"Elders coming back that would have been part of passing forward that inter-generational knowledge, so thats the disruption is important to wider communities"
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised this story includes the name of an Indigenous person who has passed away.
NITV Radio speak with Dr Kylie Day, a Senior Lecturer in the Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples of the Southern Cross University.
Kylie shares about the process of working with Bundjalung Elders and community members on this research project, "Unravelling colonial threads: Stories behind the fishing net: Sitting with the aunties. International Journal of Cultural Property" published in the International Journal of Cultural Property.
The weaving project is more than a paper, its a fishing net that brought together · Jali Rangers, Jagun Alliance, the Guung Butheran, Bundjalung Tribal Society and more. The project was initiated and inspired the renewal work from the passing of the late Aunty Gwen Williams, continued by many knowledgeble weavers including, sister, Aunty Jacqui Williams, Yulnu Elder Merrkiyawuy “Merrki” Ganambarr-Stubbs, Uncle Phil Roberts and Dhinawan Baker alon with many more community members.
