🐦⬛ For #AussieBirdCount, we’ve spotted the 40 birds included on the Thangkerne Kaytetye bird app (Photo: Julian Robinson). The site features Kaytetye bird names, bird calls, bird photos & Kaytetye language descriptions of cultural knowledge about birds 👉 https://t.co/i8NrZ77Xza
Just received the sad news that sociolinguist Barbara Horvath, from @Sydney_Uni, has passed away. 💔
She was a pioneer in the variationist study of Australian English, and as Trevor Johnston’s PhD supervisor, played a pivotal role in the first linguistics research on Auslan.
Great episode of #AntiSocial on @BBCRadio4 on accent and class. Relevant linguistic input from @Christianilbury and Lynda Mugglestone; brilliant (and patient) insights from @the__chez; calm hosting from @adamfleming. And Jonathan Meades 😬😶😔 https://t.co/uCjeowzRkR
📣 The Computational Social Science Lab at @Sydney_Uni are hosting an LDaCA-led #workshop 'Using Hansard & Other Parliamentary Proceedings for Your Research'.
📆 19 September 2024, 10am – 1pm AEST
📍 Seminar Room 203, RD Watt Building
✍️ Register here: https://t.co/eKiwTGjf7W
📣 @UQ_News has just published a story about LDaCA titled 'Securing the voices of Country'. It includes quotations from our Director, Michael Haugh, and our Program Manager, @Rob_PS_McLellan. 🔗 Follow the link to read more: https://t.co/etSlm0pHxo
Dive into the world of language preservation with our upcoming First Nations Languages Research Workshop led by Gamilaroi man and leading language researcher Des Crump.
Join us from 12-15 November 2024 at QSA.
🗣️ An update from last week's fortnightly demo meeting: Moises Sacal Bonequi introduced the RO-Crate playground, which allows developers and users alike to write, run and experiment with RO-Crate directly in the browser. 🔗 https://t.co/K7cFjfYRd0
📣 New blog post! LDaCA Senior Data Manager & @PARADISEC Digital Archivist @Spectregraph discusses archiving & data management for cultural heritage data, with multiple real-life examples & images of genuine archiving practices & technologies. Read here 👇 https://t.co/Wq8JvgYW8H
📣 New blog post! We offer guidance to data stewards new to the practice of using persistent identifiers (PIDs) for data collections with background info on PIDs & answers to common questions about PIDs & Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). Read here 👇 https://t.co/hCiYWSXd3U
Dr @HowieManns appeared on ABC @RadioNational podcast Life Matters to discuss the role language plays in shaping our attitudes and how using more age inclusive language can help prevent ageism.
🎙️Find out what inclusive language matters: https://t.co/AwZ9UfmgIE