I was so pleased to receive this email from Sue Norman telling me how The Memory Code had been part of the ground work for this wonderful project on revitalising Aboriginal languages. The linked report is from the ABC. It is so rewarding to get endorsement from Aboriginal organisations. Sue wrote:
I found your book Memory Code a real eye-opener as oral memory methods are very interesting to me.
I have been working with the Aboriginal community in Eden NSW in revitalising the local language from oral sources and we wanted to keep the learning as orally based as possible.
When we were prevented from working in classrooms due to COVID I realised that teaching outside in the landscape provided the opportunity to learn in context. This is a report of the work we’re doing with a credit to you and your book.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-25/eden-aboriginal-language-out-of-the-classroom-onto-country/100313122
Now I want to see lots of other educators take their students ‘out on Country’. We have so much to learn from Aboriginal knowledge systems.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/13/culture-shock-how-loss-of-animals-shared-knowledge-threatens-their-survival
Maybe we have been memorizing things longer than we thought.
What an intriguing article. Thank you for pointing to it and yet another perspective on memory.
Lynne