Peter Sutton

Professor Peter Sutton (1946 - ) is a distinguished Australian social anthropologist and linguist who has, over a period of almost 40 years (since 1969), significantly contributed to: recording Australian Aboriginal languages [SUTTON, P. (ed.) (1976). "Languages of Cape York." Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Canberra.] [SUTTON, P. & WALSH, M (1979) "Revised Linguistic Fieldwork Manual for Australia." Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Canberra.] [Sutton, P. (1995) "Wik-Ngathan Dictionary." Caitlin Press. Adelaide.] ; promoting Australian Aboriginal art [SUTTON, P. (ed.) (1989) "Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia." Viking. London.] [MORPHY (2001)] ; mapping Australian Aboriginal cultural landscapes [SUTTON, Peter, MARTIN, David, von STURMER, John, CRIBB, Roger & CHASE, Athol (1990) Aak: Aboriginal Estates and Clans between the Embley and Edward Rivers, Cape York Peninsula. 1000 pp Restricted Access Publication. South Australian Museum. Adelaide, Australia] [SUTTON, Peter (1998) "Icons of Country: Topographic Representations in Classical Aboriginal Traditions." in WOODWARD, David & LEWIS, Malcolm (eds), "The History of Cartography, Volume 2.3: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies." Chicago University Press. Chicago. Pages 351-386] ; and increasing societies' general understanding of contemporary Australian Aboriginal social structures [* [http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s1961695.htm Australian Broadcasting Commission's 'Lateline' (June 25 2007) interview with Professor Peter Sutton re: Australian Aboriginal Futures.] ] [PONSONNET (2007)] and systems of land tenure [SUTTON, P. (1995) "Country: Aboriginal Boundaries and Land Ownership in Australia." Aboriginal History Monographs (ANU).Canberra.] [SUTTON, Peter (1998) "Native Title and the Descent of Rights." National Native Title Tribunal. Perth.] SUTTON, Peter (2003) "Native Title in Australia: an Ethnographic Perspective." Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.] [WEINER (2007)] [MORTON (2007)] .

Peter Sutton now holds a position as Australian Research Council (ARC) Professorial Fellow at the University of Adelaide's School of Earth & Environmental Sciences and within the South Australian Museum's Division of Anthropology. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. [ [http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/page/default.asp?site=1&id=1249 South Australian Museum WebPage] ]

Bibliography

* MORPHY, Howard (2001) [http://www.anu.edu.au/hrc/publications/hr/issue1_2001/article05.htm "Seeing Aboriginal Art in the Gallery"] , "Humanities Research" Volume 8. Number 1

* MORTON, John (2007) "Sansom, Sutton and Sackville: Three Expert Anthropologists?". "Anthropological Forum". Volume 17. Number 2. Pages 170-173

* PONSONNERT, Maia. (2007) "Recognising victims without blaming them: a moral contest? About Peter Sutton's 'The Politics of Suffering: Indigenous Policy in Australia since the 1970s' and Gillian Cowlishaw's replies. " "Australian Aboriginal Studies." 43(8).

* SCHWAB, R.G (2007) "Sutton, Peter. Native title in Australia: an ethnographic perspective. xxiii, 279 pp., map, figs, bibliogr. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 2004." "Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute" Volume 13. Pages 504-505.

* WEINER, James F (2007) "Anthropology vs. Ethnography in Native Title: A Review Article in the Context of Peter Sutton's Native Title in Australia". "The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology". Volume 8, Number 2. Pages 151 - 168

References

External links

* [http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/page/default.asp?site=1&id=1249 Page at South Australian Museum] Accedded 1 January 2008
* [http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/fll/eldp/sutton/index.html List of Peter Sutton's Publications] Accessed 1 January 2008
* [http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s1961695.htm Australian Broadcasting Commission's 'Lateline' (June 25 2007) interview with Professor Peter Sutton re: Australian Aboriginal Futures.] Accessed 1 January 2008.