NOURISHING MATTERS PODCAST (2 episodes) 15.9.21 & 21.9.2022
2022 marks the beginning of the UN International Decade of Indigenous Languages. First Nation's languages are precious and many are on the precipice of loss, so now, more than ever, it's critical to preserve and conserve them.
ARS ELECTRONICA (AUST) 10.9.20
What perspectives and approaches can indigenous knowledge offer the planet as we move toward the future? The first CQC session kicks off with important indigenous perspectives on ecology past, present and future
Endangered Languages Project, Podcast Channel (U.S.) 1.7.20
Episode 2 of Voices of Resilience: Let's talk about making records of languages for future generations, and how language documentation supports language reclamation - plus, how we need to expand our thinking on what we document and how we produce knowledge.
WINYAMA BLOG (Aust.) 20.5.20
Daryn, how did your journey with the Indigenous Mapping Workshop begin? In 2012, one of my staff members attended a Google Maps workshop that was held in Sydney. The workshop was run by the Google Earth Outreach team and Raleigh Seamster
West River Eagle (US) 5.2.20
Last November, a delegation of Aboriginal people from Australia visited Cheyenne River on a mission to create an international bridge between them and the Lakota people. Their goal was to create a dialogue for knowledge-sharing and language conservation.
West River Eagle (US) 20.11.19
Foreign colonizers came to the land and brought with them diseases that the people had no immunity to, resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands. Then came the wars and forced removal of the people onto reserved lands.
CAAMA 16.10.2017 The first parliamentary bill of its kind in the country has seen The New South Wales Parliament pass historic legislation to recognise and revive Aboriginal languages from across the state.
ABC News 3.7.2017
A non-profit Aboriginal organisation in Newcastle is finding success using technology to help preserve indigenous languages. The Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre has developed a software program over the past decade to digitise and conserve Aboriginal languages.
Newcastle Herald 18.6.2017
A MISSION to protect and preserve the world’s native languages is quietly being won in Newcastle. And the man behind it, Daryn McKenny, says the battle isn’t over until every native language is given a fighting chance.
Sounding Out! 25.2.2016
This podcast looks at how ancestral languages are spoken in today’s changing environment of technology and popular culture.
NITV 17.11.2015
Language is a precious asset, a commodity that many are doing their utmost to preserve. NITV looks at how one Newcastle-based organisation united 240 passionate experts from across the globe in a bid to help to save Indigenous languages worldwide.
State Library of Qld Blog 16.12.14
In November, Rose and I visited Cooktown and Hope Vale as part of State Library’s Languages and New Media Project.
