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Community Archaeology and Oral Tradition: Commemorating and teaching cultural awareness on Mua Island, Torres Strait

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Education is about learning. But it is not always about teaching. Nor is it always held in formal educational settings. Here we present an example from Mua Island in Torres Strait, where cultural knowledge was recently communicated and passed down to the younger generation through community participation rather than through formal educational institutions. The role that community research and ceremonies play in customary learning is here brought out through recent commemoration of the legendary hero Goba on Mua Island.

Source: The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

DOI: 10.1017/s1326011100003689

Authors: Liam M. Brady, Bruno David, Louise Manas, The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

Institutions: Monash University, Queensland Government

Language: English

Topic: Australian Indigenous Culture and History

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1491322183

FWCI: 1.806

Cites: 14

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10