Indigenous Cultural Centers and Museums: An Illustrated International SurveyHere is a lavishly illustrated descriptive survey of 48 leading indigenous cultural centers around the world (35 are from Australia and 13 from North America, Japan, Europe, and Asia). The book shows how each is a potentially transformative, politically compelling addition to the field of cultural production, illustrating how the facilities --- all built in the last three decades --- have challenged assumptions about nature, culture, and built form. Using the spatial-temporal practice of place-making as the starting point, the facilities highlighted here are described in terms of collaborations between a number of stake-holders and professional consultants. The book adopts the format of a descriptive survey with separate chapters devoted to individual case studies. A broad introductory chapter which presents the arguments and overview precedes richly illustrated short individual essays on selected projects. Each chapter commences with the details of the project including, location, area, cost and consultants, followed by a project description, and discussion of background, design development and reception of the projects. Each project is approached as an architectural commission, detailing the critical criteria, consultants, and processes. The format is adopted from architectural review essays typically used in awards or journal publications within the profession which are accessible and relevant for both academics and practitioners. Considerable attention is given to the process, and to the evaluation of the project as a cultural response. Each case study has been written with consultation of architects or administrators of the facilities for accuracy. Indigenous Cultural Centers and Museums: An Illustrated International Survey documents a rich legacy of collaboration across the spatial disciplines combining creative art practice, architecture, construction, landscape design and urban design in the production of unique and culturally significant social institutions. This book provides material on hitherto unknown bodies of work of talented architectural practices, working collaboratively with culturally different client groups and developing consultative processes that test models for inter-cultural engagement. |
Contents
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Chapter 1 Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra Australia | 21 |
Chapter 2 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and National Museum of Australia Canberra Australia | 29 |
Chapter 3 Bangerang Cultural Centre Shepparton Victoria Australia | 38 |
Chapter 4 Bowali Visitor Centre Kakadu National Park Northern Territory Australia | 42 |
Chapter 5 Brambuk Cultural Centre Halls Gap Grampians National Park Victoria Australia | 48 |
Chapter 6 Brewarrina Aboriginal Museum Brewarrina New South Wales Australia | 55 |
Chapter 7 Burrinja Cultural Centre Glenfern Road Upwey Victoria Australia | 64 |
Chapter 23 Musgrave Park South Brisbane Queensland Australia | 162 |
Chapter 24 National Centre of Indigenous Excellence Redfern New South Wales Australia | 168 |
Chapter 25 National Museum of the American Indian New York and Washington DC and Cultural Resources Center Maryland United States of Amer... | 174 |
Chapter 26 Needwonnee Walk Melaleuca Tasmania Australia | 182 |
Chapter 27 Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Cultural Complex Roebourne Western Australia Australia | 190 |
Chapter 28 NkMip Desert Cultural Centre Osoyoos Canada | 197 |
Chapter 29 Port Augusta Courts Port Augusta South Australia Australia | 204 |
Chapter 30 Reconciliation Place Canberra Australia | 210 |
Chapter 8 Edge of the Trees Museum of Sydney New South Wales Australia | 69 |
Chapter 9 Galina Beek Living Cultural Centre Healesville Victoria Australia | 73 |
Chapter 10 GunungWillamBalluk Learning Centre Broadmeadows Victoria Australia | 78 |
Chapter 11 Gwoonwardu Mia Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre Carnarvon Western Australia Australia | 82 |
Chapter 12 JeanMarie Tjibaou Cultural Centre Nouméa New Caledonia | 88 |
Chapter 13 Karijini Visitor Centre Karijini Western Australia Australia | 94 |
Chapter 14 Koorie Heritage Trust Federation Square Melbourne Victoria Australia | 99 |
Chapter 15 Kurongkurl Katitjin Centre for Indigenous Australian Education and Research Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley Western Australia ... | 108 |
Chapter 16 Lake Tyers Training Centre and Lake Tyers Health Centre Lake Tyers Victoria Australia | 114 |
Chapter 17 Living Kaurna Cultural Centre Bedford Park South Australia Australia | 122 |
Chapter 18 Minpaku National Museum of Ethnology Osaka Japan | 130 |
Chapter 19 Mossman Gorge Centre Mossman Queensland Australia | 141 |
Chapter 20 Musée du Quai Branly and Universitè Wing Paris France | 145 |
Chapter 21 Museum of Anthropology University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada | 151 |
Chapter 22 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington New Zealand | 157 |
Chapter 31 Riawunna Centre University of Tasmania Launceston Tasmania Australia | 217 |
Chapter 32 Rumbalara Medical Clinic Mooroopna and Rumbalara Elders Care Facility Shepparton Victoria Australia | 224 |
Chapter 33 Sámi Parliaments Norway Sweden and Finland | 230 |
Chapter 34 Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines Taipei Taiwan | 240 |
Chapter 35 Tiagarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Museum Devonport Tasmania Australia | 248 |
Chapter 36 Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park Caravonica Queensland Australia | 252 |
Chapter 37 Tjulyuru Cultural and Civic Centre Warburton Aboriginal Community Western Australia Australia | 258 |
Chapter 38 UluruKata Tjuta Cultural Centre Northern Territory Australia | 262 |
Chapter 39 Wilcannia Health Service Wilcannia New South Wales Australia | 269 |
Chapter 40 Worn Gundidj Tower Hill Victoria Australia | 275 |
Chapter 41 Yagan Memorial Park Belhus Western Australia Australia | 280 |
Glossary of Terms | 289 |
Bibliography | 291 |
About the Editors and Contributors | 303 |
Common terms and phrases
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