Is the aboriginal landscape sentient? Animism, the new animism and the Warlpiri

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2011

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Peterson, Nicolas

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Oceania Publications

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It is now commonplace for some anthropologists, and others, to say that for Aboriginal Australians in the remote regions, the landscape is 'sentient', however, what that means is not always clear. Are the anthropologists using this term metaphorically or

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Keywords: Animism; Indigenous Australians; Metaphor; Sentient landscape; Symbolic action; Warlpiri

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Oceania

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2037-12-31