REL3050: Book Review Assessment
Write a bookreview of «Restoring the Chain of Memory: T. G. H. Strehlow and the Repatriation of Australian Indigenous Knowledge (2018) by James L. Cox.»
The task is: «Describe the topic of the book and expose Cox’s research questions, his theoretical perspective, his source materials, and his methods. Present also T. G. H. Strehlow’s project, theories, and methods, and Arrernte Elders changing approaches to Strehlow’s research and the materials he collected, in accordance with Cox’ rendering. Finally, discuss Cox’s conclusions, and, in particular, how research and materials made in one historical context and one theoretical paradigm may acquire new significance later, when the contexts and the paradigms have changed, for researchers as well as for members of the researched community to whom the materials belong.»