Title | Indigenous Place: Contemporary Buildings, Landmarks and Places of Significance in South East Australia and Beyond |
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Date | 2014 |
Abstract Note | Explores contemporary Indigenous place making; draws on examples of Indigenous cultural spaces from Australian metropolitan centres including Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Darwin, remote and regional areas; asks what makes a culturally appropriate representation of Aboriginality; surveyed cultural sites and facilities -- artworks, landscape and civic projects, purpose-built Aboriginal cultural centres and museums, commemorative sites, and political sites; discusses political struggles, decolonising ideas and community empowerment; joint project between University of Melbourne, Deakin University, the City of Melbourne Indigenous Arts Program, Reconciliation Victoria and The Victorian Traditional Owners Land Justice Group; launched as part of the 2014 Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival. |
Resource Type | Book |
URL | https://cat2.lib.unimelb.edu.au:443/record=b5346697~S2 |
Citation | Pieris, A., Tootell, N., McGaw, J., & Berg, R. (2014). Indigenous Place: Contemporary Buildings, Landmarks and Places of Significance in South East Australia and Beyond. Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne. https://cat2.lib.unimelb.edu.au:443/record=b5346697~S2
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