Bina by Gari Tudor-Smith, Paul Williams, Felicity Meakins | Black Inc.

Bina: First Nations Languages, Old and New

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About the author

Gari Tudor-Smith

Gari Tudor-Smith is a Barada, Yiman, Gangulu and Gureng Gureng linguist. Gari's focus is on language and cultural reclamation and empowering First Nations communities. They are currently working as a linguist, contributing to the development of a Graduate …

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Paul Williams

Paul Williams is a Gamilaraay man from Tamworth, New South Wales. Since 2020, Paul has worked as a linguist at the University of Queensland, where he has contributed to a number of Indigenous language projects including dictionaries and grammars and …

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Felicity Meakins

Felicity Meakins is a professor of linguistics at the University of Queensland. She has worked for over two decades with Indigenous communities documenting their languages. This work extends beyond the traditional boundaries of linguistic research, …

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Praise for Bina

‘Years in the making, Bina offers a multidimensional reflection on how many diverse languages across this continent continue to vibrate in rich and profound ways. The emergence of Indigenous linguists Gari Tudor-Smith and Paul Williams as authors of this survey alongside Felicity Meakins signals an important and welcome shift in the Australian linguistics landscape.’ —Professor Clint Bracknell, University of Western Australia, Nyungar musicologist and musician
 

‘The extensive research undertaken for Bina provides the opportunity for each person to find out a little about the language of their local area, and the amazing wealth of language and culture to be found in Australia.’ —Helen Eddy, Read Plus

‘I cannot recommend [Bina] highly enough, it is completely fascinating’ —David Marr, Late Night Live

‘The study of language by First Nations people has the power to save lives. Bina … breathes the spectrum of First Nations knowledge systems into the silo of Western science. Like a defibrillator restoring a sick heart, the intrinsic connection uniting language, people and place is reactivated… Within the history of Australian linguistics, Bina gives us a fascinating and expansive translation.’ —Monique Grbec, The Saturday Paper