Djalkiri

Name: Djalkiri
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781743327272
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Yolu Art, Collaborations and Collections

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Djalkiri delves into the spiritual footprints of the Yolu people from eastern Arnhem Land, exploring their art and material culture. Featuring voices from Yolu elders, artists, art historians, and museum curators, it reveals the evolving relationship between communities and museums, guided by Yolu philosophies. The book highlights collections created nearly a century ago, offering rare insights into their historical and contemporary significance.
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Ideal for readers interested in Indigenous art, anthropology, museum studies, and Australian Aboriginal culture.

Djalkiri are footprints, ancestral imprints on the landscape that provide the Yolu people of eastern Arnhem Land with their spiritual foundations.

Djalkiri explores how the Yolŋu people work with museums to develop a community-led approach to the collection and display of their artwork.

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Djalkiri are footprints, ancestral imprints on the landscape that provide the Yolu people of eastern Arnhem Land with their spiritual foundations.

This book explores Yolu art and material culture through the voices of those who have been involved with Yolu collections over time. With contributions from Yolu elders and artists, art historian and museum curators, it describes how communities and museums have worked together in the past, how the relationship has changed, and how Yolu philosophies can guide how we engage with Yolu art.

Some of the collections featured here were created almost 100 years ago and have rarely been on public display. In Djalkiri, members of the Milingimbi/Yurrwi Island, Ramingining, and Yirrkala communities offer insight into their historical, contemporary, and deeper time meanings.

Djalkiri is being published in conjunction with a landmark exhibition of Yolu art and culture at the new Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney, which will open in November 2020.

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Lindy Allen of the Oceanic Art Society praises the book for centring Yolŋu voices, recognising them as the authority on contextualising collections. She commends Djalkiri as a testament to the University of Sydney's cultural collections and the enduring connections with the people of eastern Arnhem Land.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781743327272

Publisher: Sydney University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 March 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: Sydney University Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Rebecca J. Conway

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 265.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 340

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Rebecca Conway is curator of ethnography at the University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum.