Djalkiri are footprints, ancestral imprints on the landscape that provide the Yolu people of eastern Arnhem Land with their spiritual foundations.
This book explores Yolu art and material culture through the voices of those who have been involved with Yolu collections over time. With contributions from Yolu elders and artists, art historian and museum curators, it describes how communities and museums have worked together in the past, how the relationship has changed, and how Yolu philosophies can guide how we engage with Yolu art. Some of the collections featured here were created almost 100 years ago and have rarely been on public display. In Djalkiri, members of the Milingimbi/Yurrwi Island, Ramingining and Yirrkala communities offer insight into their historical, contemporary, and deeper time meanings.
Djalkiri is being published in conjunction with a landmark exhibition of Yolu art and culture at the new Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney, which will open in November 2020.
Edited by:
Rebecca J. Conway
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 265mm,
Width: 230mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9781743327272
ISBN 10: 1743327277
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 January 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Cultural protocols Preface, by David Ellis University foreword, by Jennifer Barrett Yolŋu foreword: We are the archaeologists and the anthropologists, by Djambawa Marawili AM Indigenous curation: Now and into the future, by Stephen Gilchrist Dancing in the dust: Working with Yolŋu collections, by Rebecca Conway Milingimbi / Yurrwi A selection of work Our djäma: Yurrwi, Milingimbi Art and Culture, Milingimbi Art and Culture with Rebecca Conway Makarrwaḻa mali, Warner wuŋiḻi: Reflecting on an image from Milingimbi, by Rebecca Conway Joe Gumbula: ‘Everything is telling us who we are’, Rebecca Conway with Aaron Corn We make the future: Historical collections and contemporary Milingimbi, Ruth Nalmakarra and Rosita Holmes in conversation Milingimbi / Yurrwi and Ramingining Art from both centres Ramingining Keeping culture alive: an essay over the telephone, Bula’bula Arts with Rebecca Conway and Djon Mundine Shifting frames: The first exhibition of the Ramingining collection at the University of Sydney (1984), by Bernice L Murphy Crossing paths with the Ramingining collection, by Katrina Liberiou Yol nhe yäku: What is your name?, by Djon Mundine Yirrkala Art from Yirrkala Buku-Ḻarrŋgay Mulka, Yirrkala and the world, by Will Stubbs, Ishmael Marika and Wukuṉ Waṉambi Not an essay, by Will Stubbs and Gawura Wanambi Precious gifts: Working with the Yolŋu barks at the Macleay Museum, Rosemary Stack and Jude Philp in conversation Not just a bark, by Matt Poll Dhäwu Joe Dhamanydjiwuŋ: Makarraṯapuy dhäwu, Makarraṯa and the exhibition, by Joe Dhamanydji Gululu dhuwala djalkiri: welcome to the Yolŋu foundations, by Rebecca Conway and Matt Poll About the authors Acknowledgements Artwork credits References Index
Rebecca Conway is curator of ethnography at the University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum.
Reviews for Djalkiri: Yolu Art, Collaborations and Collections
'The overall presence of Yolnu voice throughout the book is another invaluable element here, positioning Yolnu as the authority in contextualizing collections ... Djalkiri: Yolnu art, collaborations and collections is a fitting testimony to the history of the University of Sydney and its cultural collections and research, and the continuous and ongoing connections with the people of eastern Arnhem Land.' -- Lindy Allen * Oceanic Art Society *
- Nominated for NSW Premier's History Awards 2021 (Australia)
- The 'Gululu dhuwala djalkiri: welcome to the Yolnu foundations' exhibition is the winner of The Museums & Galleries National Award (MAGNA) for best Indigenous Project (2021)
- The 'Gululu dhuwala djalkiri: welcome to the Yolŋu foundations' exhibition is the winner of The Museums & Galleries National Award (MAGNA) for best Indigenous Project (2021)
- Winner of NSW Premier's History Awards 2021
- Winner of NSW Premier’s History Awards 2021
