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PUBLIC TALK: Exhibition Talk: Uncharted Territory

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Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
Exhibition Talk: Uncharted Territory : Recollections of the pioneering experiences of Ronald and Catherine Berndt Other events...
Join us for a talk by Dr John E Stanton sharing quotes directly from the Berndt's recollections of their pioneering experience, at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Friday 26 April 2013.

As young PhD students, Ronald and Catherine Berndt were sent into the uncharted Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea to conduct anthropological fieldwork. The Berndts’ period there represents the crucial moment of first contact by local people with the external world.

A week long trek from the road-head into the broad kunai grasslands of the upper valleys was just the start of their journey. This talk quotes directly from the Berndts’ recollections of their pioneering experience, and examines what their research taught the world.

This talk is part of the broader public program of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology in relation to the current exhibition 'Through the Kunai Grass". For more information, visit the exhibition website: http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/exhibitions/through-the-kunai-grass
Speaker(s) Dr John E Stanton, Curatorial Director, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, UWA
Location Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
Contact Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery <[email protected]> : (08) 6488 3707
URL http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/publicprogram
Start Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:00
End Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:00
Submitted by Caine Chennatt <[email protected]>
Last Updated Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:30
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