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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A reminder that our free public lecture will be held in just under two weeks time, on Thursday November 9<sup>th</sup>, 5:30-6:30pm. We invite you to join our presenters Ms Karina Lester and Dr Sam Osborne as they introduce the concept
of <i>Red Dirt Thinking</i> in their lecture ‘Our languages matter - Kulinin? Reimagining remote education through Red Dirt Thinking’.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This lecture is free, but registrations are essential: please visit<b>
<a href="http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/osbornelester">http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/osbornelester</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please distribute the flyer amongst anyone you think may be interested. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>When:</b> Thursday 9<sup>th</sup> November 5:30-6:30pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Where:</b> Old Arts Public Lecture Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Abstract below. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to seeing you all there!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<br>
Brighde<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Abstract: <o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Our languages matter - Kulinin? <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Reimagining remote education through Red Dirt Thinking<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 2017 NAIDOC week theme ‘Our Languages Matter’ provides opportunity for reflection on the place of Aboriginal languages in Australian society and in education. The concept of R<i>ed Dirt Thinking
</i>provides an innovative framework to developing education approaches that are culturally and contextually responsive to local community needs within a global education context.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sam Osborne and Karina Lester work with A<u>n</u>angu (Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara) communities in the tristate region of Central Australia. Current remote education policies are focused on resourcing school attendance strategies, English
language instruction and metropolitan boarding school programs. These policies are disconnected from the cultural values of the community, ignoring the strength and importance of local languages, kin structures and cultural codes.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This lecture argues for building the capacity for “Red Dirt” approaches to teaching, in both remote locations and metropolitan boarding programs where children attend from ‘other’ cultural, geographic and linguistic contexts. This requires
effective teacher preparation and ongoing professional engagement opportunities, to enable educators to appropriately support young people in taking up
<i>Red Dirt Aspirations</i> rather than conforming to externally imagined narratives of who young people must become. Finally, we propose a Pitjantjatjara language frame of ethical listening (<i>kulini</i>) as a tool for use in dual language and educational
contexts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">_____________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Brighde Collins</span></b><span style="color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> | Project Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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