Eric Johnston Lecture

This year's lecture was presented by Associate Professor Linda Payi Ford a proud Rak Mak Mak Marranunggu woman, local Territorian and a Principal Research Fellow at Charles Darwin University's Northern Institute. What language is used to carry out the important work between Tyikma (Indigenous) and Padakoot (non-Indigenous) to support and improve the relationships and connections between us? Oral and non-verbal traditional cultural ways of nurturing and caring for each other to nourish our spiritual beings in the landscape must have language to identify what is important to sustain us. Speaking to her research and reflections on Aboriginal knowledge, languages and culture, the lecture titled: Aminila bit tjan kin-ning wurrkama gu? Are we all working together with a united voice for treaty & truth? will speak to the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages as well as the 2019 NAIDOC theme: Voice. Treaty. Truth