnhem Land. Today, the Arnhem Land Expedition remains one of the most significant, most ambitious, and least understood expeditions ever mounted. Collecting Cultures draws together diverse strands of evidence to investigate the events and consequences of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition. In the wake of the expedition came volumes of scientific publications, kilometers of film, thousands of photographs, tens of thousands of scientific specimens, and a vast array of artifacts and artwork from across Arnhem Land. Collecting Cultures explores the complex and, at times, contentious legacy of this ethnographic fieldwork and artifact collection, revealing how the cross-cultural encounters transformed and continue to transform our understanding of people and places.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7591-0598-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7591-1314-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
230
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Contents No access
Preface and Acknowledgments No access
Foreword No access
Chapter 01. Beginnings No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter 02. Ethnographic Collecting No access Pages 19 - 34
Chapter 03. Preparing for Arnhem Land No access Pages 35 - 50
Chapter 04. Exploring the Great Unknown—Groote Eylandt No access Pages 51 - 68
Chapter 05. Exploring the Great Unknown—Yirrkala No access Pages 69 - 78
Chapter 06. Exploring the Great Unknown—Oenpelli No access Pages 79 - 94
Chapter 07. Collecting Arnhem Land No access Pages 95 - 106
Chapter 08. When We Have Put to Sea No access Pages 107 - 122
Chapter 09. Reflections on an Ethnographic Collection No access Pages 123 - 148
Chapter 10. A Series Most Promising No access Pages 149 - 180
Chapter 11. The Ongoing Impact No access Pages 181 - 194
