Mobile Language Team co-manager and Aboriginal Language Worker Karina Lester recently chatted with Lea McInerey about the current state of language revitalisation and what it means to understand the language of the region you’ve grown up in for Lea’s article in the ‘Learning the local language’ for the Griffith Review. Lea tells the story of […]
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As part of the Mobile Language Teams state wide approach to supporting grass root language initiatives, the team recently met with George Cooley of Umoona Community, Coober Pedy, to deliver language resources and congratulate George and the team at Umoona Community on the successful application for the Indigenous Language and Arts funding recently received. The […]
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As part of the Mobile Language Team’s continued work with the maintenance and revival of the Arabana language, the team headed out to Port Augusta in September to conduct a language with technology workshop with Arabana woman Dr. Veronica Arbon and the backing of the Arabana Aboriginal Board Inc. Using technology and recordings of Arabana […]
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As part of the celebrations surrounding NAIDOC Week 2016 the ABC took a look at Aboriginal Songlines that reach across Australia, telling the story of the land and the people. Nukunu man, Michael Turner discussed what Songlines mean to him and his family and the significance and importance of understanding Songlines through both language and […]
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On the weekend of the 7th and 8th of May, the Mobile Language Team held a 2-day meeting in Port Augusta for the Adnyamathanha community, to talk about possible project ideas for the Adnyamathanha language. The meeting was attended by different family groups within the Adnyamathanha community, with all expressing an interest in projects aimed […]
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MLT’s Celeste Humphris travelled to the Far West Language Centre in Ceduna this week to work with a group of Mirning people on their language. Participants took part in a Mirning pronunciation workshop on Wednesday, during which the group built upon existing language skills and practiced speaking their language. On Thursday, workshop participants wrote a […]
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In April 2016 the Mobile Language Team worked with Maria Stewart and Jodie Clarkson of the Aboriginal Interpreter Service in the Northern Territory to document endangered Arandic language Pertame in Apatula (Finke) community. Celeste Humphris from the MLT conducted a language recording session with Pertame speakers Christobel Swan of Alice Springs and Violet Doolan of […]
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In April the Mobile Language Team undertook emergency field recordings of Lower (Southern) Arrernte at a number of locations in the Far North of South Australia and the Northern Territory. MLT linguists accompanied Audrey Stewart and Rossie Finn to Macumba Station where both were born in the middle years of last century. Celeste Humphris (MLT) […]
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In late 2015 Ceduna based Far West Language Centre (FWLC) coordinator Lynette Ackland travelled to Adelaide to take part in a two day workshop with Mobile Language Team Media Officer Will Fisher. They worked on developing a range of digital and media skills in a one on one setting to help develop the language recording, […]
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