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Author Bradfield, Abraham

Title Aboriginal Art and Australian Racial Hegemony Decolonising Consciousness
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (253 p.)
Contents Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction -- A decolonising consciousness -- Confronting coloniality -- Locating the field: Broken Hill, Menindee, and Wilcannia -- Situating the field: Reflexive impressions of place -- Mediating dialogue through art -- Cultivating a decolonising consciousness -- References -- 1. Developing a decolonising consciousness -- Colonisation and the 'colonial power matrix' -- Colonising consciousness -- Coloniality and decolonisation -- Decolonising and epistemological privilege -- References
2. Decolonising through listening, agonism, and border thinking -- Decolonising and engaged listening -- Agonism: Living with socio-cultural differences -- Border thinking -- Decolonising as a continual commitment to listen and engage -- References -- 3. Decolonising methodology: Autonomy, accountability, and reflexivity -- Approach to fieldwork -- Reflexivity as method -- References -- 4. Decolonising methodology: Art, agency, and reflexivity -- Art and agency -- Art and expressions of Aboriginality -- Knowing one's self through others -- References
5. Stylistic representations of identity: Art, autonomy, and authenticity -- 'We don't do dots': Barkindji artistic style -- 'I miss doing dots': Proclaiming an autonomous identity -- Far from a hoax: Art in an intercultural setting -- Notes -- References -- 6. Stylistic representations of identity: 'Knowing your roots' -- Painting your roots -- Looking forward looking back -- Art as an affirmation of positive life change -- Stylistic representations and the fluidity of identity -- Note -- References -- 7. Country and kincentric ecology: Sentiency and Marnpi
The ethos of Australia: Mining or Marnpi? -- Meeting the sentient -- Kincentric ecology -- A shared heritage -- Notes -- References -- 8. Country and kincentric ecology: Connecting with and re-encountering country -- Encountering country -- Country as praxis and ideology -- Respect, responsibility, and competing axiologies -- Shifting the ethos: Decolonising views of the environment -- Note -- References -- 9. The Barka: The sentience of water -- Contextualising coloniality through water -- Mapping the landscape: The Barka and the Ngatyi -- References -- 10. The Barka: Resisting cultural eviction
Cottoning on to water mismanagement -- A clean glass of water: Comfort as complicity -- Bridging differences by disrupting the flow -- Shifting ecological perspectives -- Synergising competing interests -- Notes -- References -- Conclusion -- Decolonising the mind -- Agonism as border thinking -- A moral responsibility to listen -- An ongoing commitment -- Taking ownership of decolonising -- Reconnecting with place -- A decolonising consciousness in praxis -- References -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Art and society -- Australia
Decolonization -- Psychological aspects
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Art and society.
Race relations.
SUBJECT Australia -- Race relations
Subject Australia.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000913125
1000913120