| Record Number |
21059 |
| ISBN |
9781760761189 |
| Item Number |
99985757168 |
| Location |
305.89 FIR |
| Author |
Neale, Margo, (author). |
| Title |
Songlines : the power and promise / Margo Neale & Lynne Kelly. |
| Varying title |
Power and promise |
| Published |
Port Melbourne, Victoria : Thames & Hudson Australia, 2020. |
| ©2020. |
| Collation |
207 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Content types |
cartographic image |
| still image |
| text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| Series |
First Knowledges |
| General Note |
"National Museum of Australia." |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Note |
The Seven Sisters songline / Margo Neale -- First knowledges : an introduction / Margo Neale -- 1. Personal perspectives / Lynne Kelly & Margo Neale -- 2. Everything starts and finishes with country / Margo Neale -- 3. Knowledge in country and the third archive / Margo Neale -- 4. Songlines today / Margo Neale -- 5. Songlines and synapses / Lynne Kelly -- 6. Songlines spiral forever / Lynne Kelly -- 7. Songlines embrace the globe / Lynne Kelly -- 8. Songlines in sea and sky / Lynne Kelly -- 9. Art is culture made visible / Lynne Kelly -- 10. The promise of songlines / Lynne Kelly -- 11. The last song / Margo Neale. |
| Summary Note |
"Songlines are the means of storing and learning knowledges, ancient and modern. They are stories embodied in the land, sea and skies to be remembered and passed on through song, dance, art, ceremony and, most importantly, through attachment to Country. Like libraries, these vast collections of dynamic information ensured Australia's Indigenous peoples flourished for millennia and continue to do so. Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly show us, with compelling storytelling and extensive research, how these integrated knowledges are encoded and transmitted to preserve vibrant, thriving and sustainable cultures. 'Songlines: the power and promise' offers to all Australians a remarkable way of learning, remembering and connecting to each other." - Back cover. |
| Awards Note |
Victorian Premiers Literary Awards 2021 shortlist. |
| Subject |
Land use -- Australia -- History |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian |
| Songs, Aboriginal Australian |
| Songs, Aboriginal Australian -- History and criticism |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies |
| Mythology, Aboriginal Australian |
| Creation -- Mythology -- Australia |
| Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) |
| Added Name |
Kelly, Lynne,1951-, (author). |
| Added Corporate Name |
National Museum of Australia |
