What Do My Country’s Songs Sound Like? A Method to Revitalising Aboriginal Songs in New South Wales

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We often hear peoples say, “I want to know how to sing my Old People’s songs. I want to know what to teach my children”. Despite the disruption of colonisation, there is a revitalisation of traditional songs and language happening in New South Wales as a result of research into sound file archives, oral history and, most significantly, our Country itself. Through our ties to Ngiyampaa, Wiradjuri, Gamilaraay, Gumbaynggirr, and Dhanggati Country, we present a method of reawakening, revitalising, and continuing our songs, and explore how different stylistic features of songs represent the diversity of Country and Kin to answer the question “What do my Country’s songs sound like?”

Speakers: Jesse Hodgetts, Raymond Kelly
This presentation was part of the Indigenous Knowledge Institute’s 2022 Intersections Symposium. Find out more about the Symposium at the website: https://indigenousknowledge.unimelb.edu.au/resources/event-recordings-and-resources/intersections-symposium/