Browsing School of Social and Political Sciences by subject "Aboriginal Australia"
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'Country', 'community' and 'growth town': Three spatio-temporal snapshots of Warlpiri experiences of home
Published 2017-01-01The last 100 years have seen Warlpiri people experience drastic changes in ways of being in the world, from a hunting and gathering past, followed by violent frontier days and ensuing institutionalized sedentization in ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Decolonising Fire: Recognition justice and Aboriginal fire knowledge in the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire news narrative
Published 2021-07-15Australia’s 2019-2020 summer bushfires brought to light two key conversations during its news coverage: the need for better forms of bushfire management, and most importantly, the revival of Aboriginal cultural burning ...Open AccessThesis -
Monstrous Transformations: A Case Study from Central Australia
Published 2014-01-01My chapter is ethnographically situated in the Tanami Desert, the home of Warlpiri people and the monsters that haunt, terrorize, and sometimes kill them. Located to the northwest of the center of Australia, first contact ...Open AccessBook chapter -
A Short Essay on Monsters, Birds, and Sounds of the Uncanny
Published 2016-01-01The crux of this essay is that birdsong—something generally thought of a pleasing and enjoyable—can function, in certain contexts, as an indexical sign of the presence of evil in the world. I narratively contrast notions ...Open AccessArticle