<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
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EN-US">Workshop: Engaging and enhancing the <i>Living
Archive of Aboriginal Languages</i></span></b><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ANU Canberra, 7 March 2014</o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p><br></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">To coincide with the 13th
annual <b>Australian Languages Workshop</b>
at ANU Kioloa, the <i>Living Archive of
Aboriginal Languages</i> project<i> </i>team<i> </i>is inviting interested linguists and
language workers to a workshop to explore various possibilities for engagement
with the resources in the archive and its ongoing development.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The <i>Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages</i> ARC LIEF project has been
digitising materials published in bilingual education programs in Indigenous
languages of the Northern Territory since the mid 1970s. The open access
website at </span><a href="https://cdu-mail.cdu.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=Btf8ckku8UmTV0NFnCLSIBwLchOQ7NAIm5L4MXmdX5FmYM-ZeLNVixzpXcpE1_paZtGFLWg4kdw.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cdu.edu.au%2flaal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">www.cdu.edu.au/laal</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> currently includes over 800 items in over 20
languages, with another 2000 items awaiting permission from owners to make
public.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">A second round of funding
has been secured from the ARC for four key strands of development: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">the ‘<b>search and rescue’</b> of additional materials in NT languages produced
outside the bilingual education program; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">academic engagement</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> to connect interested researchers with language
authorities in the NT to create opportunities for collaborative research; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">local level engagement</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> to encourage local knowledge and language authorities
to supervise development and use of their own collections of language
materials; and <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">classroom engagement</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> to explore how the resources in the archive can be
used in classrooms.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">We invite linguists and language workers interested in
exploring opportunities to engage with and enhance the materials in the Living
Archive in Stage 2.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> This work will include <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Identifying, sourcing,
gaining permission for, and uploading materials from</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:YO"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">languages not currently
represented in the archive (published or unpublished works in NT languages by
Indigenous authors), and <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">identifying and
developing opportunities for engaging academics and their students for collaborative research work with language
authorities in communities.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The workshop will be held
in the ground floor theatrette (2.02) in the Sir Roland Wilson building on the
ANU Canberra campus from 9 am to 12pm on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday 7 March, 201</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span>. All welcome. The
event is free but please register for catering purposes. Registration will be from
the Australian Languages Workshop website </span><a href="http://chl.anu.edu.au/languages/alw2014.php"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">http://chl.anu.edu.au/languages/alw2014.php</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">. The event will coincide with the<b> launch of the Living Archive website</b> the previous evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">For further information contact </span></b><a href="mailto:cathy.bow@cdu.edu.au"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">cathy.bow@cdu.edu.au</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Stage 2 is
funded through an ARC LIEF (Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities)
fund LE140100063, as a partnership between Charles Darwin University,
Australian National University, Northern Territory Department of Education,
Batchelor Institute for Indigenous Tertiary Education, the Northern Territory
Library and the NT Catholic Education Office.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></div></div></body></html>