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Language Returned

September 7, 2019
1.15pm—2.15pm
RMIT Storey Hall

Of the approximate 250 traditional languages spoken in 1788 only 13 are still actively being acquired by children. Hear from a local cultural warrior who is relearning, reclaiming and re-educating in her own language. With Vicki Couzens.

Supported by RMIT Indigenous Education and Engagement.

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Add to Calendar 2019-09-07 13:15:00 2019-09-07 14:15:00 Australia/Melbourne Language Returned

Of the approximate 250 traditional languages spoken in 1788 only 13 are still actively being acquired by children. Hear from a local cultural warrior who is relearning, reclaiming and re-educating in her own language. With Vicki Couzens. Supported by RMIT Indigenous Education and Engagement.

 RMIT Storey Hall,

Building 16, 336–348 Swanston St
Melbourne VIC 3000

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RMIT Storey Hall

Building 16, 336–348 Swanston St
Melbourne VIC 3000

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Artists

Vicki Couzens

Vicki Couzens is Keerray Woorroong Gunditjmara; Senior Knowledge Holder for Possum Skin Cloak Story and Gunditjmara Mother Tongue. Vicki’s contributions in the reclamation, regeneration and revitalisation of cultural knowledge and practices extend across the ‘arts and creative cultural expression’. Vicki acknowledges her Ancestors and Elders who guide her in her work.