Bunbum ga dhä-yutagum

To Make It Right Again, to Remake

Bibliographic Data

ID3977310
AuthorsBawaka Country (North East Arnhem Land, Australia), Sandie Suchet-Pearson (0000-0002-5200-5976, Macquarie University), Sarah Wright (0000-0002-8595-4529, Gay'wu Miyalk Mala, Yirrkala, Australia), Kate Lloyd (0000-0002-9053-0050, Macquarie University), Matalena Tofa (0000-0003-4976-9673, Macquarie University), Laklak Burarrwanga (Macquarie University), Ritjilili Ganambarr (Macquarie University), Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs (Macquarie University), Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr‐stubb, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr‐Stubbs (Macquarie University), Banbapuy Ganambarr (Macquarie University), Djawundil Maymuru (Macquarie University)
Year2020
Volume21
Issue7
Pages985-1001
Publication date2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2019.1584825
OpenAlexW2917355028
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited34

We say it becomes dhawaḏatj. This is muddled up; the process is not right. In songspirals and ceremonies, when things become dhawaḏatj everyone says ‘errgh’ and claps to erase the mistake and start again. Songspirals have been here forever. They are Rom, Law. They continually bring us and everything in our Country into being. They must not be muddled. We are still singing and keening these songspirals. As Bawaka Country, we say ‘errgh’. Too much has been muddled up: the violences of ongoing colonialism; the Rom not followed; non-humans treated as if they have no voice. Our intention is bunbum ga dhä-yuṯakum, to make it right again, to remake, to build something through its renewal. We are starting again. We want to refuse the mistake and we hope to contribute to processes that heal. We are a more-than-human, Yolŋu-non-Yolŋu Collective from North East Arnhem Land and south eastern Australia. We consider Yolŋu songspirals and the importance of order and process to continually remaking the world. We also reflect on how our working together is part of the songspirals and how this contributes to bunbum ga dhä-yuṯakum, to making it right again, to resisting that which silences or muddles, and to repairing damaged relations and connections

Business · Colonialism · Law and economics · Mistake · Order (exchange · Political science · Process (computing · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law

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