Rivers have always been sites for stories, myths and rituals as well as political conflict.
Historian Heather Goodall in her talk Geographies of Memory: Oral History and Contested Rivers in Australia, held recently and organised by the Centre for Public History, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, provided an analysis of the relation of man to rivers and the ever-changing nature of rivers.
In her talk, she focused on two case studies, one in rural Australia and the other in Sydney, where the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin and the Georges River flow, respectively.
Unique Gift
Through oral records and spatial analysis she unlocked the hidden histories of these rivers.
Portrait Artist
She first spoke on her project Talking Fish, a study on the changing nature of the rivers, fish and fishing of the Murray-Darling basin.
For this project she worked in collaboration with Jodi Frawley, Scott Nichols and Liz Baker. Goodall pointed out the unpredictability of the rivers; while in some places they flow to a trickle, they overflow in others, causing floods.
However, as a historian, Goodall’s interest was “not in how the river flowed, but how people relate to and perceive it.
Read More: http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/history-that-flows-through-rivers/article3965017.ece
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