Papers of Stephen Muecke
MSS 121
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Papers of Stephen MueckeCollection Identifier
MSS 121Inclusive date(s)
1964 to 1985Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
Original personal papers, draft writings, research and audiovisual recordings relating to Stephen Muecke
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Muecke
An academic in linguistics and semiotics, Stephen Muecke grew up in Newcastle and Melbourne before graduating from Monash University in the 1970s. He moved to Perth to work on his doctorate (a semiotic analysis of oral narratives from the Kimberleys) and it was during his research that his friendship with Indigenous elder Paddy Roe began. Muecke has taught at several Australian universities and written extensively on Indigenous Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, a Faculty member of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, Switzerland and was appointed Professor Emeritus of Ethnography at UNSW Sydney in the 2010s
References:
Author record, Stephen Muecke, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002- https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10587 retrieved 04 November 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection relates to Stephen Muecke and his work on Reading the Country: Introduction to Nomadology (Fremantle, 1984), a postmodern ethnography written in collaboration with Indigenous elder Paddy Roe and painter Krim Benterrak. It contains correspondence, notebook and literary drafts, research papers, reviews, business papers, audio recordings, still images, photographic negatives and maps, some of which did not appear in the published edition. Of note is the additional group of correspondence and draft writings between noted literary academics D C Muecke and Wayne C Booth
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
Further material relating to D C Muecke is located at The University of Adelaide, Rare Books and Manuscripts: Douglas Colin Muecke, Playscripts and papers 1954-2007, MSS 0220
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.