Creativity without borders? Rethinking remoteness and proximity

Australian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-38

  Gibson, Chris ^a   Luckman, Susan ^b   Willoughby Smith, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Creative industries; Cultural work; Darwin; Multiculturalism; Networks; Proximity; Remoteness

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL TRADITION; ESTHETICS; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MULTICULTURALISM;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 77950873678     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180903535543     Document Type: Article

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