First Knowledges Design

Name: First Knowledges Design
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Building on Country

By Alison Page and Professor Paul Memmott

Series: First Knowledges

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First Knowledges: Design explores the rich traditions of Indigenous Australian design, delving into how cultural knowledge and practices shape spaces and objects. Authors Alison Page and Professor Paul Memmott examine the interplay between artistry, functionality, and sustainability, offering insights into how ancient perspectives influence modern design. This book serves as an educational resource, highlighting the significance of integrating Indigenous wisdom in contemporary contexts.
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Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps, and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion.

Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability, and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. Design: Building on Country issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people.

About the series: Each book is a collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers and editors; the series is edited by Margo Neale, senior Indigenous curator at the National Museum of Australia.

Other titles in the series include: Songlines by Margo Neale & Lynne Kelly (2020); Country by Bill Gammage & Bruce Pascoe (2021); Plants by Zena Cumpston, Michael Fletcher & Lesley Head (2022); Astronomy (2022); Law (2023).

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First Knowledges Design is praised for advancing the understanding of the interconnectedness of nature, land, sea, sky, humans, and their creations. It emphasises the importance of recognising design and architecture as dynamic processes, underscoring the need to deeply understand Country and its Songlines.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760761400

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 April 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd

Contributors:

Edited by Margo Neale
Edited by Margo Ngawa Neale

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 236g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Alison Page is a Walbanga and Wadi Wadi woman from Tharawal and Yuin nations. She is an award winning designer, artist and film producer whose career links Indigenous stories and traditional knowledge with contemporary design. She is Associate Dean at the University of Technology, Sydney's Design Architecture and Building Faculty.

Paul Memmott is a descendant of Scottish potters and painters. He has had a 50-year life experience and career working as an architect, anthropologist and agent for change with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia. He is a transdisciplinary researcher based at University of Queensland, recognising the need to join with Indigenous communities and organisations to bring transformative approaches to improving quality of lifestyle and wellbeing in the face of longitudinal disadvantage and the endeavour for self-determination. One of his books, Gunyah, Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia, won three national book awards.