Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
A sorry day
Not long ago, I received a call from a friend in Kybrook Farm. She informed me that an old lady, one of the last remaining Wagiman speakers, had died a little while earlier. I’ve never experienced the death of a language informant before. I can only describe in that it feels exceedingly bitter to know [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Endangered Languages,Indigenous,Languages,Linguistics,Wagiman by jangari
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Museum-pieces
Last weekend, a group of 16 Warlpiri women, including one three-month-old infant, travelled the 300 kilometres from Yuendumu to Alice Springs, to receive training in swimming skills and first aid, as they are about to become Yuendumu’s first life guards, ready for when the community’s new pool arrives in July. However, the manager of the [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Anthropology,Indigenous,Law,Media,Reconciliation,The Intervention,Writing by jangari
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Ceased to be
I’ve been a bit neglectful of this blog lately, and yes, I know I say that at the beginning of just about every post these days, but unfortunately it’s even more true now than ever. The main reason I’m so busy is that I’ve been helping out in massaging and sanitising data for an electronic [...]
