Murujuga

Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona is an Associate Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia and Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico.

• Foreword by Michel LorblanchetList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART I. MURUJUGAChapter 1. Situating MurujugaChapter 2. Murujuga and Its MeaningsPART II. FROM THE COLONIAL GAZE TO THE ACADEMIC APPRECIATION OF ROCK ARTChapter 3. The Colonial GazeChapter 4. Rude AestheticsChapter 5. The Colonization of the LandscapePART III. ICONOCLASM, LANDSCAPE, AND HERITAGEChapter 6. The Destruction of Landscape in MurujugaChapter 7. The Making of HeritagePART IV. A THEROY OF LANDSCAPE ICONOCLASMChapter 8. Landscape IconoclasmConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"It is hoped that this scholarly and extremely detailed publication will assist in providing the necessary research impetus and evidence to demand a review of the existing legislative framework of the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 and its administrative processes . . . Hopefully the book can assist in preventing future landscape iconoclasm and be used as a scholarly reference and factual record of this significant but under protected part of our important cultural heritage of international significance. It is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the importance of this remote area of Australia, and a passionate plea for more effective strategies to conserve and protect its significant heritage values." (Historic Environment) "In his deep and valuable analysis of the destruction of Murujuga petroglyphs and landscapes, José Antonio González Zarandona helps us better understand a cultural catastrophe and, hopefully, prevent future landscape iconoclasm." (Jean Clottes, author of World Rock Art) "In this outstanding book, José Antonio González Zarandona argues persuasively that the categorization of Murujuga art as 'heritage' has marginalized contemporary Aboriginal perspectives and that the damage done to rock art imagery, sites, and landscapes adversely impacts indigenous well-being. This harsh critique is an impassioned call for the development of new strategies to conserve culturally significant places across Australia and the world." (Paul S.C. Taçon, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia)