Dreaming Ecology
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Dreaming Ecology

Nomadics and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Victoria River, Northern Australia

  1. 354 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Dreaming Ecology

Nomadics and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Victoria River, Northern Australia

About this book

In the author's own words, Dreaming Ecology 'explores a holistic understanding of the interconnections of people, country, kinship, creation and the living world within a context of mobility. Implicitly it asks how people lived so sustainably for so long'. It offers a telling critique of the loss of Indigenous life, human and non-human, in the wake of white settler colonialism and this becoming 'cattle country'. It offers a fresh perspective on nomadics grounded in 'footwalk epistemology' and 'an ethics of return sustained across different species, events, practices and scales'.

'This is the final and most substantial of Debbie's love letters to the Aboriginal people of the Victoria River Downs. I say this because there is such a sense of reverence, wonder and respect throughout the book. The introduction of concepts of double-death, footwalk epistemology, wild country … are not only organising ideas but characterisations arising from what Debbie hears, sees and feels of herself and Aboriginal others … I think of it in terms of love, if love is care, reciprocal respect, deep connectivity and a strong desire to never make less of the people she chose to commit herself to.'
—Richard Davis

'This book was a pleasure to read, filled with careful description of people, places, and various plants and animals, and insightful analysis of the patterns and commitments that hold them together in the world.'
—Thom van Dooren

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Yes, you can access Dreaming Ecology by Deborah Bird Rose, Margaret Jolly,Darrell Lewis in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Sciences sociales & Anthropologie culturelle et sociale. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. List of Illustrations
  2. Notes for the Reader
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Prelude 1. Dreaming Ecology: Bringing to Fruition
  5. Prelude 2. Debbie and Yarralin: The Early Years
  6. Prelude 3. Deborah Bird Rose—Ahla Tyaemaen
  7. Prelude 4. Dreaming Ecology: Reflections
  8. 1. Coming into Country
  9. 2. Footwalk Epistemology
  10. 3. Walkabout
  11. 4. Dreaming Organisation
  12. 5. ‘Looking at all the Country’
  13. 6. Attentive Subjects
  14. 7. Interactive Benefits
  15. 8. Wild and Ugly
  16. 9. Coming into Life
  17. Appendix 1. Letter from Brian Pedwell
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index