In the author's own words, Dreaming Ecology 'explores a holistic understanding of the interconnections of people, country, kinship, creation and the living world within a context of mobility. Implicitly it asks how people lived so sustainably for so long'. It offers a telling critique of the loss of Indigenous life, human and non-human, in the wake of white settler colonialism and this becoming 'cattle country'. It offers a fresh perspective on nomadics grounded in 'footwalk epistemology' and 'an ethics of return sustained across different species, events, practices and scales'.

'This is the final and most substantial of Debbie's love letters to the Aboriginal people of the Victoria River Downs. I say this because there is such a sense of reverence, wonder and respect throughout the book. The introduction of concepts of double-death, footwalk epistemology, wild country … are not only organising ideas but characterisations arising from what Debbie hears, sees and feels of herself and Aboriginal others … I think of it in terms of love, if love is care, reciprocal respect, deep connectivity and a strong desire to never make less of the people she chose to commit herself to.'
—Richard Davis

'This book was a pleasure to read, filled with careful description of people, places, and various plants and animals, and insightful analysis of the patterns and commitments that hold them together in the world.'
—Thom van Dooren

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Information

Publisher

ANU Press

Year

2024

ISBN

9781760466282

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Cultural & Social Anthropology

Index

Social Sciences

List of Illustrations
Notes for the Reader
Acknowledgements
Prelude 1. Dreaming Ecology: Bringing to Fruition
Prelude 2. Debbie and Yarralin: The Early Years
Prelude 3. Deborah Bird Rose—Ahla Tyaemaen
Prelude 4. Dreaming Ecology: Reflections
1. Coming into Country
2. Footwalk Epistemology
3. Walkabout
4. Dreaming Organisation
5. ‘Looking at all the Country’
6. Attentive Subjects
7. Interactive Benefits
8. Wild and Ugly
9. Coming into Life
Appendix 1. Letter from Brian Pedwell
Bibliography
Index