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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Thursday, 03 June 2010 13:37
Ingkerr anyent-antey: The Language of Batik
This exhibition is a celebration of the Utopia women’s strength and continuity –- an interweaving of art, language and awely (women’s performance arts). It affirms their connection to their country, and their deep cultural knowledge.
This collection of batiks was produced through the Utopia Bush Medicine Project. This project had…
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 15:12
So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, goodnight…
18 months ago Greg Dickson joined the staff at CALL, bringing his enthusiasm and great shirts. In a frenzied whirlwind of activity, not only has he raised the bar by rewriting all the study guides and revamping the CALL Sharepoint site, he has persuaded us to adopt a new communicative…
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 15:09
Irrarnte cafe opening
Alice Springs staff and students love the Irrarnte café, named for the Red-tailed black cockatoos that frequent this part of Pertame country.
CALL students Ruth and Joy wrote the song sung at the opening while studying Learning an Australian Language (Arrernte) with Arrernte elder Veronica Dobson and Gail Woods.
Werte…
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 15:06
Language and Multimedia at Batchelor
Center for Applied Languages and Linguistics students have been getting into media – check out these DVDs!
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 15:03
Language, Art and Multimedia at Utopia
Throughout 2009, elders and senior knowledge holders have been getting together with young people and lecturers at Arlparra Study Centre, to share skills and knowledge.
Elders and young people are enrolled in units from Certificates in Own Language Work, ATSI Cultural Arts and Crafts and Creative Industries (Media).
Activities include…
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 15:01
Ti Tree OLW students rock at Youth Symposium
Gayle Campbell, Lana Campbell and Marcia Long from Ti Tree attended the CAEPR Youth Lifespan • Learning Symposium workshop and symposium in Darwin in Sept 09.
They contributed to a film made during the workshop about language and literacy and made several talking books about their oral history project (Anmatyerr…
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:59
Ti Tree Baby Board Book Project
The OLW team at Ti Tree, led by Betsy Mpetyan Presley and Eileen Pwerrerl Campbell, are working on the Baby Board Book project, to create books for babies in Anmatyerr and Warlpiri.
The Ti Tree books focus on a story about a baby’s first year, from new born to walking.…
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:57
The Central Australian Linguistics Circle event
The Central Australian Linguistics Circle recently hosted a talk by linguistic prehistorian Paul Heggarty from the University of Cambridge. The talk was entitled Language, Genes and Archaeology, and Paul presented a view of language prehistory that sees patterns of language diversity and expansion as being linguistic effects of forces that…
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:51
Batchelor Staff and student awards
Congratulations to Batchelor of Applied Languages and Linguistics student Leonie Boddington who took out the 2009 BIITE ‘Living the Vision’ student award. Greg Dicksen nominated Leonie, saying that she ‘is an outstanding student, studying linguistics to support her efforts to maintain her language Wajarri, now endangered. She beautifully combines the…
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Batchelor Institute, Northern Territory
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:49
Batchelor Language Graduates
A big pat on the back to the CALL students who graduated from their courses over the last year.
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