Nature's place as a cultural chameleon: the case of Uluru (Ayers Rock)
"Uluru (Ayers Rock) is an extraordinary phenomenon-a distinctive and unique place of Nature, constructed from different layers of nature. The infrastructure layer is the Rock itself as imagined independently of cultural gaze (First-layered Nature); multiple natural constructions influenced by c...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Champaign, IL
Common Ground
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | The constructed environment
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| Further subjects: | B
Aboringinal Australians (Australia) (Uluru / Ayers Rock (N.T.))
B Archaeology (Australia) (Uluru / Ayers Rock (N.T.)) B Ethnology (Australia) (Uluru / Ayers Rock (N.T.)) B Uluru / Ayers Rock (N.T.) Antiquities |
| Summary: | "Uluru (Ayers Rock) is an extraordinary phenomenon-a distinctive and unique place of Nature, constructed from different layers of nature. The infrastructure layer is the Rock itself as imagined independently of cultural gaze (First-layered Nature); multiple natural constructions influenced by cultural and societal background of diverse reactions (Second-layered Nature); a promoted place and space of natural tourist landscape, commodifying nature (Third-layered Nature). Thus, from Uluru's interlocking layers and the complexity of multicultural perceptions of the natures there, it is a focus of a contested place and space of worthwhile study. This is because the spatiality of its natures evolving over time mirrors the changing socio-cultural drivers of the wider society and beyond-a colonial/postcolonial melting pot of change, real and imagined, within a remote location far removed from the everyday, showing that even remote nature cannot evade the socio-cultural world's life processes, creating a cultural chameleon of nature"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | ix, 312 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 186335168X |