https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx Planning for ARTS1000 Essay on following question: "What are the key arguments in the published literature regarding the lifestyle and economy of prehistoric Australians, and to what degree are they contested?". en-us 2020-03-23 06:22:25 UTC 2025-11-04 13:34:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470388202 WHAT ARE THE KEY ARGUMENTS?

Viewed by some as a primitive peoples, hunter-gatherer lifestyle

Others claim a Western Bias preventing validity of inferences/research

Claims their culture was much more fluid and changing]]> 2020-03-23 06:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470388202 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470389854 In the published literature regarding the lifestyle and economy of humans in prehistoric Australia, the key arguments suggest Aboriginal Australians lived primitive lives, whilst other arguments suggest a Western Bias is inhibiting interpretations of Indigenous Society, viewpoints that are contested highly in the field of archaeology.]]> 2020-03-23 06:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470389854 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470391397 What are the arguments for a primitive lifestyle? What evidence supports them?

- Hunter-gatherer lifestyle with limited agriculture, no breeding of animals

- 'Noble Savages' view of Aboriginal people 

- Stone tool usage, limited technological advancements]]> 2020-03-23 06:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470391397 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470393032 What are the arguments that Aboriginal lifestyles where actually much more complex? Western Bias as an interference.

- To get from Sunda to Sahul, required sophisticated sea-faring technology, earliest example of sea travel

- Possible Western Bias surrounding idea of what agriculture 'actually is' inhibiting research around Aboriginal Agriculture, which existed, simply in a different form to Western agriculture

- Impacts of 'Noble Savage' viewpoint

- Complex relgion, art, oral language and trade. Western bias about importance of a WRITTEN language in determining level of societal sophistication.

- Western bias surrounding idea that having no permanent 'home base' makes society less sophisticated/civillised.]]> 2020-03-23 06:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470393032 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470396487 What will this essay be about?
- What key arguments exist in the published literature?
- About Aboriginal lifestyles and trade
- How highly are they contested?]]> 2020-03-23 07:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470396487 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470398193 Why do some people view Aboriginal Australians as 'primitive?
What evidence is there to support this view?
What evidence challenges this, linking to next paragraph.]]> 2020-03-23 07:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470398193 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470399052 Western biases surrounding ideas of 'home bases', written language and agriculture having an impact.

Evidence supporting claims of more sophisticated, complex lifestyle than previously thought.]]> 2020-03-23 07:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470399052 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470400204 Level of contestion?]]> 2020-03-23 07:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470400204 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470401431 Using original reports from European colonists as evidence of primitive lifestyle in Aboriginal Australians is unreliable, due to present biases in the authors.
Wished not to show evidence that may make Aboriginal Australians seem 'humanised', and thus often excluded certain information.]]> 2020-03-23 07:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470401431 32026507 https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470402906 Glorification of Aboriginal culture/lifestyle devalues those who chose not to live traditional lifestyle, resulting in problems in modern day society.

As important as it is to view Aboriginal culture in an objective light, glorification of their culture is just as bad as the downplaying/erasure of their culture, as it gives a false account/representation.]]> 2020-03-23 07:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/32026507/j345j5if3cbx/wish/470402906