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The terra of recognition

The Terra of Recognition: New Essays in Australian Studies- While it is no longer so easy to see Australia as 'tabula rasa', debate over the meaning of 'country' remains critical for reactionary and for progressive forces alike. Dominant narratives that attempt to maintain colonialist ways of knowing are troubled by Aboriginal, multicultural, Left, feminist, and queer voices, who offer dissonant histories and presents. This collection is a further example of this resignification process occurring at a particular historical juncture. A number of the essays were originally presented as papers at the International Australian Studies conference held at the Ipswich campus of the University of Queensland in July 2000, the theme of which was 'Country'. The essays demonstrate the ways in which 'country' is being re-cognised in three interrelated senses of the word: in terms of perception; in terms of knowledge; and in the legal sense of formal recognition of Indigenous country. The essays are arranged into the recurrent categories through which the authors come to know (and as Foucault makes clear, to repossess) 'country'; furthermore,these categories, Place and Past, Cultural Narratives, and Consumption, signpost key concerns of the historical moment. While place and history have always been central to national definition, a number of these essays attest to the contemporary emphasis on a link between history and a quite specific locale, and also to the ways in which we can reread the past through the particular uses of space. The category Cultural Narratives suggests the ongoing importance of stories and related forms of cultural practices to the making of 'country'.