#doctorsforyes is a campaign to advocate for First Nations recognition in our constitution through a Voice. We are voting YES because it is a tangible, once-in-a-generation opportunity to begin to heal, build trust, and unite to improve the health of First Nation People
A landmark dictionary of the Warlpiri language is a triumph of collective scholarship.
The Warlpiri Dictionary has been 60 years in the making, and it’s shortlisted for the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards, write @OShannessyC + colleagues (@ANUmedia). https://t.co/D1nN0jAlIF
“Russian is my mother tongue and liberation means ripping it out of my throat”.
Thank you @newlinesmag for publishing my new piece “Mother Tongue”.
https://t.co/1hsiqR0KoR
@alex__rawlings I think this is really valuable work Alex, thank you! Have you ever considered telling the stories of speakers of Aboriginal languages in Australia?
“When you lose your language, you lose your soul. When you revive your language, you don’t only revive its sounds, its words, its morphemes and its phonemes. You revive the whole shebang.” @GhiladZ@alex__rawlings#languages https://t.co/0rkIQAbxSP via @BBC_Future
"Many development models from the West are based on the idea that nation-states are monolingual. They are totally inadequate in the face of the linguistic plurality and diversity that is characteristic of countries in the Global South, including Africa."
https://t.co/zBcJn2lcOw
Let's fix academic posters! Prepping a poster for #SIOP19 and sick of the old "wall-of-text" poster design? Watch this cartoon to see a new, faster approach to designing research posters. Includes templates. #betterposter
https://t.co/wyXhiP5CKl
Medicine says just one more year and the worst will be over, and medicine keeps saying that year after year.
Nothing explains my life better than this article by @pryorlisa. I think of it so often. I desperately want the worst years to be over.
https://t.co/pnYyoAwAY5
Every language has a story. Sometimes the story ends, sometimes it continues. It's like with lovers. - Richard Simcott from @polyglot_confer & @SpeakinFluently on why he learns so many languages at #PolyglotGathering2018
Thank you Noel Pearson and @DonDunstan for such a monumental Lowitja O’Donoghue oration. Such beautiful words of hope for our combined future as Australians. Let’s make it happen. #Reconciliation#Ulurustatement