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Alan Rumsey Alan Rumsey i(A125360 works by)
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1975
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1 y separately published work icon Scholar and Sceptic Australian Aboriginal Studies in Honour of LR Hiatt Francesca Merlan (editor), John Morton (editor), Alan Rumsey (editor), Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1997 9104064 1997 selected work biography essay

'This volume celebrates the life and work of one of Australia’s foremost anthropologists, LR Hiatt. Hiatt sought to bring the study of Aboriginal societies to the attention of both the academic world and the wider public. A scholar of Aboriginal societies, Les Hiatt is a sceptic regarding all forms of received wisdom, whether in academic anthropology or in Aboriginal affairs.' (Source: Publisher's website)
1 The Dreaming, Human Agency and Inscriptive Practice Alan Rumsey , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Oceania , December vol. 65 no. 2 1994; (p. 116-130)

'Discusses the Australian Aboriginal forms of social memory. Analysis of its implications in the attempt to distinguish myth and history, orality and literacy; Examination of the historical consciousness in aboriginal Australia; Argument that the dreaming is one instance of a general mode of orientation.' (Publication abstract)
1 Pigeon the Outlaw : History as Texts Stephen Muecke , Alan Rumsey , Banjo Worrumarra , 1985 anthology biography oral history
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , vol. 9 no. 1 1985; (p. 81-100) This article contains some versions of the story of Jandamarra (also called Pigeon) a famous Aboriginal 'outlaw' of the Kimberley district of Western Australia. The story of Pidgeon occupies a significantly central place in representations of the history of Aboriginal-European contact in the Kimberleys. (Source: Pigeon the Outlaw: History as Texts)
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