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Alternative title:
Ecotones as Contact Zones
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First known date:
2016...
vol.
7
no.
1
2016
of
Landscapes
est. 2001
Landscapes
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Fire Was in the Reptile’s Mouth : Towards a Transcultural Ecological Poetics,
single work
criticism
'This paper compares two creation narratives from indigenous peoples on either side of the Pacific Ocean, the relationships between which catalyse the theorisation of a transcultural approach to ecological poetics. The comparison of these narratives reveals important, rhizomatic similarities, and also unmistakable regional differences, concerning the origins of language and culture in Yanomami (Venezuela) and MakMak (Australia) communities. Concomitant with the centrality of indigenous thought in this theorisation of ecopoetics is the decentrality of human-only conceptions of poetics. Accordingly, the paper considers non-semantic forms of poetics such as birdsong in order to de-centre classically Western, humanist conceptions of language and ecology.' (Publication abstract)
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Conversations with Gunanurang,
single work
prose
'Gunanurang (the Ord River) nurtured some of the original Australians productively for millennia. In less than 150 years, their relationship with the river valley and surrounding land was almost destroyed by the effects of the east Kimberley cattle industry commenced in the 1880s. The biological and archaeological surveys before and during the filling of the Lake Argyle dam were a belated attempt to understand what was being lost in the way of ecosystems and aboriginal sites. This short essay encapsulates the impact of the pastoral industry in the Ord valley.' (Publication abstract)
- Vacant Block (Lismore)i"Wijabal custodianship is an eternal river", single work poetry
- Pemberton to River Roadi"The path tunnels us through a low canopy", single work poetry
- Dolloped Out Therei"islands, three, dolloped out there,", single work poetry
- Those Birds in the Fat Large Leafy Treei"Out the back door of this free standing room", single work poetry
- This Garden Rake Is Looking Up & Discovering the Suni"Winter is a filthy habit this planet has acquired", single work poetry
- Looking Back Over Our Lands—A Sonneti"In old age we look back over our lands—", single work poetry
- The Futurei"in the photos of your weekend lunch oat noodles float like gnocchi in tannin", single work poetry
- Tanka Reptiliai"Gecko on a wall", single work poetry
- Emergency Code Red (or, Always Wonder What Happens Next), single work short story
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