Linguist, research infrastructure, ex-musician, parent.

Melbourne, Australia
Joined March 2014
Busy, cold night at Stonehenge as we move the stones backwards an hour...
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🐦‍⬛ For #AussieBirdCount, we’ve spotted the 40 birds included on the Thangkerne Kaytetye bird app (Photo: Julian Robinson). The site features Kaytetye bird names, bird calls, bird photos & Kaytetye language descriptions of cultural knowledge about birds 👉 thangkerne.kaytetye.com.au/
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🗞️ The Quarter 4 2024 issue of our newsletter is out now! 🎉 mailchi.mp/67b1466900cd/ldac… Subscribe to read all about the latest LDaCA news, events and resources 👉 bit.ly/44bPmLA #LanguageData #HASS #DigitalHumanities #DigitalResearch #TextAnalytics #CorpusLinguistics
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Should you ask a question during seminar?
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Just received the sad news that sociolinguist Barbara Horvath, from @Sydney_Uni, has passed away. 💔 She was a pioneer in the variationist study of Australian English, and as Trevor Johnston’s PhD supervisor, played a pivotal role in the first linguistics research on Auslan.
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Great episode of #AntiSocial on @BBCRadio4 on accent and class. Relevant linguistic input from @Christianilbury and Lynda Mugglestone; brilliant (and patient) insights from @the__chez; calm hosting from @adamfleming. And Jonathan Meades 😬😶😔 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022cp…
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📣 The Computational Social Science Lab at @Sydney_Uni are hosting an LDaCA-led #workshop 'Using Hansard & Other Parliamentary Proceedings for Your Research'. 📆 19 September 2024, 10am – 1pm AEST 📍 Seminar Room 203, RD Watt Building ✍️ Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/workshop…
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The new Chicago Manual of Style is out and it's no longer required to mention place of publication. It's a sad day for Basingstoke.
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📣 @UQ_News has just published a story about LDaCA titled 'Securing the voices of Country'. It includes quotations from our Director, Michael Haugh, and our Program Manager, @Rob_PS_McLellan. 🔗 Follow the link to read more: uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/…
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Dive into the world of language preservation with our upcoming First Nations Languages Research Workshop led by Gamilaroi man and leading language researcher Des Crump. Join us from 12-15 November 2024 at QSA.
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🗣️ An update from last week's fortnightly demo meeting: Moises Sacal Bonequi introduced the RO-Crate playground, which allows developers and users alike to write, run and experiment with RO-Crate directly in the browser. 🔗 ro-crate.ldaca.edu.au/
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Replying to @LongFormMath
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📣 New blog post! LDaCA Senior Data Manager & @PARADISEC Digital Archivist @Spectregraph discusses archiving & data management for cultural heritage data, with multiple real-life examples & images of genuine archiving practices & technologies. Read here 👇 ldaca.edu.au/news/posts/cult…
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📣 New blog post! We offer guidance to data stewards new to the practice of using persistent identifiers (PIDs) for data collections with background info on PIDs & answers to common questions about PIDs & Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). Read here 👇 ldaca.edu.au/news/posts/pers…
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Dr @HowieManns appeared on ABC @RadioNational podcast Life Matters to discuss the role language plays in shaping our attitudes and how using more age inclusive language can help prevent ageism. 🎙️Find out what inclusive language matters: abc.net.au/listen/programs/l…
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During #DeafblindAwarenessWeek, we're highlighting the 'Australian Deafblind Signing Corpus', a collection that CI @LouisaWillough3 and team are in the process of adding to our data portal based on interactions involving #deafblind individuals: data.ldaca.edu.au/collection…
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"Peter says that he going to get not just one - but seven - seven! of these sleek modernist marvels built in 10 years, and come in on budget. I think his schedule is ambitious to say the least. He hasn't even got council planning permits yet!" #GrandNuclearDesignsAustralia
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