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Kranenbarg, Mayke: Painting Authenticity. Aboriginal art and knowledge in an intercultural space (Warmun, Western Australia), M.A. Thesis, University of Nijmegen, 2004

Table of Contents        ¦         Cover Text        ¦         Review⁄Abstract

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -6-

Introduction -7-

Research questions and ethnographical approach -7-

Research setting -9-

Methodology -11-

Limitations of fieldwork -12-

Structure of the thesis -13-

Chapter One. Aboriginal art in cities -15-

Placing contemporary Aboriginal art -16-

Displaying Aboriginal paintings as 'art' -17-

The exhibition 'Our True Stories' -19-

The name of the exhibition -20-

The display of the paintings -21-

The exhibition's opening -22-

The symposium 'Our True Stories -24-

Different cultural realms -24-

Interpretations of Gija art -25-

The spiritual and the political -28-

Transcending contexts -29-

Concluding note -30-

Chapter Two. Painting country in Warmun -31-

The rise of a painting movement -32-

The birth of a painting -33-

Claiming authenticity -36-

The Dreaming: space-time, Law, identification -37-

Storing knowledge in paintings -39-

Converting country to canvas -41-

All true stories -42-

Painting as portal to the Dreaming -43-

Painting ancestral power - the story of the Butterfly -44-

Recent manifestations of the Dreaming and the partaking of whites in it -44-

Concluding note -48-

Chapter Three. Teaching authenticity through art -49-

Warmun versus Kununurra -50-

Local knowledge in change -52-

Continuing indigenous education -53-

A lesson in painting -54-

Apprenticeship: the novice and the mentor -57-

Expanding one's knowledge -58-

Shaping country -61-

'Holding country', the reproduction of social persons -64-

Concluding note -65-

Chapter Four. Aboriginal art in a global landscape -67-

Transcending boundaries -69-

Managing Warmun Art Centre -72-

Personal motives of art coordinators -73-

The holistic nature of art centres -76-

Making the art centre remunerative -77-

Producing cultural value and 'authenticity' -79-

The practice of documentation -81-

The girl and the photo camera -83-

Visitors of Warmun Art Centre - the search of spirituality -85-

Challenging western minds -88-

Concluding note -89-

Conclusion -91-