Yoonggama Ma Nga Launch: Deborah Cheetham Fraillon in Conversation

Join us this NAIDOC Week for the launch of Yoonggama Ma Nga: A First Nations Transdisciplinary Research Initiative. 

Hear a keynote from Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, internationally renowned as an opera performer, composer and artistic director. She leads Short Black Opera, which provides training and opportunities for emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musical artists. Hear about her journey and aspirations for the First Nations academy.

Yoonggama Ma Nga is an initiative to build the First Nations academy. It is a centre for land-based learning at RMIT University where First Nations Knowledge Systems are privileged and community research, training and learning needs are prioritised. Its initial focus areas are art, performance, language and culture. The dedicated hub at RMIT provides a physical meeting point for First Nations scholars, from pre-doctoral candidates to senior academics.

Founded by Dr Vicki Couzens, RMIT Research Fellow and Suzi Hutchings, Swinburne University Professor, Yoonggama Ma Nga is an RMIT initiative led by Vicki Couzens. Links are also being built with Swinburne University. 

Learn more: https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/schools-colleges/college-of-design-and-social-context/research/yoonggama-ma-nga

Register for free here: https://events.humanitix.com/yoonggama-ma-nga-launch-event