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Decolonising the mind : the impact of the university on culture and identity in Papua New Guinea, 1971-74 / Ulli Beier.
- Title
- Decolonising the mind : the impact of the university on culture and identity in Papua New Guinea, 1971-74 / Ulli Beier.
- Author
- Beier, Ulli.
- Publication
- Canberra : Pandanus Books, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | LG961.P3 P3815 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
- Description
- xvii, 169 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- Aust'n. An unusual memoir that tells the story of Ulli and Georgina Beier's experiences in Papua New Guinea during the 1960s and '70s. Ulli Beir was employed as a lecturer in New English Writing at UPNG and, in partnership with Georgina, they established a centre of art and literature in Port Moresby that stimulated the careers of some of the region's most celebrated artists and writers.
- Subject
- Beier, Ulli
- Beier, Georgina, 1938-2021
- Beier, Georgina, 1938-2021
- Beier, Ulli
- University of Papua New Guinea > Influence
- University of Papua New Guinea > History
- University of Papua New Guinea
- Lecturers > Papua New Guinea > Biography
- Art and literature > Papua New Guinea > History
- Social change > Papua New Guinea
- Conférenciers > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Biographies
- Art et littérature > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire
- Art and literature
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Lecturers
- Social change
- Papua New Guinea
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine derived contents note: An unexpected challenge I -- In the 'boys university' 5 -- 'Cautiously advance atomic age' -- the Papuan 'Poet Laureate' 12 -- Ten thousand years in a lifetime 20 -- Sanity in the mental hospital 28 -- The Papua Pocket Poets 43 -- Finding their own voice 51 -- 'The future is their concern' -- the beginnings of 61 -- contemporary theatre in Papua New Guinea -- The pioneer of contemporary PNG art -- Akis of Tsembaga 71 -- Inventing his own tradition -- Mathias Kauage 80 -- Kauage's visit to Bayreuth and London, 8 June-6 August 1994 95 -- Georgina Beier -- The modem artist in an egalitarian society -- the tragic story of Marie Taita Aihi 107 -- From 'boy wire' to art -- Ruki Fame 118 -- Art as a criminal offence -- the vision of Wanamera 125 -- The African connection 135 -- Encounters 141 -- A reluctant farewell 155.
- ISBN
- 1740761375
- 9781740761376
- LCCN
- 2006365336
- OCLC
- 65165586
- SCSB-10637106
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library