The Limits of Cultural Constructionism: The Case of Coronation Hill

Merlan, Francésca

doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1991.tb01617.x

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“…Given the overlaying of Western places on the classical Indigenous landscape which was already abounding in places and cultural landscapes, it is understandable that crosscultural conflicts in place values are likely to occur; well known examples in recent decades are Noonkanbah, Coronation Hill, the Todd River dam site, the Swan Brewery, Hindmarsh Island bridge, to name but a few (eg see Merlan 1991Merlan , 1998Bell 1998).…”

Section: Cultural Change and The Post-colonial Contact Place Models Omentioning

confidence: 99%

Place Theory and Place Maintenance in Indigenous Australia

Memmott¹,

Long²

2002

Urban Policy and Research

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This paper applies a cross-cultural theory of 'place' to Australian Indigenous groups, both in terms of their classical and post-colonial places and cultural landscapes. It then explores how the ability of Indigenous people to access, protect, maintain and manage their places and landscapes, has been compromised by Cultural Heritage, Native Title and Planning legislations. KeywordsIndigenous Australians, Place, Cultural Landscape, Cultural Heritage, Native Title. Author DetailsAssociate Professor Paul Memmott is an anthropologist and architect and the Director of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, University of Queensland. Stephen Long is completing his PhD in the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, and is also a research consultant in Aboriginal projects. IntroductionThis paper examines issues in the maintenance of Indigenous places in contemporary Aboriginal Australia. It begins by briefly outlining a set of cross-cultural theoretical findings and models on the nature of place as a phenomenon, drawing on the authors' previous research 2 . The authors believe that any scientific, political or professional analysis of the cultural heritage values of places or sites should be firmly founded in such a theory of place. Within this model, culturally distinct aspects of Indigenous places will be described. These aspects have been selected to introduce and to some extent explain the existence of a range of issues and conflicts over Indigenous place values in contemporary Australia.

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Section: Cultural Change and The Post-colonial Contact Place Models Omentioning

confidence: 99%

Place Theory and Place Maintenance in Indigenous Australia

Memmott¹,

Long²

2002

Urban Policy and Research

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“…The response from the anthropologists who supported the Aborigines' opposition to the proposed mining is apposite to the Komaggas case (Merlan 1991;Keen 1992). Merlan pointed out that the pro-mining lobby's professed respect for Aborigines' adaptability -embodied in the proposition that they are modern people, just like other Australians -actually rests on exactly the radical distinction between 'tradition' and 'modernity' that lies at the heart of conventional views of the Aborigines.…”

Section: Identity and Land Claims In Komaggas: The Invention Of Tradition?mentioning

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Land claims in Namaqualand: the Komaggas reserve

Sharp

1994

Review of African Political Economy

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The recent transition to democracy in South Africa has raised expectations about land redistribution. Although much will be done in this regard over the next few years, there will be many claims for the return of land of which people were dispossessed that fall outside the practical guide‐lines laid down by the new state. Since many of these claims will not be frivolous or opportunistic, there is a serious question about how they should be handled. It is not easy to make generalisations; rather, it will be necessary to deal with specific instances on their relative merits. One cannot arrive at a series of ad hocsolutions without regard to their wider implications and the precedents they may set. This article examines one instance of a claim for the return of lost land. It looks at the land claims advanced by people in Komaggas, one of six communal reserves inhabited by coloured people in the Namaqualand district of the Northern Cape province. One aim is to show that people in Komaggas have a long‐standing, and entirely reasonable, claim to land beyond the current boundary of their reserve; another aim is to illustrate how, and why, people in Komaggas have struggled, and struggle still, to present their claim in a form to which there can readily be a positive response.

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“…The notion of the 'traditional' in the 1974 MOU reflects the essential elements of a popular and prevailing view of indigenous tradition, common both in Australia and elsewhere, as ancient and unchanging (Handler and Linnekin 1984;Merlan 1991;Hovelsrud-Broda 1997;Ewins 1998;Ritchie 1999). An everyday definition of tradition used in relation to the Pacific is 'those beliefs and practices that have been handed down from generation to generation' (Ewins 1998: 3).…”

Section: 'Traditional' Activities In the Moumentioning

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Boats to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone

Stacey¹

2007

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The Limits of Cultural Constructionism: The Case of Coronation Hill

Cited by 39 publications

References 3 publications

Place Theory and Place Maintenance in Indigenous Australia

Place Theory and Place Maintenance in Indigenous Australia

Land claims in Namaqualand: the Komaggas reserve

Boats to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone

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