Looking after bulurru
Protecting the scientific and cultural values of an Aboriginal rock art complex in northern Queensland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6038185 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alice Buhrich (0000-0003-3819-3517, James Cook University and TropX Cultural Heritage & Plant Ecology Consultants, corresponding author), Willie Brim Sr (Bulwandji Representative), Willie Brim |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 93-105 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/arco.5199 |
| OpenAlex | W2986348312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
For the Bulwandji Traditional Owners of Cape York Peninsula, Bunda Bibanji (also known as “Bare Hill”) is part of bulurru – the Storytime, or the time of creation (Bottoms 1999: 1). Bunda Bibanji is the place where the culture hero, Kunandooran, turned into rock after his death by fire; it forms part of a complex cultural landscape. Bunda Bibanji also contains the largest rock art complex in the Cairns hinterland and has significant research potential for both rock art studies and understanding the occupation history of the region. Until recently, management of the site complex has focused on visitor management and its tangible scientific values, rather than its social and intangible cultural values. However, a major shift in management in recent years has aimed to enhance the Aboriginal social values of the place, potentially placing its scientific values at risk. This paper explores the tensions between managing scientific and cultural values at the Bunda Bibanji complex from both archaeological and Traditional Owner perspectives
Archaeology · Cultural values · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Geography · Peninsula · Rock art · Sociology · Visitor pattern · Anthropology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Aboriginal man and environment in Australia.
Starch residues on grinding stones in private collections
Indigenous Archaeologies
Contemporary Meanings and the Recursive Nature of Rock Art
Managing the Past in Northern Australia
Human-environment dynamics during the Holocene in the Australian Wet Tropics of NE Queensland
Endangered Rock Art
From The Study of Aboriginal Art to the Archaeology of Prehistoric Pictures
Our Heritage - Your Playground
Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago) and the journey towards world heritage recognition
What Future for Our Past
Peopled Landscapes
Power relations and community involvement in landscape-based cultural heritage management practice
Community-based archaeology in Australia
Aboriginal art - Australia's neglected inheritance
Sitting in the gap
More than archaeology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |