Viewing ofReference Material
Art students and others conducting research are welcome to make an appointment with us to view the works listed in the adjacent table.
It is also recommended for Europeans to use the online search system at KVK (Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog), in which all German and many European scholarly libraries list their available references. Sometimes the works are available for loan.
A list of further references about Australian art, which however are not yet in our reference collection, is also maintained and continually extended.
Literature in our Collection
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Hinkson, Melinda: Remembering the Future. Warlpiri life through the prism of Drawing, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 2014, ISBN 9781922059673
Table of Contents ¦ Cover Text ¦ Book Review
Table of Contents
Dedication -ii-
Preface -vii-
Note on names and orthography -x-
Introduction: Clearing the ground -1-
Interlude I: Regarding Nangala -14-
Chapter 1: Locating the Warlpiri drawings -21-
Interlude II: Olive Pinks picnic by Olive Pink -44-
Chapter 2: Seeing the Warlpiri -49-
Chapter 3: The superintendents window -67-
Interlude III: The road to Hooker Creek by Elizabeth Nungarrayi Ross and Jeannie Nungarrayi Herbert -88-
Chapter 4: Back to Yarripirlangu -93-
Interlude IV: Remembering Mervyn Meggitt (1924-2004) -112-
Chapter 5: Trees at Hooker Creek -117-
Chapter 6: Remembering the future -137-
Warlpiri drawings collected by Mervyn Meggitt, Hooker Creek, 1953-54 -153-
Notes -167-
References -170-
General index -174-
Artists index -177-
Cover Text
In 1953 at the new government settlement of Hooker Creek on the edge of the Tanami Desert, Mervyn Meggitt presented Warlpiri men with crayon and paper and invited them to draw. Meggitt was interested in ritual, yet two men astounded him with drawings made 'for the pleasure of drawing. Six decades later these drawings have been introduced to descendants of their makers, triggering memories of a time of profound dislocation and galvanizing attention to contemporary predicaments as well as fears and hopes for the future. "Remembering the Future" tracks a fascinating journey by way of old and new drawings. Discussions with many people, visits to places and archival research build a compelling account of Warlpiri experience between the 1920s and the present. Hinksons speculative analysis explores questions that hover over the Hooker Creek drawings. Substantial insights are generated into the role of image making in turbulent contexts of forced migration and in structuring relationships between Aboriginal people and others. "Remembering the Future" breaks new ground in writing abount Central Australian Aboriginal art and makes a significant contribution to Australian anthropology and the interdisciplinary field of visual studies. Meldinda Hinkson is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Anthropology at the Australien National University.