宅男导航

Longlisted for the 2021 NSW Premier鈥檚 History Awards for Australian History

鈥淭he patterns and designs were laid down on the country and in the minds of Yol艐u by the ancestral beings at the time of creation. They have been passed on through the generations from our great grandparents, to our grandparents, to our parents, to us. They are the reality of this country. They tell us all who we are.鈥� 鈥� Djambawa Marawili AM

Djalkiri are 鈥渇ootprints" 鈥� ancestral imprints on the landscape that provide the Yol艐u people of eastern Arnhem Land with their philosophical foundations.

This book describes how Yol艐u artists and communities keep these foundations strong, and how they have worked with museums to develop a collaborative, community-led approach to the collection and display of their artwork. It includes contributions from Yol艐u elders and artists as well as Indigenous and non-Indigenous historians and curators. Together they explore how the relationship between communities and museums has changed over time.

From the early 20th century, anthropologists and other collectors acquired artworks and objects and took photographs in Arnhem Land that became part of collections at the University of 宅男导航. Later generations of Yol艐u have sought out these materials and, with museum curators, proposed a new type of relationship, based on a deeper respect for Yol艐u intellectual frameworks and a commitment to their central role in curation. This book tells some of their stories.

Featuring over 300 colour images, Djalkiri is published in conjunction with a largescale exhibition of Yol艐u art and culture at the University of 宅男导航鈥檚 new Chau Chak Wing Museum, opening in November 2020. Spanning almost 100 years of our shared history, these collections can expand our understanding of the past and help us to shape the future.

Rebecca Conway is curator ethnography, Macleay Collections with the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of 宅男导航.

Cultural protocols
Preface, by David Ellis
University foreword, by Jennifer Barrett

• Yol艐u foreword: We are the archaeologists and the anthropologists, by Djambawa Marawili AM
• Indigenous curation: Now and into the future, by Stephen Gilchrist
• Dancing in the dust: Working with Yol艐u collections, by Rebecca Conway

Milingimbi / Yurrwi

• A selection of work
• Our dj盲ma: Yurrwi, Milingimbi Art and Culture, Milingimbi Art and Culture with Rebecca Conway
• Makarrwa岣籥 mali, Warner wu艐i岣籭: Reflecting on an image from Milingimbi, by Rebecca Conway
• Joe Gumbula: 鈥楨verything is telling us who we are鈥�, Rebecca Conway with Aaron Corn
• We make the future: Historical collections and contemporary Milingimbi, Ruth Nalmakarra and Rosita Holmes
  in conversation

Milingimbi / Yurrwi and Ramingining

• Art from both centres

Ramingining

• Keeping culture alive: an essay over the telephone, Bula鈥檅ula Arts with Rebecca Conway and Djon Mundine
• Shifting frames: The first exhibition of the Ramingining collection at the
  University of 宅男导航 (1984), by Bernice L Murphy
• Crossing paths with the Ramingining collection, by Katrina Liberiou
• Yol nhe y盲ku: What is your name?, by Djon Mundine

Yirrkala

• Art from Yirrkala
• Buku-岣篴rr艐gay Mulka, Yirrkala and the world, by Will Stubbs, Ishmael Marika and Wuku峁� Wa峁塧mbi
• Not an essay, by Will Stubbs and Gawura Wanambi
• Precious gifts: Working with the Yol艐u barks at the Macleay Museum, Rosemary Stack and Jude Philp in conversation
• Not just a bark, by Matt Poll
• Dh盲wu Joe Dhamanydjiwu艐: Makarra峁痑puy dh盲wu, Makarra峁痑 and the exhibition, by Joe Dhamanydji
• Gululu dhuwala djalkiri: welcome to the Yol艐u foundations, by Rebecca Conway and Matt Poll

宅男导航 the authors
Acknowledgements
Artwork credits
References
Index

'The overall presence of Yol艐u voice throughout the book is another invaluable element here, positioning Yol艐u as the authority in contextualizing collections ... Djalkiri: Yol艐u art, collaborations and collections is a fitting testimony to the history of the University of 宅男导航 and its cultural collections and research, and the continuous and ongoing connections with the people of eastern Arnhem Land.'
Lindy Allen   Oceanic Art Society

Format: paperback
Size: 265 脳 230 脳 14 mm
320 pages
Copyright: © 2021
ISBN: 9781743327272
Publication: 01 Jan 2021