First Knowledges Design
Building on Country
$22.95
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2021
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. De…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760761400 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760761400 |
| Author: | Alison Page, Professor Paul Memmott, Paul Memmott, Margo Ngawa Neale |
| Publisher: | Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 131mm x 198mm |
| Series: | First Knowledges |
Critics Review
A major step forward in building a deeper understanding by all Australians of what ‘Country’ is: that everything is part of the same continuum - nature, land, sea, sky, humans and what they design and build and how they learn about and respond to Country. Design and architecture are not nouns, they are verbs. To understand Country, its Songlines and knowledge has never been more important. – Lucy Turnbull AO
Alison Page
Alison Page is a Walbanga and Wadi Wadi woman from Tharawal and Yuin nations. She is an award winning designer, artist and film producer whose career links Indigenous stories and traditional knowledge with contemporary design. She is Associate Dean at the University of Technology, Sydney’s Design Architecture and Building Faculty.
Paul Memmott is a descendant of Scottish potters and painters. He has had a 50-year life experience and career working as an architect, anthropologist and agent for change with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia. He is a transdisciplinary researcher based at University of Queensland, recognising the need to join with Indigenous communities and organisations to bring transformative approaches to improving quality of lifestyle and wellbeing in the face of longitudinal disadvantage and the endeavour for self-determination. One of his books, Gunyah, Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia, won three national book awards.
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