- Title
- ‘Reclaiming their stories’: A study of the spiritual content of historical cultural objects through an Indigenous creative inquiry
- Creator
- Cameron, Liz
- Relation
- Australian Archaeology Vol. 90, Issue 2, p. 140-151
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2024.2323244
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Developing methods for communicating, analysing, and interpreting the spiritual context of cultural objects is essential to gaining a deep understanding of the past. In archaeology, Indigenous methodologies in the field of creativity as an embodied exploration can enable archaeologists to understand how we perceive and interpret cultural information. This article examines how art making, within Indigenous cultures, serves as a powerful lens through which archaeological inquiries can be spiritually interpreted. This intricate relationship between art making and archaeological exploration provides a nuanced understanding of the spiritual significance inherent in historical relics. Its objective is to highlight Indigenous creative embodied methodologies, embracing a decolonised perspective that honours Indigenous worldviews. Serving as a bridge, it narrows the divide between creative craftsmanship and the field of archaeology.
- Subject
- indigenous archaeology; creative research; culture; spiritual; ritual; decolonisation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1513475
- Identifier
- uon:56725
- Identifier
- ISSN:0312-2417
- Rights
- "© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. "
- Language
- eng
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