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Remembering Deep Pasts for the Present: the Transformative Potential of Indigenous Memory Cultures in Australia and Globally
Australia is witnessing a surge of public works by Indigenous creatives across the arts that broadcast the message of ‘ever present’ and ‘always will be’.
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From markets to ‘mal-kets’: Infrastructure modernisation or cultural erosion?
Recommended Citation Asante, L. A., Bandauko, E., & Amoah, M. (2026). From markets to ‘mal-kets’: Infrastructure modernisation or cultur...
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The work of culture in an age of informational capital
The major project is to outline and pursue further research on the forthcoming book, titled ‘Intellectual Property and its Publics: The Work of Culture in an Era of Informational Capital’ which explores new pressures and tendencies to treat culture as a resource and the growing propensity to claim rights on cultural grounds under neoliberal capitalism.
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Urban Music and Identities
Cape Town has a rich and most diverse musical heritage, shaped by all kinds of cosmopolitan influences.
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Methodological Work Towards a Contemporary African Ephemeral Literature Archive
The published novel is on the decline across the African continent.
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The Expanding Purview of Cultural Properties and their Politics
Rosemary J. Coombe. 2009. The Expanding Purview of Cultural Properties and their Politics. Annual Review of Law and Social Science 5, 18.1–1...
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‘Possessing Culture’: Political Economies of Community Subjects and Cultural Rights
Rosemary J. Coombe. 2009. ‘Possessing Culture’: Political Economies of Community Subjects and Cultural Rights. Ownership and Appropriation
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Cultural Agencies: The ‘Construction’ of Community Subjects & their Traditions
Rosemary J. Coombe. 2010. Cultural Agencies: The ‘Construction’ of Community Subjects & their Traditions. In Mario Biagioli, Peter Jaszi, an...
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Renewing ‘That Which Was Almost Lost or Forgotten’: The Implications of Old Ethnologies for Present-Day Traditional Ecological Knowledge Among Canada’s Pacific Coast Peoples
Newell, Dianne C. 2015. Renewing ‘That Which Was Almost Lost or Forgotten’: The Implications of Old Ethnologies for Present-Day Traditional ...
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Commemorating Painful Pasts through Performative Practices
The 19th and the beginning of the 20th century have left a dark legacy behind: world wars, genocides, civil wars, dictatorships and terrorist attacks with millions of people tortured, persecuted, displaced, dead, or disappeared without a trace.
