Troubled traces: painting and displaying intercultural traumas of Aboriginality

Behind the pointillism of dot paintings or ‘naïve’ techniques, Aboriginal artists stridently critique histories of injustice, incarceration, racism, colonialism and dispossession. This personal testimony from Heather Kamarra Shearer, one of the ‘stolen generation’ of Aboriginal Australians, reflect...

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Main Author:	Heather Kamarra Shearer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Open University 2014-10-01
Series:	The Open Arts Journal
Subjects:	Aboriginal Australians Aranda people Australia National Stolen Generations Alliance art reparation healing intercultural trauma
Online Access:	https://openartsjournal.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/shearer_v3_p199-209.pdf

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description	Behind the pointillism of dot paintings or ‘naïve’ techniques, Aboriginal artists stridently critique histories of injustice, incarceration, racism, colonialism and dispossession. This personal testimony from Heather Kamarra Shearer, one of the ‘stolen generation’ of Aboriginal Australians, reflects on her life story and her present vocation in the field of legal rights and as an artist.
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Troubled traces: painting and displaying intercultural traumas of Aboriginality

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