Two Ministers responsible for different aspects of Indigenous Affairs in Australia, Jenny Macklin and Peter Garrett, have jointly announced $9.3 million of funding for Indigenous languages. The grand aim is to "to help take 113 indigenous lan...

I was just sent this from ICTV Limited (Alice Springs) - looks like v good news Indigenous Community Television Ltd Showing Our Way MEDIA RELEASE 22 October 2009 ICTV RELAUNCH Remote Aboriginal Communities to celebrate the return of their...

[ from Peter K. Austin, Department of Linguistics, SOAS 24 October 2009] The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) in the Department of Linguistics at SOAS is seeking to appoint a Programme Director to take responsibility for leadership...

23 October 2009 Last January I wrote a blog post about how Facebook is being used in various ways to present and document endangered languages. My former student and colleague Domenyk Eades of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, has just written to tell...

Peter K. Austin Department of Linguistics, SOAS 18 October 2009 On Tuesday 6th October at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, the Sorosoro Project of Fondation Chirac held a press conference and launch of their new website (currently only available...

Peter K. Austin Department of Linguistics, SOAS 17 October 2009 The Department of Linguistics at SOAS and the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies are jointly organising a workshop on teaching linguistic fieldwork and...