3D animation helps preserve Indigenous history (fwd link)

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3D animation helps preserve Indigenous history

December 5th, 2011

A ground-breaking new venture between Monash University’s Faculty of
Arts and Faculty of Information Technology (IT) is striving to
preserve the history of Australia’s Indigenous population.

When the British flag was first raised in Sydney Cove 222 years ago
there were 250 languages spoken by Indigenous Australians. Now, less
than half remain.

Through the use of state-of-the-art 3D animation technology,
researchers are working to recreate the dreamtime stories of the
Yanyuwa people, located on the South-West coast of the Gulf of
Carpentaria. Currently, only a handful of elders are fluent in the
language – the last custodians of ancient songs, stories and customs
bound up in the vocabulary.

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http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/84525423/3d-animation-helps-preserve-indigenous-history.html