FROM DREAMTIME TO MACHINETIME

Recontextualizing Austrialian Aboriginal 'Art'

Jessica Fortier Kreutter

INTRODUCTION

CONSTRUCTS OF UNDERSTANDING

Art as a Cultural Construct
The Western Notion of Art
Differences in Aboriginal Perspective
Contemporary Aboriginal Art
From Object to Art
Fascination With the Other 
On the Subject of Authenticity
Extensions beyond Materiality: Another Dimension in Aboriginality 

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CULTURE IN DEPTH

Aboriginal Australia
Invasion, colonization and destruction
Traditional Sources for Contemporary Art
Evolution of 'Art' 

COMMODIFICATION

The Marketing of Culture: A Brief Case Study 
Alienation: A Contradiction of Authenticity
Outcomes of Commodification 
Sustainablity of Culture as a Commodity 
 

THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION

Creating Identity
Boundaries of Ethnicity
A Case of Ethnic Reorganization
Interpretations of Resistance
A Political Voice
Creation of a Permissible Authentic Other
 
Self Determination 
Appropriation for a National Identity 
Ethnocentrism and the Exploitation of the Exotic
Economic Domination and Influence
Accessibility to One's Own Culture
Denying Passivity
 
CONCLUSION
 
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