Kummargii Yulendji Symposium
The inaugural Kummargii Yulendji Symposium was co-convened by Informit and CAVAL in September, 2023, as part of Social Sciences Week, and focused on how we describe, apply, and amplify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander publications. Kummargii Yulendji means ‘Knowledge is Rising’, and was named by Boon wurrung elder N’arwee’t Professor Carolyn Briggs.
For a 2023 symposium recap click here and for an overview of the 2023 program click here.
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Our vision
The need for Kummargii Yulendji Symposium arose from a recognition that the academic publication space has expanded in exciting Indigenous-led ways since current indexing systems and terminology were implemented. Many organisations within the sector are starting to address these inadequacies but may not yet be pooling insights from these endeavours. Kummargii Yulendji Symposium aims to bring industry and academic leaders together to present current projects in this space on a yearly basis, to discuss the ways we describe and organise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academic outputs, and approaches to decolonise these systems.
Our commitment
Kummargii Yulendji Symposium highlights the important work that is already happening and provides the opportunity to collaborate as a collective into the future. This Symposium is an important first step to describe, apply, and amplify Indigenous outputs and achievements. We believe this is only the beginning of more things to come and were excited to bring experts, presenters and delegates together to contribute to these first steps on the path forward.
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