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Chapter 6 - Timelessness and Permanence

Rock Art and Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2024

Laura Rademaker ,
Sally K. May ,
Gabriel Maralngurra  and
Joakim Goldhahn
Laura Rademaker
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Sally K. May
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide
Gabriel Maralngurra
Affiliation:
Injalak Arts
Joakim Goldhahn
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide
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Academic disciplines, and especially history and archaeology, presume that a particular kind and experience of time is normal and universal. Although deeply concerned with history, rock art confounds ‘settler-time’ and the temporalities assumed by academic disciplines. This chapter considers the ‘re-appearance’ of ever-present buffalos in west Arnhem art, as well as the ever-presence of seemingly ‘disappeared’ art to reveal how the knowledge on the rocks points to alternative ways of experiencing time.

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Aboriginal Art and the Telling of History , pp. 126 - 149
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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