Noongarpedia, a project started in 2014 to create the first Australian Indigenous language Wikipedia. Ingrid Cumming was one the key researchers on the project this talk will take you through the challenges of working with an oppressed community where its people were consider fauna, where children were forcibly removed from the parents to "breed the black out". Ingrid is herself a Nyungar women, having learnt culture and language as she grew up under the shadows of that system. With Noongarpedia Ingrid was able to both explore her heritage and share Noongarpedia with students aged from 5 years in primary schools, to teenagers, and with University students. Drop in, learn about the project, how it addressed cultural concerns and traditions while getting nys.wikipedia into the incubator, share you're expereinces and help it take the big leap to it own project.
Speakers: Ingrid Cumming