Singing bones : ancestral creativity and collaboration / Samuel Curkpatrick.

This book documents cross-cultural collaboration between manikay singers from south-east Arnhem Land and the Australian Art Orchestra. The interwoven voices of the project are explored as an example of creative intercultural collaboration and a continuation of the manikay tradition.

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Intro -- Singing Bones half title page -- Singing Bones title page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1 Impelled: Songs from the Ground -- 2 Connected in Song -- 3 Abundant Articulation: The Living Text of Manikay -- 4 Narrative Constellations -- 5 Singing Bones: "Those Clapping Sticks Have a Song" -- 6 Grooving Together: The Crossing Roper Bar Collaboration -- 7 Interwoven Voices: A Brilliant Aesthetic -- 8 Collaboration and Creativity -- Epilogue: New Friendships -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Appendix 1: Manikay song sequences

Appendix 2: Song Texts -- Appendix 3: Young Wägilak Group tour and performance history -- Index

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