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Indigenous Australian Knowledge Systems
True Tracks by ISBN: 9781742245270Publication Date: 2021True Tracks is a groundbreaking work that paves the way for respectful and ethical engagement with Indigenous cultures.
Desert Lake by ISBN: 9780643108387Publication Date: 2013Desert Lake combines artistic, scientific and Indigenous views of a striking region of north-western Australia.
First Knowledges Songlines: The Power and Promise by ISBN: 9781760761387Publication Date: 2020Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, Songlines store information encoded in song, story, dance, art and ceremony. Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, this book offers unique insights into Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they could help all peoples thrive into the future.
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Ecology AND Art
Border Ecology: Art and Environmental Crisis at the Margins by ISBN: 9783031259531Publication Date: 2023This book analyses how contemporary visual art can visualize environmental crisis.
Ecocritical concerns and the Australian continent by ISBN: 9781498564021Publication Date: 2020Essays ranging from biodiversity and preservation policies to the devastating effects of the mining industries, to present concerns and futuristic visions of the effects of climate change. Of central concern in all of these contexts is the impact of settler colonialism and an increasing turn to indigenous knowledge systems.
Communicating Climate by ISBN: 9781837536405Publication Date: 2024How to achieve cut-through, whether you're trying to inspire others (including clients) or showcasing your progress in greening the world.
Plastic Ocean: Art and Science Responses to Marine Pollution by ISBN: 9783110744774Publication Date: 2021This publication brings together numerous international art projects related to environmental activities, DIY biotechnology, and science, and draws attention to the irreversible destruction of our marine ecosystems.
The Invention of The Self: Personal Identity in The Age of Art by ISBN: 9781350091078Publication Date: 2020This book proposes that the notion of personal identity is a psycho-social construction that has evolved over many centuries.
The Making and Remaking of Australasia: Mobility, Texts and ‘Southern Circulations’ by ISBN: 9781350283862Publication Date: 2022Explores the emergence of ‘Australasia’ as a way of thinking about the culture and geography of this region.
Colony : Australia 1770-1861 / Frontier wars by Call Number: 709.94 LEAISBN: 9781760760502Publication Date: 2019NGV Australia hosts two complementary exhibitions that explore Australia's complex colonial past and the art that emerged during and in response to this period.
Karl Langer: Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics by ISBN: 9781350068131Publication Date: 2022Architect Karl Langer (1903-1969) was at the very edge of both European and Australian modernism. Confronted by tropical heat and glare, economics of affordable housing, fiercely proud and regional architectural practices, Langer moulded the European language of international modernism to the unique climatic and social conditions of tropical Australia
Digital Storytelling 4e by ISBN: 9780429801839Publication Date: 2019Illustrates the creative possibilities of digital storytelling.
Art, Power, and Politics by ISBN: 9781666940626Publication Date: 2023Stories matter. They help us digest information, make sense of our world, learn valuable lessons, understand ourselves, store information, find meaning, and remember.
Tracey Emin: Art into Life by ISBN: 9781350160637Publication Date: 2020'Tracey Emin: Art Into Life' examines how Emin’s art, life and celebrity status have become inextricably intertwined and with contributions from scholars, art historians and curators, they offer a vast array of new perspectives on her work.
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More than Human
Relating to Things: Design, Technology and the Artificial by ISBN: 9781350124264Publication Date: 2020
Design For More-Than-Human Futures by ISBN: 9781003319689Publication Date: 2023Towards more ethical design
The Routledge International Handbook of More-than-Human Studies by ISBN: 9781003262619Publication Date: 2023This book brings together content from across the field of 'more-than-human' studies.
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Time AND Art
Time in the History of Art by ISBN: 9781315229409Publication Date: 2018This book investigates the history and nature of time in a variety of different environments and media as well as the temporal potential of objects.
Where Is Art? by ISBN: 9781003037071Publication Date: 2022Featuring chapters by a diverse range of leading international artists and theorists, this book suggests that contemporary art is increasingly characterized by the problem of where and when it is situated.
Philosophy of Time: The Basics by ISBN: 9781003189459Publication Date: 2024This book begins to untangle some of the most difficult knots in the philosophy of time.
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Radical Ideology
Foucault, Art, and Radical Theology by ISBN: 9780429445170Publication Date: 2018This book is relevant to students of theology, religion and the arts, the philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics and looks at some radical events in recent history.
Ideology Studies by ISBN: 9781003186151Publication Date: 2021An important contemporary scholar in the field of ideology studies. Freeden provides a general, well-informed identification and elaboration of thematic possibilities in current ideology studies.
Existentialism and Excess: The Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre by ISBN: 9781474235365Publication Date: 2016Biography of highly influential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Chance AND Art
A Philosophical Guide to Chance by ISBN: 9781139012096Publication Date: 2012
Frank Ramsey by ISBN: 9780203217832Publication Date: 2003Despite his tragic death at the age of 26, Frank Ramsey (1903 - 1930) remains one of the most intriguing minds of the twentieth century. His thought had a profound influence on both Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, and many strands of contemporary analytic philosophy find their origin in Ramsey's ideas.
Cause and Chance by ISBN: 9780203494660Publication Date: 2004Philosophers have long been fascinated by the connection between cause and effect: are 'causes' things we can experience, or are they concepts provided by our minds? The study of causation goes back to Aristotle, but resurged with David Hume and Immanuel Kant, and is now one of the most important topics in metaphysics.
Art and Enlightenment by ISBN: 9781845404451Publication Date: 2012During the intellectual and cultural flowering of Scotland in the 18th century few subjects attracted as much interest among men of letters as aesthetics - the study of art from the subjective perspective of human experience. All of the great philosophers of the age - Hutcheson, Hume, Smith and Reid - addressed the question of the aesthetic.
