Robyn McKenzie, researcher at the National University of Australia, about the purpose of museums...

Dr. Robyn McKenzie, a research fellow at the Centre for Digital  Humanities Research at The Australian National University in Canberra,  has worked closely with the Yolngu community of Yirrkala in North-East  Arnhem Land, and she reconnected them with a collection of 192 mounted  string figures made there in 1948 that is in the Australian Museum in  Sydney. String figures are patterns made with a loop of string on  the hands. Dr. McKenzie's goal is to analyze string figure making as an  aesthetic meaning system. She and her team her team are currently  holding a series of 'Talking About Stones' events in parts of Australia  which they hope will help resolve the frequent yet complex issue of  indigenous artifacts found on farms. --- https://rsha.cass.anu.edu.au/news/dr-robyn-mckenzie-named-inaugural-australian-national-fellow https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/mckenzie-re https://cdhr.cass.anu.edu.au/research/projects/talking-about-stones --- At the moment, Radio Aula Mundi is an evolving podcast station where no language and all languages are spoken… It’s  a multilingual mix of music, poetry, lectures, languages, interviews,  documentaries, recipes, and a lot more, co-produced with the students of  the ‘Aula Mundi International Cultural Center’… --- Radio Aula Mundi Centro Cultural & Turistico Aula Mundi Aula Mundi Cultural Travel Center https://radioaulamundi.bandcamp.com/  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-aula-mundi/id1584156605 https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker Spotify YouTube  https://castbox.fm/channel/Let's-talk-about-it%2C-anywhere-in-the-world...-id4725033?country=us Breaker Player FM Facebook  Radio Aula Mundi