Songlines author-stephen--turnbull Inspired and informed by maps

Inspired and informed by maps

and one of the world’s most renowned cinematic geniuses

This volume is the ultimate guide to the artists and the music that made Verve great and jazz cool

Shamans communicated with the spirits

In the 1930s and 1940s

Songlines author-stephen--turnbull Inspired and informed by mapsSonglines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australias many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing. Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, Songlines: The Power and Promise offers