An individuals experience is what gives a landscape meaning. People experience the landscape differently depending on the personal circumstances of their life, their race, their religion, class and gender.
The landscape takes on a politicised meaning through the representation of distinct or dual experiences, such as the contrasting experiences of Aboriginals and Anglo-Saxons.
RACIAL HIERARCHIES IN A POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
Inner landscapes projected onto the external world reveal the ways that Indigenous Australians are marginalised in a cultural landscape which values Anglo-Europeans.
An example of this is Clare's ignorance to the Aboriginal belief that the spirit doesn't leave the body of the dead until after it has been officially blessed into the spirit world. She shows this when she visits Susan's deceased body. This shows racial superiority because it shows that Clare feels her Anglo Saxon beliefs are the only beliefs.
Can you think of any other examples of racial hierarchies? (even where racial hierarchies are questioned)
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der was sum barb wires at da start of da movie bruz
ReplyDeletethey left the aboriginal in the river
ReplyDeleteIt also shows racial hierarchy felix_rufus (bushy) because the barb wire splits the screen this shows that there are two sides and contrasts that people are against each other
ReplyDeletethey roped her in and tied her to a stick
ReplyDeleteall through out the movie water symbolises danger or death
ReplyDeleteOpening scene Barbwire crossing the screen.
ReplyDelete-showing many different divide's from Gender, racial,the mens stories Vs the communitiy.
Dead grass in the back-ground
-showing that the life of the town and the people in it has been sucked away.
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