UFOs, Otherness, and Belonging

Identity in Remote Aboriginal Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID3025014
AuthorsEirik Saethre (0000-0001-8616-4281, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume13
Issue2
Pages217-233
Publication date2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504630701235820
OpenAlexW2124622111
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

UFO beliefs exist around the world yet they have been almost exclusively analysed within the context of urban American society. This article seeks to understand the ways in which people from differing social and cultural backgrounds also engage in UFO narratives. In a remote Aboriginal desert community in Central Australia, descriptions of UFOs merge popular and media portrayals of extraterrestrials with elements and themes found in local Aboriginal cosmology. Consequently, Aboriginal narratives regarding extraterrestrial beings are able to both reflect the local social environment of race relations and affirm Aboriginal identity

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Geography · Identity (music · Literature · Media studies · Merge (version control · Narrative · Sociology · Anthropology · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Gender Studies · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

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