Nomadic cultures, journeys and coming home

Mike Smith and Robyn Davidson. Photo: Isa Menzies.

Speakers
Robyn Davidson and Dr Mike Smith

Title
Nomadic cultures, journeys and coming home

Series
Historical Interpretation

Date recorded
16 September 2007, National Museum of Australia

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Robyn Davidson talks about her lifelong interest in nomadism in a conversation with desert archaeologist Dr Mike Smith.

Robyn reflects on her 1977 journey through the Australian desert, 30 years after she walked from Alice Springs to the Western Australian coast.

More recently, Robyn has travelled with nomads in India, China and Tibet.

In this talk Robyn explains her fascination with nomadic cultures and the increasing difficulties faced by those who live outside the modern state.

Robyn Davidson is a writer, adventurer and documentary maker who has travelled and published widely. Robyn is perhaps best known for Tracks, an account of her solo trek across Central Australia in 1977. She is currently working on a new book, Nomadism. Robyn was a Visiting Fellow at the National Museum's Centre for Historical Research in 2007.

Dr Mike Smith is a pioneering Australian desert archaeologist and a Senior Research Fellow at the National Museum's Centre for Historical Research. He has published widely and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and of the Society of Antiquaries in London.

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