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By-Roads and Hidden Treasures: Mapping Cultural Assets in Regional Australia
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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By-Roads and Hidden Treasures: Mapping Cultural Assets in Regional Australia
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Paul Ashton
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Edited by Ross Gibson
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Edited by Chris Gibson
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:320 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781742586243
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Classifications | Dewey:363.690994 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
UWA Publishing
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Imprint |
UWAP
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Publication Date |
1 December 2014 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
What is keeping people strong in isolated and under-populated locales, and how much of that is cultural? In 2008 the Cultural Asset Mapping for Regional Australia (CAMRA) project was born with the very simple question: 'how can we best map regional culture in contemporary Australia so that we can assess that culture's value?' In the five years that followed, what transpired was an unpredictable journey into unlikely places and too-often neglected communities across regional Australia, from western Sydney to the central desert, from east coast surfboard-shapers to Torres Straight hip-hop musicians. Their experiences, stories and insights confronted existing assumptions, and challenged many of the cherished precepts of cultural policy and creative industries research.
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