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dc.contributor.advisorBaker, Sarah
dc.contributor.advisorGrant, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorKruger, Candace
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T02:16:20Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T02:16:20Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/1740
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/365270
dc.description.abstractKnowledge of Indigenous language and identity for Australian Indigenous children is vital. Despite this there has been little research into the effects that living culture practice affords Australian Indigenous children through learning heritage language. Yarrabil (to sing) is one way in which Indigenous youth can participate in learning Indigenous language. Through a series of surveys, wula bora (focus group) sessions, interviews and reflections, the jarjum (children) of the Yugambeh language region assisted to discover how the process of participation in an urban Aboriginal children’s language choir can play an integral part in youth leadership, language acquisition, well-being (self-efficacy), and Identity and Aboriginality. The research also demonstrates how a language choir can safe-guard language and culture whilst building socio-cultural capital within an Indigenous community. The National Indigenous Languages Survey Report of 2005 listed the Aboriginal language Yugambeh of the Gold Coast, Logan and Scenic Rim regions of South-East Queensland, Australia as endangered. This thesis investigates an alternate way to girrebba (wake up) a sleeping language and engage youth in the process of learning their heritage language. The ‘Yugambeh Language and Song project’ provides academic knowledge in a relatively unstudied field, supports living culture practice and provides a model to assist other Indigenous communities to sing their language alive.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
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dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous language, Aboriginal Australians
dc.subject.keywordsYugambeh Language and Song Project
dc.subject.keywordsChoirs, Aboriginal Australians
dc.subject.keywordsThe National Indigenous Languages Survey Report of 2005
dc.subject.keywordsEndangered indigenous languages, Aboriginal Australians
dc.subject.keywordsYugambeh Youth Choir
dc.titleIn The Bora Ring: Yugambeh Language and Song Project - An Investigation into the Effects of Participation in the ‘Yugambeh Youth Choir’, an Aboriginal Language Choir for Urban Indigenous Children
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1504745349026
gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (Masters)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramMaster of Arts Research (MARes)
gro.departmentSchool of Humanities, Languages and Social Science
gro.griffith.authorKruger, Candace


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