Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Recent submissions
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‘Waiting for Jardiwanpa’: History and Mediation in Warlpiri Fire Ceremonies
Published 2019Warlpiri fire ceremonies, including Jardiwanpa, have been documented in various ethnographies and films for over 100 years. Focused on the documented history of these rituals in Yuendumu, and through ethnographic observations ...Open AccessArticle -
Preservice music teachers in New South Wales: How prepared do they feel for secondary music teaching in a changing world?
Published 2022The ideas and philosophies of preservice secondary music teachers (PSMTs) are formalized in their tertiary education years. In these years, PSMTs must reconcile the expectations, beliefs, and values espoused by their ...Article -
Bird/monsters and contemporary social fears in the Central Desert of Australia
Published 2020Many societies across the world see birds as providers of information – be it environmental, cultural, or symbolic. In Central Australia, birds are seen by Aboriginal people as referents. One way in which central Australian ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Mirrwana and wurrkama: applying an Indigenous knowledge framework to collaborative research on ceremonies
Published 2014-01-01This chapter outlines how Ford, Barwick and Marett have collaborated to develop, implement, and critically evaluate a research project that integrates and remains true to both Indigenous and western academic knowledge ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Informing Practice through Collaboration: Listening to Colonising Histories and Aboriginal Music
Published 2020This chapter describes an interdisciplinary and intercultural method for writing about historical performances of music and dance by Aboriginal people, and to inform collaborative performances with Aboriginal musicians. ...Open AccessBook chapter