Remembering the future : Walpiri life through the prism of drawing

Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press [AIATSIS], 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. xi, 178, illustrated.

‘What can a collection of drawings reveal about their makers? Crayon drawings collected by anthropologists provide an illuminating prism through which to explore how the Warlpiri people of Central Australia have seen their place in the world and have been seen by others. In a lucid style Remembering the Future tracks the return to communities of an important collection, six decades after they were made. Discussions with many people, journeys to places and archival research build a compelling account of the colonial and contemporary circumstances of Warlpiri lives.’ – the publisher

Chapter 1 Locating the Warlpiri drawings; Interlude II Olive Pink’s picnic;

Chapter 2 Seeing the Warlpiri;

Chapter 3 The superintendent’s window; Interlude III The road to Hooker Creek;

Chapter 4 Back to Yarripirlangu; Interlude IV Remembering Mervyn Meggitt (1924-2004);

Chapter 5 Trees at Hooker Creek;

Chapter 6 Remembering the future; Warlpiri drawings collected by Mervyn Meggitt, Hooker Creek 1953-54.