[RNLD List] Spinning a Better Yarn Wednesday 6th April 2pm-3.30pm (AEST): reading group session

[Ruth Singer]

Reading group discussion of “Language and linguistic knowledge: a cultural treasure” by Jeanie Bell, Ngoonjook: a Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, no. 35, 2010, pp. 84–96

Discussion led by:
Jacinta Tobin
Singer/songwriter from the Darug Tribe, PhD student (University of Sydney)

Professor Jakelin Troy
Ngarigu of Kunama Namadgi/Snowy Mountains, Director of Indigenous Research (University of Sydney)

In her article, Jeanie Bell reflects on the importance of reciprocity and the manner that communities are in the process of language revitalisation and maintenance as trained linguists, language workers or community researchers. There is an expectation of many Aboriginal communities for knowledge to be shared to help create community lead programs. Bell states:
“Community-based language programs often operate alongside school-based programs with a shared goal that reclamation, revival and maintenance involving different generations will hopefully ensure successful outcomes.”
Bell points out widespread distrust of universities in communities and tensions related to what control communities have over their language and unequal power relations between non-Indigenous and Indigenous linguists. Professor Troy and Jacinta Tobin will open a conversation of language as a tool of recovery, through the use of language as a vibration and frequency related to Country, seasons and stars.

Bell also gives provides insight into the struggle of being an insider-outsider researcher. Both Troy and Tobin are insider researchers and will give their understandings on Aboriginal languages as a true communication with Country which birthed the language of that area from their lived experience of performing an increase ceremony song in the Snowy mountains and its effect on that country.

Led by: Jaky Troy and Jacinta Tobin (University of Sydney)

•       Download the reading and view previous sessions here<http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/ialr/decolonising-linguistics-spinning-a-better-yarn>

•       join via Zoom:
https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/84764773364?pwd=UkROZklUdDNXMlVvVEgwTFF4bnBvUT09

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