Strengthening Australian languages: Between policy and practice
This symposium brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language workers at AIATSIS to talk about their experiences in revitalising and strengthening language in their communities.
The symposium provided language workers with the opportunity to share their knowledge and experience with each other, with academics, and with government policy makers. The symposium was successful in strengthening the relationships between communities across Australia and the Torres Strait and provided these language workers with the opportunity to communicate directly with those developing the policies that will impact their communities.
AIATSIS is pleased to have been able to provide an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to share their stories of the vital language work being done by their communities and to enable their voices to be heard by government policy makers.
This event has now concluded.
Facilitator
Melanie Rarrtjiwuy Herdman
Location
Mabo Room
Maraga (AIATSIS building)
51 Lawson Crescent, Acton ACT 2601
This two-day event hosted the following presentations:
- National Indigenous Languages Strategy and Policy
- Top End Languages
- Arrernte Rlterrke Atyene-tyeke. History, achievements and needs for keeping Arrernte Strong into future at Ltyentye Apurte
- Findings from Learning Journeys: A literature review and guide for communities researching, learning and teaching Aboriginal Languages in NSW
- Reigniting Dharug
- Supporting Multilingual communities: contact languages and traditional languages
- What’s happening with Gumbaynggirr language
- Yäku ga Rirrakay
- Launch and discussion of OECD report: Common Ground Diverse Pathways: Learning (in) Indigenous Languages. Findings from OECD working paper for Promising Practices – Supporting Success for Indigenous students in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and Canada
- Working in partnership to deliver Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages policy reform
- Language Centres: Challenges and opportunities
- Policy decisions and the impacts for language centres
- Languages Policy and Partnerships