Fijian Art and Material Culture
Essays, papers and articles by Rod Ewins
o Full bibliography of books and articles by Rod Ewins
o An Introduction to Fijian Art [excerpt from Fijian Artefacts in Tasmania, 2014: 7-9]
o The acoustic properties of the Fijian "slit gongs" [Published as Chapter 17 in Art and Performance in Oceania, Edited by Barry Craig, Bernie Kernot and Christopher Anderson. Bathurst (NSW), Crawford House Publishing. 1999: 173-8]
o Barkcloth and the Development of Paper [Published in Conference Papers,1st National Paper Conference. Hobart, Papermakers of Australia.1987, 11-15]
o Dard Hunter and the Bark-Paper of the Pacific [Published as Chapter 4 IN Speaking of paper…The Anita Lynn Forgach keynote speakers, Edited by Whitney S. Baker. Chillicothe (OH): Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc. 2010: 39-57
o The Fiji collections of the South Australian Museum [annotated database 2001 ongoing]
o Fijian dress and body modification [Published as Chapter 11 IN Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion. Vol.7 "Polynesia". Oxford, Berg Fashion Library, Ltd. 2010: 435-43]
o Fijian Pottery (illustrated monograph that accompanied an exhibition)
o A Fijian Potter at the Tasmanian School of Art [Published in Pottery in Australia. Aug. 1987: 66-67]
o Lali, the drums of Fiji [Published as full-issue article in Domodomo, Fiji Museum Quarterly 1986: 4(4) ]
o New ambitions: World War II as stimulus for the bark-cloth industry of Vatulele Island, Fiji. Presented at a Special Session of the Pacific Arts Association: Festschrift to Honor Dr Philip J.C. Dark, Oct 20-24, 1999. Published pp.245-58 in "Proceedings Working Papers, Robert L. Welsh ed., Chicago, Field Museum 1999.
o Outsider curiosity, indigenous agency, and cultural imperialism. The trade in Fijian objects. [Online only. The original version of this paper was presented at the conference “Imperial Curiosity: Objects, Representations, Knowledges”, Hobart, Tasmania, June 27th-29th 2007].
o Proto-Polynesian Art? The cliff-paintings of Vatulele, Fiji [Published in Journal of the Polynesian Society 1995, 103(1): 23-74]
o Re-imagining identity and re-configuring barkcloth in Fiji [Published as un-numbered chapter IN Made in Oceania: tapa - art and social landscapes / Tapa - Kunst und Lebenswelten. Bilingual in English and German]. Mesenhöller, Peter and Oliver Lueb (eds.), Köln (Cologne): Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum. 2013: 82-97]
o The red barkcloths of Fiji: Na masi damu ni Viti
o Several myths surrounding Fijian art [Talk given to the Oceanic Art Society, Sydney Australia, 24 Sept. 2014]
o Symmetry and Semiotics: the case of Fijian barkcloth figuration [Chapter 9 IN Embedded symmetries, natural and cultural (Amerind New World Studies Series), D.Washburn (ed.) Albuquerque (NM) : University of New Mexico Press in cooperation with the Amerind Foundation. 2004: 161-183 ]
o Traditional Craft in Developing Countries: Living Fossil or Living Art? [Conference Keynote Address published in First South Pacific Arts Conference Report. Suva, Fiji Ministry of Education. 1980: 42-56]
o Traditional Fijian Artefacts 2014 — Reviews by Dr Crispin Horwath, Curator of Pacific Art at the National Gallery of Australia, and Dr Barry Craig, Curator of Pacific Ethnology at the South Australian Museum.
o Two important Fijian whale teeth in Tasmania [Published in Kanunnah 6, 2013: 94-107.] {Kanunnah is the annual research journal of the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery.}
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