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Johnny - I thought this contribution might be of interest to maps-l folk
who are not in receipt of gis-l traffic:
From: Charles Hendricksen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: GIS and indigenous people
I wonder if anyone has done something with the Australian Aboriginal
songlines. The songlines are sacred chants which could be characterized
irreverently as oral wayfinding maps. The songlines form a web over the
land, convering at nodes which are especially sacred. For a description
of songlines (and current social conditions among aboriginals) in the
popular literature see "Songlines" by Bruce Chatwin.
Charlie Hendricksen [log in to unmask]
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%Charles Hendricksen Multiple recipients 4/03/93*GIS and indigenous people