ABSTRACT

This article argues that the inclusion of Indigenous Australian arts within federal cultural policymaking transitioned during the 1960s and 1970s from a salvage paradigm of value towards policies articulating self-determined Indigenous representation and the potential for a “healthy nationalism”. The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (1964), the Aboriginal Arts Board (1973) and their joint proposal for a Gallery of Aboriginal Australia (1975) form the basis of this discussion and are representative of federal initiatives to “salvage”, collect and promote Indigenous Australian culture within the national image. Despite commitments to controlling Indigenous representations as a “tribal” phenomenon, the late 1960s saw cultural nationalism flourish and Indigenous Australians achieve symbolic recognition in the 1967 Referendum. By the 1970s, shifting scholarly paradigms transformed artistic patronage towards a policy of self-determination for the arts as Indigenous activism succeeded in forcing change within cultural institutions. Proposals for a Gallery of Aboriginal Australia typified the aspirations of policymakers who sought a greater Indigenous emphasis in Australia's cultural identity and, for Indigenous people, promised to reform colonial representations. The gallery's delayed emergence revealed the declining cultural vision of previous decades as Indigenous Australians continued to push the structures of governance to value their cultural knowledge.

摘要

本文认为，在 1960 年代和 1970 年代期间，将澳大利亚土著艺术纳入联邦文化政策制定从价值的挽救范式转变为阐明自主决定的土著代表和“健康民族主义”潜力的政策。澳大利亚原住民研究所（1964 年）、原住民艺术委员会（1973 年）和他们关于澳大利亚原住民画廊的联合提案（1975 年）构成了本次讨论的基础，代表了联邦“挽救”、收集和促进国家形象中的澳大利亚土著文化。尽管承诺将土著代表作为一种“部落”现象加以控制，但 1960 年代后期文化民族主义蓬勃发展，土著澳大利亚人在 1967 年的全民公决中获得了象征性的承认。到 1970 年代，随着土著激进主义成功地迫使文化机构内部发生变化，不断变化的学术范式将艺术赞助转变为艺术自决政策。澳大利亚原住民画廊的提案代表了政策制定者的愿望，他们在澳大利亚的文化认同中寻求更多的原住民强调，并承诺对原住民的殖民表现进行改革。画廊的延迟出现揭示了过去几十年随着土著澳大利亚人继续推动治理结构以重视他们的文化知识的文化视野的下降。澳大利亚原住民画廊的提案代表了政策制定者的愿望，他们在澳大利亚的文化认同中寻求更多的原住民强调，并承诺对原住民的殖民表现进行改革。画廊的延迟出现揭示了过去几十年随着土著澳大利亚人继续推动治理结构以重视他们的文化知识的文化视野的下降。澳大利亚原住民画廊的提案代表了政策制定者的愿望，他们在澳大利亚的文化认同中寻求更多的原住民强调，并承诺对原住民的殖民表现进行改革。画廊的延迟出现揭示了过去几十年随着土著澳大利亚人继续推动治理结构以重视他们的文化知识的文化视野的下降。