Editorial

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In this issue, the first for 2003, there are five major articles on a variety of topics, mainly social anthropological but including ethnomusicology and analysis of rock-paintings and -carvings.

Gillian Cowlishaw in her article has developed sustained arguments, initially in response to a widely-circulating commentary by another researcher, concerning contributions to the public debate about living conditions in some Indigenous Australian communities. It is sure to enliven discussion and raises fundamental questions about the contributions that anthropologists can make to such public debates and policy formulation. The Comment / Correspondence pages of our journal are open to considered discussion of these and other matters and we encourage submission of contributions to such debates.

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