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Mobility and modernity in Arnhem Land: The social universe of Kuninjku trucks.

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dc.contributor.authorAltman, Jon
dc.contributor.authorHinkson, Melinda
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:47:59Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T11:56:01Z
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the central role played by vehicles in a contradictory set of social processes that have unfolded in western Arnhem Land, north Australia, over the last five decades. Motor vehicles have mediated much of humanity's experience of the
dc.identifier.issn1359-1835
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/26295
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.sourceJournal of Material Culture
dc.subjectKeywords: material culture; mobility; modernity; transportation development; transportation history; trucking; Arnhem Land; Australasia; Australia; Northern Territory Aboriginal Australia; Arnhem land; Modernity; Outstations; Vehicles
dc.titleMobility and modernity in Arnhem Land: The social universe of Kuninjku trucks.
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage203
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage181
local.contributor.affiliationAltman, Jon, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationHinkson, Melinda, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidAltman, Jon, u8302580
local.contributor.authoruidHinkson, Melinda, u4034866
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor169902 - Studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Society
local.identifier.absfor160104 - Social and Cultural Anthropology
local.identifier.ariespublicationU8304786xPUB43
local.identifier.citationvolume12
local.identifier.doi10.1177/1359183507078122
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-34250659773
local.type.statusPublished Version

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