Thanks Bob.
To give this a bit of plug (and to make up for past errors of judgement
and poor use of words), this looks excellent. Ethnoornithology is
certainly an interesting and expanding field and well worth examnation -
particularly on groups such as birding-aus that deals a lot in with
birds and cultural knowledge. (For example I've just signed Dave Torr's
online appeal to halt Victorian shooting at
http://www.saveourwaterbirds.org/.)
I should point out that Birds Australia has a Ethno-ornithology interest
group. For further information see
http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/the-organisation/ethno-ornithology.html
. Bob is the convenor and the groups contact details are on this site.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Robert Gosford
Sent: Saturday, 22 November 2008 5:48 PM
To: Birding-Aus; Birds Queensland Forum
Subject: New Ethnoornithology articles and posts at
TheNorthern Myth blog
Dear all,
Just a quick word to advise of the recent postings to my Crikey blog,
*The Northern Myth* over the past week or so to today, 22 November 2008.
This week there is a focus on Ethnoornithology - Birds and Cultural
Knowledge and Practice - in several of the posts but plenty of other
items of interest to those familiar with The Northern Myth
To have a closer look go to: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/
<http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/>
Recent postings at *The Northern Myth* include:
* Towards an (Australian) Indigenous Ornithology - Is Australia an
ornithological terra nullius? a paper I gave at the Australasian
ornithological Congress at Canberra, December 2003
<http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2008/11/22/towards-an-australian-in
digenous-ornithology-is-australia-an-ornithological-terra-nullius/>
* Birds of the week - two freed Wedge-tailed Eagles - relocating
Alice and Acacia from their home at the Desert Wildlife Park in
Alice Springs, NT
<http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2008/11/22/birds-of-the-week-two-fr
eed-wedgetailed-eagles/>
* The Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) - a lesson in indigenous
bird hunting and conservation - one aspect of bird knowledge shared
by New Zealand Maori and Australian Aboriginal peoples
<http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2008/11/19/the-sooty-shearwater-puf
finus-griseus-a-lesson-in-indigenous-bird-hunting-and-conservation/>
* People doing really stupid things with animals...swimming with
crocodiles and polar bears!
<http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2008/11/13/people-doing-really-stup
id-things-with-animals/>
* White trash - and proud of it! - a story about racial hysteria
<http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2008/11/19/white-trash-and-proud-of
-it/>
* Dogs of the Week - Camp Dogs on the Radio!! - links to an ABC
Radio series on people and their dogs in central Australia
<http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2008/11/22/dogs-of-the-week-camp-do
gs-on-the-radio/>
* The Northern Myth - Chapter 1 - a look at the first chapter of
Bruce Davidson's 1965 book, /The Northern Myth/
<http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2008/11/22/the-northern-myth-chapte
r-1/>
Please don't forget to pass this email on to any of your friends that
you think might appreciate it or might have a view to express.
And finally - please don't be shy - if you have a view...please express
it!! It takes just a few seconds to register and then you can post to
your heart's content!
I look forward to reading the new batch of comments from you all.
Cheers,
Bob Gosford
The Northern Myth
Yuendumu, NT
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