Wanyjika-warla: Finding Yourself on Gurindji Country
In 2022, we engaged with scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Los Angeles who then travelled to our remote Aboriginal community of Kalkaringi which lies 780km south-west of Darwin.
Tamarra - Gurindji termite
We have collaborated with Scale-Free Network’s Briony Barr and Gregory Crocetti and Felicity Meakins on the Gurindji termite project. The art-science-culture project brought together Gurindji and Western knowledge about relationships between termites, Country and people.
Gurindji Freedom Banners
Truth-telling through Gurindji Eyes
The Gurindji history project involved a consortium of external agencies including Karungkarni Arts and the Murnkurrumurnkurru Central Land Council ranger group, as well as Gurindji Elders and artists, a Gurindji curator, linguists (Felicity Meakins and Erika Charola), a cartographer, photographers (Brenda L Croft and Penny Smith), graphic designers and editors.
Gurindji Songs
The project ran from 2015-2018 and was a collaboration with linguist Felicity Meakins, musicologist Myfany Turpin, and photographer Brenda L Croft.
Child language
Traditional Aboriginal languages in Australia are losing speakers, rapidly and tragically.
Gurindji ecological knowledge
For the past decade, we have been collaborating with Felicity Meakins, Glenn Wightman and the Central Land Council Murnkurrumurnkurru ranger group to record Gurindji Ecological Knowledge.
Gurindji Takataka (Sign Language)
The Gurindji Takataka (sign language) project highlighted the use of sign languages in Kalkaringi by hearing and hearing-impaired alike as a means of enhancing hearing-impaired people’s participation in everyday life.