Arts and Culture in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia
Special Issue of Rural Society
Volume 13 Issue 3 December 2003
iv+148 pages ISBN 978-0-9775242-0-4
Editors:
Ray Goodlass, Marion Bannister and Rachael Williams
Centre for Rural Social Research
Charles Sturt University, NSW
A demonstration of 'the diversity of arts practice and cultural life in regional, rural and remote Australia... Difference might not exactly flourish, and in some ways metropolitan art continues to be imposed on the regions, but in some ways...our culture is our own and art by and about local people is being made'.
Ray Goodlass - Guest Editorial
This Special Issue of Rural Society explores arts and culture in rural, regional and remote Australia, documenting cultural history and asserting the centrality of the arts in both marginalised and dominant communities. It recognises the important role arts and cultural activity play in creating and maintaining healthy communities.
While examining several key aspects of arts practice and cultural activity, in the context of rural society, it more significantly considers the contributions beyond those of mainstream Anglo-Celtic Australian practitioners or consumers - including indigenous culture and inter-cultural arts practice. Arts and Culture in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia is a testimony to:
- The important role arts and cultural activity play in creating and maintaining healthy communities
- The vulnerability of indigenous cultures in the face of rampant global development, while celebrating the resilience of Aboriginal culture
- The power of music and dance as agents of positive social change.
Available separately as a book, Arts and Culture in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia is essential reading for policy makers, arts councils and state art ministries, as well as researchers and teachers in the field of the arts, culture and rural society, as well as in community empowerment, arts therapy and public funding.
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