[RNLD List] RUIL public lecture - 1 December 5pm

[Research Unit for Indigenous Language]

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce the Research Unit for Indigenous Language's Public Lecture for 2020 presented by Associate Professor Linda Payi Ford and Emily Tyaemaen Ford, "Always was, always will be Aboriginal Language - Ma!". Further details are available on http://go.unimelb.edu.au/2dni.

This free virtual public lecture will be held at 5.00pm AEDT on 1 December via Zoom.
Please register for free at http://go.unimelb.edu.au/4dni.

Abstract
This presentation focusses on a threatened Aboriginal language from the Daly River region called Marranunggu. Linda Payi Ford and Emily Tyaemaen Ford will discuss the work and activities of the Marranunggu Language team and the importance of reviving threatened Aboriginal languages for Aboriginal people and Australians. For the purposes of this project, funded by First Languages Australia, the Language Team have decided to apply D.T. Tryon's 'Introduction to Maranungku', its text & recordings from 1967 to build a Marranunggu (Maranungku) dictionary. The Marranunggu language is one of many non-Pama-Ngunyan Daly River Languages. Darrell Tryon (Linguist) worked on 'Maranungku' language in 1967. As Mak Mak Marranunggu people from Kurrindju on the Finniss River and Reynolds River region we spell it Marranunggu.

In this presentation we will talk about the process of building the first Marranunggu dictionary and the development of language learning and teaching activities, including Family Group Cultural Weekends and the use of Instagram (Djulburr) as a platform for sharing language material. It is vital that the Australian Government and other agencies fund Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages as these are Australian historical and living archives of First Nations People and all Australians.

Always was, always will be Aboriginal Language - Ma! Marranunggu waki ninni!

Associate Professor Linda Payi Ford
Linda Payi Ford is a Rak Mak Mak Marranunggu woman from Kurrindju. Ford's country is Kurrindju in the Finniss River and Reynold River regions south west of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Associate Professor Ford is a Principal Research Fellow in the Northern Institute in the College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. She applies her Mirrwana and Wurrkama (2005) methodology to her Indigenous research practice and theory across multiple disciplinary fields. Ford balances her academic research career, teaching and learning in higher education, family, caring for country and culture.

Research Associate Emily Tyaemaen Ford
Emily Ford is a Rak Mak Mak Marranunggu woman from Kurrindju in the Finniss River and Reynold River regions about 140km South-West of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Emily is a Research Associate in the Northern Institute at Charles Darwin University in the College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Emily has presented to audiences on the Marranunggu language project locally, nationally, and internationally. Emily balances her academic research career, teaching and learning throughout the community, family, caring for country and culture.

Please forward these details to anyone else you think may be interested. We look forward to seeing you!


Best regards,
Allyra



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