Djaŋbirrkpuy Yunupiŋu, Neparrŋa Gumbula, Mungula Gaykamaŋu, Baltha Gaykamaŋu and Moŋgunu Gumbula record traditional Yolŋu song at Djiliwirri in NE Arnhem Land. Photo: A. Corn, 2004.

10th Symposium on Indigenous Music & Dance

When: 13–14 August 2011
Where: ANU North Australia Research Unit, Darwin

Call for Presentations | Due: 30 June 2011

The 10th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance is presented by the National Recording Project in association with the Australian National University, and the ARC Discovery Project 'Intercultural inquiry in a transnational context: Exploring the legacy of the 1948 American–Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land' hosted by the University of Sydney.

Proposals are invited for presentations of 20–25 minutes that address the broad topic of Indigenous music and dance, or a topic that relates to the aims of the National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia. We also welcome longer presentations of up to 50 minutes that incorporate performance demonstrations.

Please send your presentation titles, and short abstracts or summaries to Dr Sally Treloyn by Thursday, 30 June 2011.

Free Event | Register Here

The first Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance was held at the 2002 Garma Festival of Traditional Culture in partnership with the Yothu Yindi Foundation, the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne. This initial meeting resolved that community, academic and industry partners should collaborate to ensure that endangered Australian performance repertoires be recorded and held for future generations; that digital archives be established to support local access to all data generated; and that materials are made available to appropriate community health, education, governance and business initiatives. The Symposium is held annually to advance this cause, and launched the National Recording Project in 2005.