A history of art from the Tiwi Islands: the source community in an evolving museumscape

Introduction‘Morning tea with Tiwi Ladies’ is one of the attractions for tourists visiting Bathurst and Melville Islands in northern Australia. Indigenous graveyards and the production of arts and crafts are part and parcel of the itinerary. The islands have a history of one hundred years as a ‘des...

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Xuất bản năm:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/actesbranly,
Tác giả chính: Venbrux, Eric
Định dạng: Article ou chapitre numérique
Ngôn ngữ:Anglais
Được phát hành: Les actes de colloques du musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac 2014
Truy cập trực tuyến:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Tóm tắt:Introduction‘Morning tea with Tiwi Ladies’ is one of the attractions for tourists visiting Bathurst and Melville Islands in northern Australia. Indigenous graveyards and the production of arts and crafts are part and parcel of the itinerary. The islands have a history of one hundred years as a ‘destination culture’ (Kirshenblatt- Gimblett 1998) for tourists and anthropologists alike. From the early years of the twentieth century onwards museum interests have been a steady factor in shaping t...