Title Design : building on country / Alison Page & Paul Memmott

Published Port Melbourne, Vic. : Thames & Hudson, 2021 ©2021

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Description 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm Series First knowledges ; 2 Contents First Knowledges: An Introduction Margo Neale -- 1. Personal Perspectives Alison Page & Paul Memmott -- 2. Objects and Spirituality: Building on Country Alison Page & Paul Memmott -- 3. On Camps, Shelter and Country Paul Memmott -- 4. Engineered Structures Paul Memmott -- 5. Materials Alison Page & Paul Memmott -- 6. Camp Layouts and the Importance of Kinship Paul Memmott -- 7. Placemaking in Country Paul Memmott & Alison Page -- 8. Contemporary Indigenous Architecture and Design Alison Page & Paul Memmott -- 9. The Offering: A New Australian Design Alison Page Summary Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. Design: Building on Country issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people Notes "First Knowledges edited by Margo Neale"--Cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Vernacular architecture -- Australia Architecture and society -- Australia Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs Aboriginal Australians -- Architecture and society Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) Creation -- Mythology -- Australia Buildings - Architecture and design Indigenous knowledge Attitudes - Indigenous perspectives Culture - Cultural awareness Culture - Relationship to land Occupations - Architects Occupations - Designers Social organisation - Kinship Habitation - Camps Religion - Spirituality Religion - Dreaming - Ancestor spirits Law - Intellectual property Genre/Form Indigenous collection Author Memmott, Paul, author Neale, Margo, editor National Museum of Australia, issuing body ISBN 9781760761400 1760761400

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