Writer
Robin Derricourt
Robin Derricourt is a writer, publisher, archaeologist and an Honorary Professor of History at the University of New South Wales
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The stark monuments of conflict in Israel and Palestine
Visits to the historical sites of Israel and beyond provide stark reminders that the past – including the recent past – is always with us, with places and monuments marking conflicts of ideologies and conflicts of people. Continue reading »
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In Defence of Nomadic “Mere” Hunter-Gatherers
We increasingly hear people say that traditional Aboriginal societies were “not mere hunter-gatherers”. Unwittingly, this phrase downgrades the mobile foragers who occupied Australia on the eve of colonial occupation of their territory (and for tens of millennia before). The yearning to reclassify foragers as farmers reflects a dated and discredited concept of economic hierarchy. Continue reading »
