Hello, for my Indigenous Culture course for semester 5 this year i need to produce a blog that will correlate with my studies for this course. For this course I need to involve myself within different forms of Aboriginal culture such as films, art, wrtiting and performance and then reflect my thoughts apon the matter.
Today we had our first lecture and having known really nothing about Aboriginal art before, I have learnt quite alot in just an hour. Things that interested me were the Wonjina (the oldest figurative painting in the world-85-65,000 years old) and the introduction and acceptance of Aborginal Art as art and not as folk art or part of anthrapology studies. I was also intrigued about the way aboriginal art in the 21st century is challenging the notion of the identity of Aboriginal art (google Proppa Now for more info).
For homework this week i have rented Samson and Delilah from the local video store (along with 127 hours for a bit of gore). This should get me started on surrounding myself within Australias Indigenous culture.
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