Gija art and material culture
Succession and externality in Northern Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2391315 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Massola (0000-0001-8315-4782, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 373-392 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Material Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13591835251361752 |
| OpenAlex | W4413271608 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article examines the dynamism of art and material culture within the Gija community of Warmun, in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, and how it is used to sustain continuing traditions and negotiate change. Ethnographic accounts of events surrounding the creation, use and circulation of artworks and material culture reveal how they operate within networks of kinship and custodial responsibility. An analysis of the Warmun Community Collection introduces the categories of enculturation, acculturation, and hybridity to illustrate how Gija people have responded to internal and external socio-cultural systems amongst socio-historical change. Drawing on the concept of relative autonomy, the article argues that in Warmun, cultural succession through artwork and material culture is a relational process that maintains degrees of independence, whilst being shaped by internal and external forces
Acculturation · Aesthetics · Art · Autonomy · Culture change · Dynamism · Enculturation · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Hybridity · Independence (probability theory · Kinship · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage
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Encoding the Dreaming – A theoretical framework for the analysis of representational processes in Australian Aboriginal art
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Perspectives in Marxist Anthropology∗
Decolonizing Methodologies
Totemism Yesterday
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On the Concept of Function in Social Science
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The Anthropology of Art, After the End of Art
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |