Events

Minoru Hokari Photo Exhibition "The Call of the Living Earth: Australian Aborigines and Radical Oral History"

29 April 2010 - 20 June 2010

A photography exhibition called ‘The Call of the Living Earth’ currently being held at the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples focuses on the dry, reddish-brown earth and landscapes of northern Australia visited by the late Dr. Minoru Hokari while doing research into Aboriginal Australian oral histories.

Dr. Hokari, also the author of ‘Radical Oral History: experiencing Aboriginal history’ (Ochanomizu Press, 2004, Japanese), has attempted to respect, preserve and prioritize the narratives of and by Aboriginal people through his photographs and his monograph. He is remembered with the Minoru Hokari Memorial Scholarship at the Australian National University, where Dr. Hokari completed his PhD.

The exhibition images are accompanied by Hokari’s own captions, in retracing his own journey through Aboriginal communities in northern Australia.

Minoru Hokari Photo Exhibition "The Call of the Living Earth: Australian Aborigines and Radical Oral History"

Date	29 April 2010 - 20 June 2010
	9:30 - 4:30
Venue	Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples 309-1 Shiomi, Abashiri, Hokkaido 093-0042 15 min by taxi or bus from Abashiri Station Phone: 0152-45-3888 Website*: http://hoppohm.org/
Admission	Admission free