Anangu, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people living in the north-western areas of South Australia, conceptualize changes in the surface of land as evincing the presence of Ancestral power. Rain is one such catalyst of change, though it is by no means a certainty on the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. When it does appear, water does not stay long on the surface: it is shimmering and unstable. This chapter examines the nature of various water sources in contemporary indigenous life, the spatial relationships between earth and sky and the dialectic between life and death that they mediate.

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南澳大利亚 Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara 土地上的水乡

生活在南澳大利亚西北部地区的安古人 ( an angu )、皮詹特贾特贾拉 (Pitjantjatjara) 人和扬库尼贾特贾拉 (Yankunytjatjara) 人将土地表面的变化概念视为祖先力量的存在。降雨就是这样一种变化的催化剂，尽管在 Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara 土地上它绝不是必然的。当它出现时，水不会在表面停留太久：它闪闪发光且不稳定。本章探讨了当代土著生活中各种水源的性质、大地与天空之间的空间关系以及它们所调解的生与死之间的辩证法。