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Songlines and Memory: Saturday 29 June 2.45 - 3.45pm
About Lynne Kelly
Dr Lynne Kelly AO is a science writer and Adjunct Research Fellow at LaTrobe University. After four decades teaching, she completed a doctorate exploring the way non-literate cultures memorise and teach a vast amount of practical information without writing. She has since implemented many indigenous and medieval memory methods in a contemporary context and been astounded by their efficacy.
Lynne has published 20 books, the most recent being The Memory Code, Memory Craft, Songlines: the power and promise and Songlines for Younger Readers. Her new book on why music, art and our connection to place are innate, yet under-utilised knowledge skills will be published in September.
Author Photo: Abigail Heitbaum
Session Information
Janice Simpson will talk with Lynne about her work with memory and how indigenous cultures used various systems, such as Songlines, to store and transmit a vast array of knowledge.
Lynne worked with Professor Margo Neale to write Songlines: The Power and the Promise, a title in the First Knowledges collection.
'Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia's many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing. Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, Songlines: The Power and Promise offers unique insights into Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they could help all peoples thrive into the future. This book invites readers to understand a remarkable way for storing knowledge in memory by adapting song, art, and most importantly, Country, into their lives.' (Source: State Library of Queensland website)
Tickets
The session runs on Saturday 29 June from 2.45- 3.45pm.
Venue: Millhouse, 88-90 Burke St, Maryborough
Ticketing information: use the QR code above which takes you to Humanitix ticketing for this event.