Oceania

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Oceania

• humanities

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HUMANITIES

• ART
• ARCHITECTURE
• DANCE
• FILM, THEATRE
• LITERATURE
• MUSIC
• RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY

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humanities

• APPLIED ARTS
• Decoration
• Clothing
• Cuisine

Tafaifai Applique http//www.tahiti1.com/en/indent
ity/handicraft-tifaifai.htm
Tiki Chain Saw Carving http//www.tikimaster.com/c
ategory/002
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ART

• Indigenous art
• Western-influenced

Aboriginal hollow log tomb http//en.wikipedia.or
g/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_art
Kenneth MacQueen http//www.qag.qld.gov.au/exhibit
ions/coming_soon
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PAUL GAUGUIN
http//www.wbur.org/arts/2005/48693_20050101.asp
http//www.wbur.org/arts/2005/48693_20050101.asp
Born 1848, in France, died in Tahiti, 1903
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architecture
Glenn Murcutt, Marika-Alderton house, Yirrkala
Community, 1991-94. Photograph by Glenn Murcutt.
Courtesy of the Pritzker Prize Jury Media Office
2002.
Don McMurdo, Fireworks over the Sydney Opera
House, Japan Week, 1988, slide. Image courtesy of
the National Library of Australia
http//www.architectureweek.com/cgi-bin/awimage?di
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e_3.jpgreturnindex.html
Gary Burgess Uluru-Kata Cultural Centre
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Sample Questions on arts

• How have the indigenous peoples of Oceania kept
  alive their traditional art forms?
• How are aborigine traditions represented in the
  interior decoration of Australia?
• What innovations are evident in the architecture
  of Jorn Utzon (Sydney Opera House)?
• Why did Paul Gauguin relocate to Tahiti?
• Are Gauguins paintings pornographic?

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MUSIC

• Australia ddgeridoo
• Outback music
• Pop AC/DC
• Country Keith Urban
• Childrens The Wiggles

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Music of the South Seas

• Polynesia --
• Hawaii
• Tahiti
• Bora-Bora

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

• NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
• SINGERS
• Kiri te Kanawa
• Nellie Melba
• Joan Sutherland
• AUSTRALIAN OPERA

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Sample Questions on Music

• Can music of the South Seas be taken seriously?
• What are the origins of traditional Australian
  music of the outback?
• How is the didgeridoo significant in Australian
  music?
• What is the cultural significance of the Hula?
• How has colonialism affected music in Oceania?

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Literature

• Colleen McCullough
• Kate Grenville
• Katherine Mansfield
• Tim Winton

http//www.amazon.com/s/refnb_ss_gw/002-9610186-3
110462?urlsearch-alias3Dapsfield-keywordstimw
intondirtmusic
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Sample Questions on Literature

• Compare The Ladies of Missalonghi with L.M.
  Montgomerys The Blue Castle.
• How did Katherine Mansfields New Zealand roots
  affect her short stories?
• Compare Tim Wintons Dirt Music to Bridges of
  Madison County.
• In terms of literary quality, does Thorn Birds
  deserve its popularity?

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RELIGION

• Religion affects cultural life of indigenous
  peoples
• Missionaries very active during 19th century
• Conflict between native and western religions

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MAJOR FILM MAKERS

• NEW ZEALAND
• Jane Campion
• Angel at My Table
• The Piano
• Lee Tomahori
• Once Were Warriors
• Peter Jackson
• Dead Alive
• Lord of the Rings
• Heavenly Creatures
• Vincent Ward
• The Navigator
• Map of the Human Heart

• AUSTRALIA
• Jon Muir
• Alone Across Australia
• Phillip Noyce
• Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Dead Calm
• The Quiet American
• Peter Weir
• Picnic at Hanging Rock
• Gallipoli
• Witness (US)
• Dead Poets Society (US)

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WESTERN FILMS ABOUT OCEANIA

• Father Damien the Leper Priest
• Molokai, the Story of Father Damien
• Hawaii
• South Pacific
• Tora, Tora, Tora!
• Pearl Harbor, Legacy of Attack
• Pearl Harbor
• Blue Hawaii

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ACTORS FROM AUSTRALIA

• Russell Crowe
• Gladiator
• Beautiful Mind
• Judy Davis
• A Passage to India
• Mel Gibson
• Braveheart
• Apocalypto
• Gallipoli
• The Passion of the Christ
• Nicole Kidman
• Dead Calm
• The Hours

• Naomi Watts
• 21 Grams
• Mulholland Drive
• King Kong
• Cate Blanchett
• Babel
• The Lord of the Rings
• Elizabeth
• Veronica Guerin
• Notes on a Scandal

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ALONE ACROSS AUSTRALIA
Jon Muir single handedly filmed his journey from
the Southern coast of Australia to the Northern
coast.
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Walkabout
Two stranded Australian children are aided by a
young aborigine on his Walkabout. Directed by
Nicolas Roeg.
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ONCE WERE WARRIORS
Director Lee Tomahori and a cast of Maori actors
present a compelling story of how to be true to
ones heritage in the contemporary world.
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WHALE RIDER
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Rabbit Proof Fence
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PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK
Beautiful Australian scenery is the backdrop for
this mystery based on a novel by Joan Lindsay.
Directed by Peter Weir.
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ANGEL AT MY TABLE
Directed by New Zealand director Jane Campion,
this film is based on the struggle with mental
illness of writer Janet Frame. Includes
commentaries and interviews.
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DEAD ALIVE
Early Horror film from New Zealand director Peter
Jackson (better known for The Lord of the Rings.
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SAMPLE FILM TOPICS

• Compare Peter Jacksons early films to Lord of
  the Rings
• What are some influences on Peter Jackson (Ray
  Harryhausen, David Lean?)
• Compare Walkabout to Along Across Australia.
• What do Picnic at Hanging Rock and Walkabout
  have in common?
• What are the social influences that inform the
  films Once Were Warriors and Whale Rider?

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MUSIC TO CHOOSE TOPICS BY