Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements viii
4. Abbreviations x
5. Historical Chronology xi
6. Series Editors’ Preface xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part 1: Living in the Now
9. 1. From Forgetting to Remembering 31
10. 2. Transmitting Orality and Literacy as Cultural Practice 50
11. Part 2: New Figured Worlds
12. 3. ‘Mission Time’: Adapting to the New 79
13. 4. Everything was Different because of the Changing 113
14. 5. The Cultural Production of Literate Identities 161
15. Part 3: Past, Present, Future
16. 6. The Meaning of Things in Time and Space 209
17. 7. You Fellas Grow up in a Different World 232
18. Conclusion 261
19. Ngaanyatjarra Glossary 277
20. Appendix: Literacy Assessments 281
21. References 285
22. Index 308