Dream trackers: Yapa art and knowledge of the Australian desert
Fifty-one Warlpiri artists and story-tellers lead us on a journey through their ritual painting, singing and dancing, on the tracks of their Dreaming Ancestors, who are embodied in the land. This cd-rom represents only a fraction of the complex cultural, ritual and ecological knowledge of the Warlpiri people, but the transposition of their cognitive mapping into an interactive map allows the user an immediate experience of the interconnectivity of indigenous cosmology. The dynamism and wealth of oral traditions reinforce the transmission of indigenous knowledge. This material cannot be posted online in full. It is available for consultation in our Reading Room or, when indicated, via Video on Demand (VOD)
Contents:
- 14 hours of navigation
- 500 photos
- 30 minutes of film
- 3 hours of songs and histories in Warlpiri
Type: Ethnographic
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Director: Barbara Glowczewski
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Coproducer/sponsor: Virtuel Bazaar
Published in:
Library catalogue (UNESDOC): 123653,
LICENSING: for inquiries about licensing this material, please contact the rights holder or the authors directly. You may also wish to consult our FAQs 4 to 7
