Howard Morphy

2021

Ancestors, artefacts, empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish Museums

Sculthorpe, G., Nugent, M. & Morphy, H., 2021, London: British Museum Press. 272 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review

Encountering Objects: Introduction

Sculthorpe, G., Nugent, M. & Morphy, H., 2021, Ancestors, artefacts, empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish Museums. S. G. N. M. M. H. (ed.). London: British Museum Press, Vol. 1. p. 16-23

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Introduction

Sculthorpe, G., Nugent, M. & Morphy, H., 2021, Ancestors, artefacts, empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish Museums. S. G. N. M. M. H. (ed.). London: British Museum Press, Vol. 1. p. 16-23

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2020

'Locating "mind" (and "soul") cross-culturally

Morphy, F. & Morphy, H., 2020, Meaning, Life and Culture: In conversation with Anna Wierzbicka. H. B. Z. Y. (ed.). 1st ed. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press, Vol. 1. p. 249-271

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Museums, Infinity and the Culture of Protocols

Morphy, H., 2020, 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge. 126 p. (Musuems in Focus)

Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Toponyms from 3000 years ago? Implications for the history and structure of the Yolŋu social formation in north-east Arnhem Land

Morphy, F., Morphy, H., Faulkner, P. & Barber, M., 1 Oct 2020, In: Archaeology in Oceania. 55, 3, p. 153-167 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

6 Citations (Scopus)

2019

The visual arts

Morphy, H., Morphy, F. & Seger-Pilkington, G., 2019, Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia (Second Edition). B. A. . F. M. (ed.). 2nd ed. Sydney: Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, Vol. 1. p. 110-123

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

2017

Collections, Connections, Relationships

Morphy, H., 2017, Canberra.

Research output: Book/Report › Textual Creative Work

Encounters at the National Museum of Australia: a moment in an ongoing process of engagement

Morphy, H., 21 Oct 2017, In: International Journal of Heritage Studies. 23, 9, p. 875-878 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Relative Autonomy, Sociocultural Trajectories and the Emergence of Something New

Morphy, F. & Morphy, H., 2017, In: Insights. 10, 9, p. 1-11pp

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Trajectories and themes in the art of Arnhem Land

Morphy, H., 2017, Territoire Du Reve - Art Aborigene Contemporain. P. S. (ed.). Paris, France: ARTEOS, Vol. 1. p. 167-203

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2016

Extended lives in global spaces: The anthropology of Yolngu pre-burial ceremonies

Morphy, H., 1 Jun 2016, In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 22, 2, p. 332-355 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

4 Citations (Scopus)

Thwarted aspirations: The political economy of a Yolngu outstation, 1972 to the present

Morphy, F. & Morphy, H., 2016, Experiments in Self-Determination: Histories of the outstation movement in Australia. N. P. A. F. M. (ed.). 1st ed. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press, Vol. 1. p. 301-321

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2015

Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation - A Personal Reflection

Morphy, H., 2015, In: Museum Worlds: Advances in Research. 3, 1, p. 7-17

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access Versus the Culture of Protocols

Morphy, H., 2015, Museum as Process: Translating Local and Global Knowledges. R. A. S. (ed.). 1st ed. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, Vol. 1. p. 90-104

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

The BP exhibition Indigenous Australia enduring civilisation

Sculthorpe, G., Carty, J., Morphy, H., Nugent, M., Coates, I., Bolton, L. & Jones, J., 2015, 1st ed. London, United Kingdom: The British Museum Press. 272 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review

The Displaced Local : Multiple Agency in the Building of Museums' Ethnographic Collections

Morphy, H., 2015, The International Handbooks of Museum Studies: Museum Theory. K. M. A. A. W. (ed.). 1st ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, Vol. 1. p. 365-387

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2013

Anthropological theory and government policy in australia's northern territory: The hegemony of the "mainstream"

Morphy, F. & Morphy, H., Jun 2013, In: American Anthropologist. 115, 2, p. 174-187 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

38 Citations (Scopus)

Art as action: The yolngu

Morphy, H., 15 Jun 2013, Up Close and Personal: On Peripheral Perspectives and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge. Berghahn Books, Vol. 25. p. 127-139 13 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Meaningful Form: the changing boundaries between anthropology and art history

Morphy, H., 2013, CIHA2012 Nuremberg: The Challenge of the Object / The challenge of the object.. G. U. G. P. K. (ed.). Germany: Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Vol. 4. p. 1500-1504

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Relative Autonomy Revisited: Reply to Francesca Merlan

Morphy, F. & Morphy, H., Dec 2013, In: American Anthropologist. 115, 4, p. 639-641 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

7 Citations (Scopus)

Spencer at Oenpelli

Morphy, H., 2013, Glorious Days Australia 1913. M. H. (ed.). 1st ed. Canberra: National Museum of Australia Press, Vol. 1. p. 159-168

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2012

Aboriginal Australian Art in America

Morphy, H., 2012, Crossing Cultures: The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art at the Hood Museum of Art. S. G. (ed.). 1st ed. Hanover USA: University Press of New England, Vol. 1. p. 19-30pp

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Art as Action, Art as Evidence

Morphy, H., 18 Sept 2012, The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies. Oxford University Press

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Open Access

Becoming a Visual Anthropologist

Morphy, H., 2012, In: Humanities Research. XVIII, 1, p. 5-20

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Epilogue: The recognition of Aboriginal art and the building of collections

Morphy, H., 1 Jan 2012, Narrating Objects, Collecting Stories: Essays in Honour of Professor Susan M. Pearce. Taylor and Francis, p. 271-282 12 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Ivan Karp: (1943-2011)

Arnoldi, M. J., Morphy, H., Nzewi, U. S. C., Thompson, K., Kreamer, C. M. & Ross, D. H., Jun 2012, In: African Arts. 45, 2, p. 8-11 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

New cases, new technologies: applying anthropological research in changing times

Morphy, H. & Morphy, F., 2012, Taking Stock: The Humanities in Australian Life Since 1968. M. F. A. I. D. (ed.). 1st ed. Perth Australia: UWA Publishing, Vol. 1. p. 288-300

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Reading spencer and gillen

Morphy, H., Dec 2012, In: Sophia. 51, 4, p. 545-560 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

Recursive and Iterative Processes in Australian Rock Art: An Anthropological Perspective

Morphy, H., 23 Jul 2012, A Companion to Rock Art. John Wiley and Sons, p. 294-305 12 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

25 Citations (Scopus)

Soon we will be spending all our time at funerals: Yolngu mortuary rituals in an epoch of constant change

Morphy, F. & Morphy, H., 2012, Returns to the Field: Multitemporal Research and Contemporary Anthropology. S. H. A. A. T. (ed.). 1st ed. Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press , Vol. 1. p. 49-72

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The Anthropologist's Point of View: Eight Ethnographers Discuss Their Works and Lives

Morphy, H., 2012

Research output: Non-textual form › Audio/Visual Format

2011

Ancestral Connections

Morphy, H., 2011, Richmond, Australia: Niagara Galleries.

Research output: Book/Report › Textual Creative Work

Coming to Terms with Aboriginal Art in the 1960's

Morphy, H., 2011, The Cambridge Companion to Australian Art. J. A. (ed.). 1st ed. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, Vol. 1. p. 153-167

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Larrakitj - Death and the Celebration of Life

Morphy, H., 2011, Kerry Stokes Collection. A. M. B. (ed.). 1st ed. Australia: Australian Capital Equity, Vol. 1. p. 27-35

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Moving the body painting into the art gallery - knowing about and appreciating works of Aboriginal art

Morphy, H., 2011, In: Journal of Art Historiography. 4, p. 2-20

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

'Not Just Pretty Pictures': Relative Autonomy and the Articulations of Yolngu Art in its Contexts

Morphy, H., 2011, Ownership and Appropriation. V. S. A. M. B. (ed.). 1st ed. Oxford: Berg Publishers, Vol. 1. p. 261-286

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2010

Afterword

Morphy, H., 2010, Museum Materialities: Objects, Engagements, Interpretations. S. H. D. (ed.). 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 1. p. 275-285

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Art

Morphy, H., 2010, The Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology (2nd ed). A. B. A. J. S. (ed.). 2nd ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 1. p. 65-67pp

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Closing the Distance, Maintaining the Difference: The Art of Larrakitj

Morphy, H., 2010, The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age. D. E. (ed.). 1st ed. Sydney: Thames and Hudson, Vol. 1. p. 94-98

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Country, memory and art: Understanding Indigenous art

Morphy, H., Carty, J. & Pickering, M., 2010

Research output: Non-textual form › Audio/Visual Format

Material Culture

Morphy, H., 2010, The Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology (2nd ed). A. B. A. J. S. (ed.). 2nd ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 1. p. 453-456pp

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Museums

Morphy, H., 2010, The Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology (2nd ed). A. B. A. J. S. (ed.). 2nd ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 1. p. 487-488pp

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review