'This special issue on Environmental Artistic Practices and Indigeneity: In(ter)ventions, Recycling, Sovereignty brings together creative works, poetic essays, and academic articles which address numerous forms of Indigenous artistic practices. This collection speaks literally and metaphorically of the land, ocean and river ecosystems of the Pacific Islands, Australia, French Guiana, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.' (Publication summary)
Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Poems by Craig Santos Perez
Tahiri byTevaite Rey
Armfuls of Eclectic Pieces: Poetic-Photographic Essay by Flora Aurima Devatine
Indigenous Becoming: Genesis and Resonance of Selve, a Play co-written with Sylvana Opoya from Taluhwen, Guiana, Amazonia by Christophe Rulhes
The Sui Utik, Creative Works and Tembawang: Retaining Biodiversity in Kalimantan, Indonesia by Octaviana Sylvia Caroline Rombe
Subjection and Resistance: Landscapes, Gardens, Myths and Vestigial Presences in Olive Senior's Gardening in the Tropics by Hannah Regis
Plastic Marine Waste and its Potential for Indonesian Indigenous Communities by Jacob Wood, Swathi Paturi, Prerna Puri, Emil Senf Jakobsen, Sumanth Shankar, Pawel Zejden, Simona Azzali
Repurposing, Recycling, Revisioning: Pacific Arts and the (Post)colonial by Jean Anderson
Environmental Challenges and Traditional Food Practices: The Indigenous Lundayeh of Long Pasia, Sabah, Borneo by Kavitha Ganesan, Anantha Raman Govindasamy, Jane Kon Ling Wong, Shaffarullah Abdul Rahman, Kennedy Aaron Aguol, Jamsari Hashim, Bilcher Bala
'This special issue on “Environmental Artistic Practices and Indigeneity: In(ter)ventions, Recycling, Sovereignty" constitutes a body of creative contributions and academic articles addressing numerous forms of artistic practices of the Pacific Islands, Australia, French Guiana, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. Inspired by Indigenous artists and writers whose practices and creativity help reimagine sustainable ways to inhabit the world, this introduction and our special issue interrogate contemporary environmental issues and the legacy of colonisation. They examine how Indigenous artists and writers, and artists working with Indigenous artists and communities, have for decades raised awareness about environmental issues, and encouraged people to regain their agency to struggle against environmental degradation and further destruction of Indigenous people’s societies and health. This introduction contextualises the concepts and Indigenous terms used by artists to express their vision of what a respectful relationship with the environment would be. It also offers readings of the beautiful literary and artistic creative contributions included in this issue. Environmental themes such as waste recycling, health issues, pollutants (mercury, POPs), and agricultural technics are discussed here in light of human and non-human life and agency. This issue also features a significant range of calls for action to better protect and restore ecosystems.' (Publication abstract)
'“spinifex scriptures” and “desert analysis” deconstruct through poetry and photography the post-colonial presence of Christian armour, and environmental desert rust – recycled through the economical chambers of abandonment.' (Publication abstract)
'“Worlding with Oysters” is presented through text, story, song, poetics and image. It explores the opportunities that connecting with nature offers to communities of practice. It asks the collectively conscious to imagine a time oysters spawn in pristine waters and when the smoke of old campfires is remembered as an essential element of the conceptualisation of caring for Sea Country. The poetic essay is hope-filled and hopeful and imagines futures embedded in old ways where rivers and oceans are regarded as essential spaces, rich with metaphor, abundant in story and deep in learning.' (Publication abstract)
