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V23 Issue 2

Different Ways of Seeing

11/06/2018 Cover Story, V23 Issue 2

by Jim Elmslie Oceanic art creates fascination on many levels. In this edition of the OAS Journal we look at two quite different ways of seeing traditional artefacts. To Dr. …

The Social Life of Aboriginal Breastplates: Encoded Objects of Colonisation

11/06/2018 Artefacts, Objects, V23 Issue 2

By Angel Bottaro The preservation of Aboriginal breastplates, with a degree of empathetic imagination, evoke powerful stories of colonisation. The physical weight of the objects around one’s neck and the …

SAWIYANO: Life in the East Sepik Province

11/06/2018 Next Lecture, V23 Issue 2

Betni Kalk is a professor of Design at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.  As the daughter of missionaries, Betni grew up in the East Sepik Province in Sawiyano territory. She …

Aesthetics of New Guinea Art

11/06/2018 Lectures, V23 Issue 2

Lecture by Michael Hamson, Savage Club, Melbourne, 21 October 2017 Introduction Aesthetics by definition are subjective — being one’s response to and appreciation of beauty. That subjective dimension becomes even …

Interview: Dr. Michael Mel

11/06/2018 Interviews, V23 Issue 2

Jim Elmslie talks with the West Pacific Collection Manager from the Australian Museum about his life and the concept he has developed of museums being a Ples Namel– or middle …

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