Telling Warlpiri Dog Stories

Yasmine Musharbash*

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Abstract

Ostensibly about dingoes and dogs, this paper explores aspects of the contemporary social world of Warlpiri people in the camps of the central Australian settlement of Yuendumu (Northern Territory) through canines. Analyses of dog socialisation, kinds of domestication, and the roles that camp dogs perform (such as protector, family, and witness) provide insights into Warlpiri notions of moral personhood and are employed to reflect about the ethical foundations of how the oppositional categories of Yapa (self, Indigenous, Black, colonised) and Kardiya (other, non-Indigenous, ‘whitefella’, coloniser) are conceptualised.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-113
Number of pages19
JournalAnthropological Forum
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Apr 2017
Externally publishedYes

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