The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Organisation

The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6125 6144

Address: Building 9, H.C.Coombs Building 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/

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24.01.2022 Congratulations to newly elected Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia CoEDL CIs Jane Simpson and Felicity Meakins and CoEDL Advisory Committee member Kate Burridge https://socialsciences.org.au/news/newfellows/ (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia School of Culture, History and Language ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics Monash University The University of Queensland)

23.01.2022 Congratulations to our CoEDL Director Nick Evans on his election as an honorary member of Linguistic Society of America (https://www.linguisticsociety.org//lsa-elects-four-honorar) (School of Culture, History & Language)

22.01.2022 Congratulations to CoEDL Affliate Doug Marmion on being awarded a Public Service Medal for "outstanding public service through the strengthening of Indigenous language infrastructure. Marmion has been key to the reawakening of the Ngunnawal language, and he has worked closely with federal ministers, senior APS executives, and the governor-general, coaching them to embed Ngunnawal acknowledgements into APS protocols. He established AUSTLANG, which has become the world authoritative standard to identify Indigenous languages."

22.01.2022 New helpline offers COVID-19 info for older Australians in six different languages, including Vietnamese, Cantonese and Mandarin; story via @SBSNews

21.01.2022 This one-day session brings together the idea and consideration about the use of Virtual Reality (VR) for language education

20.01.2022 New publication out and includes a chapter by our Deputy Director Jane Simpson - chp 13 Self-determination with respect to language rights (School of Culture, History and Language ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics)

19.01.2022 Appreciation of the CoEDL Summer School from the Maeaka Tohana Language Project in PNG (thanks to Colleen Hattersley for organising this)

19.01.2022 Join our CI Felicity Meakins 15 Sept 8am AEST to discuss the rapid birth of the contact language Gurindji Kriol in northern Australia

19.01.2022 Despite the challenges and restrictions of 2020, fieldwork has continued within the CoEDL community (part 3) (ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics School of Culture, History and Language) http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au//latest-hea/article/

19.01.2022 Join a discussion around the implications of the 2020 National Indigenous Languages Report (NILR) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, educators, policy-makers, policy implementers and policy evaluators on 24 Nov 2pm AEDT - registrations via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2020-nilr-forum-tickets-128431501077

17.01.2022 CoEDL is pleased to support PARADISEC at 100 Conference 17-19 Feb 2021 - call for papers 1 Oct - go.coedl.net/pdsc2021 (Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures)

17.01.2022 Join Paul "Jim" Roscoe's seminar 1 Mar 6pm AEDT - register at www.eventbrite.com.au/e/leadership-and-its-social-correlate (School of Culture, History & Language)

16.01.2022 Hear David Manmurulu tell the story of Inkarnarr, a Rainbow Serpent filmed by Elizabeth Langslow and Leandro Palacio for ICTV. Transcribed and translated by Rupert Manmurulu and CoEDL Affiliate Ruth Singer https://ictv.com.au/video/item/7895

16.01.2022 PATJI-DAWES AWARD 2021 - Nominations now open! Ciao, Konnichiwa, Salut, Yaama. Who taught you that language? Why not nominate them for the Patji-Dawes award? The award is to honour outstanding achievements in teaching languages other than English. www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/education-and-ou/dawes-award/

15.01.2022 Are you free Thursday 8 Oct 5pm AEST? Well next Linguistics in the Pub is on!

14.01.2022 Great to see the work of Yirrkala School, including former CoEDL Advisory Member Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, flourishing https://www.theguardian.com//indigenous-students-from-bili

14.01.2022 Excellent Awaye program tonight on Lyfe Languages, http://www.lyfelanguages.com/ a WA based initiative of young Aboriginal medical students to make an app for translate-ing medical terms into Aboriginal languages, beginning with Nyangumarta. Compare the Purple House Pintupi Luritja Wangka kutju app https://www.purplehouse.org.au/purple-house-launches-pintup. And the ARDS Rumbalpuy Dhäwu App https://ards.com.au///rumbalpuy-dh%C3%A4wu-app-for-iphone/ All this shows what a ...need there is for good communication with Indigenous communities on medical matters. https://www.abc.net.au//lyfe-languages-is-helping/12583106 See more

14.01.2022 Celebrating NAIDOC Week in Gamilaraay -- the NAIDOC poster https://www.facebook.com/gamilaraayguwaala/posts/1170790443322798

13.01.2022 Many congratulations to CoEDL doctoral student Lesley Woods whose paper with Alice Gaby has just appeared in "Language": "Toward linguistic justice for Indigenous people: A response to Charity Hudley, Mallinson, and Bucholtz" https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/43394 - It's food for action.

13.01.2022 Congratulations to the Program including our CoEDL researcher Evan Kidd (ANU Language Lab The Australian National University School of Culture, History and Language) https://www.theguardian.com//abc-show-old-peoples-home-for

11.01.2022 First Languages Australia is inviting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language teachers to join a discussion around the support that teachers need to take their language teaching to the next level.

10.01.2022 This is a lovely video made to launch Ngiyampaa Wordworld , the Ngiyampaa dictionary. It has Ngiyampaa people saying words, phrases and sentences in their own language - and a bonus speech in Auslan! Congratulations to CoEDL members Lesley Woods, Isabel O'Keeffe and Doug Marmion for organising this. https://www.facebook.com/112945015402426/videos/590213958197676/

09.01.2022 Our CoEDL Director Nick Evans was interviewed about the importance of mother tongue (School of Culture, History & Language)

08.01.2022 Two new coins have been released by the Royal Australian Mint to celebrate the astronomical knowledge and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

07.01.2022 Great to read our CoEDL PhD Kristina Gallego's story of her travels as a field linguist https://www.editage.com//adventures-of-a-reluctant-field-l (School of Culture, History and Language)

07.01.2022 Did you know the ‘Mudburra to English Dictionary’, is the first dictionary of an Australian Indigenous language to include an extensive section dedicated to han...d-signs. The dictionary, which is published by Aboriginal Studies Press, has photos and QR code links to 170 videos of Mudburra handsigns called ‘marndamarnda’, which is also the word for ‘hand’. We think International Day of Sign Languages is the perfect opportunity to learn this beautiful language don’t you?! You can purchase a copy of ‘Mudburra to English Dictionary’ from the AIATSIS Shop - https://bit.ly/2G51jww

06.01.2022 Celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation!

06.01.2022 Check out the ARC Discovery project news at https://rms.arc.gov.au//a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aa/218 and congratulations to Steven Bird, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Michael Christie, Samantha Disbray, Amanda Harris, Rachel Nordlinger, Matthias Schlesewsky, Kim Sterelny, Jaky Troy, Cliff Goddard, Zhengdao Ye, and their colleagues on a whole heap of interesting and successful grant applications!

05.01.2022 Don’t be afraid to pass your first language, and accent, to your kids - The Conversation article by CoEDL CI Paola Escudero and Affiliate Chloe Diskin-Holdaway

05.01.2022 Congratulations to PhD student Emma Schimke who won the UQ #3MT Final. She will now go on to represent UQ in the Asia-Pacific competition. https://vimeo.com/435714817

05.01.2022 Today's Abralin talk by our CI Felicity Meakins is available! https://www.youtube.com/watch

05.01.2022 15 August 2019 saw many colleagues come together to celebrate the years of work and adventures of our CI Alan Rumsey - symposium presentations are now available https://www.youtube.com/playlist (School of Culture, History and Language)

05.01.2022 Gamilaraay learning resources keep on growing.. Winanga-Li Aboriginal and Family Centre working with CoEDL affiliates https://cass.anu.edu.au/n/hear-read-watch-gamilaraay-voices

05.01.2022 Join CoEDL AI Carmel O'Shannessy for her Abralin talk 6 Oct 9am (AEST) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIxOF5wSvQw

03.01.2022 We are ready for #satelliteselfie with our #Ngunnawal colleagues in front of Menzies Library - Asia & the Pacific at ANU ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics School of Culture, History and Language Arts & Social Sciences at ANU AIATSIS

03.01.2022 2025: The end of tape. A great program on Radio National where conservators, archivists, including our CI Nick Thieberger, discuss the value of archives, especially when the life-span of magnetic tape is rapidly coming to an end https://www.abc.net.au//the/2025:-the-end-of-tape/12592792 (ABC Radio National Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures)

01.01.2022 Join Dr John Richen's seminar 7 Dec 6pm AEDT - register at https://synapse.eventbritestudio.com/128592027215 (School of Culture, History and Language)

01.01.2022 Join CoEDL CI Alan Rumsey via zoom 26 Oct 2pm (AEST)

01.01.2022 We are pleased to announce the release of a number of historical manuscripts in and about languages of the Pacific. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures and CoEDL have worked with the National Library of Australia to digitise microfilms and will be making them available as pdf files. Meanwhile, these documents can be seen on the NLA's Trove, indexed in our catalog (https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/items/search)

01.01.2022 Another good read by our PhD Kristina Gallego!

01.01.2022 Work supported by CoEDL, these manuscripts in Pacific languages are now available as pdf files for download.

01.01.2022 Congratulations to Inge Kral, Jenny Green and Lizzie Ellis, on their new books out in December, which you can pre-order from UWA Press i-Tjuma: https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/i-tjuma and In the Time of their Lives: https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/in-the-time-of-their-lives