W. Waṉambi Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Megan Davis
NEW YORK, September 17, 2024 — Scientia Professor Dr. Megan Davis delivers the W. Waṉambi Distinguished Lecture, titled "Seen But Not Heard", in celebration of the opening of “Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala” at the Asia Society Museum. Dr. Megan Davis is former chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and renowned public law expert and constitutional lawyer focused on the rights of First Nations Peoples.
The program opens with a welcome address by Yasufumi Nakamori, director of Asia Society Museum and vice president of Arts and Culture at Asia Society. This is followed by the entrance of the Yolŋu delegation and presentation of of “manikay”, remarks about Mr. W. Wanambi by his daughter Dhukumul Wanambi, and the introduction of Dr. Davis by art historian and curator Henry Skerritt. (1 hr., 14 min.)
"Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala" is organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia in partnership with the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre in Australia. This lecture is part of a series designed to bring leading First Nations thinkers from Australia to the US in honor of the late Mr. Wanambi, co-curator of the exhibition "Maḏayin" and co-editor of the exhibition catalog.
Video courtesy of Asia Society New York.