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Over the last two years, a team of 14 people worked across 4 Top End communities to record and document Yolŋu clan languages and songs. On Thursday 21st June, ARDS Aboriginal Corporation celebrates the launch of a double album which features some of the music and language emerging from the Ancient Languages,…

ARDS recently finished up almost a year of conversations with Yolŋu in Gapuwiyak about smoke free spaces.Gapuwiyak is the second community in the Top End Smoke Free Spaces project, after Ramingining last year. Between June 2017 - April 2018, ARDS facilitators had about 200 conversations with Yolŋu about…

https://soundcloud.com/ards-2/sets/raypirripuy-radio-seriesThis 9 part radio series explores the history and current status of ‘Raypirri’ often referred to as discipline but encompassing the raising of Yolŋu children to become good responsible members of society. The senior elders involved reflect on…

ARDS’ recent radio series about pokies and gambling has been named ‘Best Radio Production’ at the 2017 Indigenous Remote Communications Association (IRCA) Awards.Nhaliy dhu Yolŋuy yutjuwaḻa’kum mari beŋur pokiesŋur?(‘Finding a pathway to reduce harms caused by pokies’), a 12 part radio series recorded…

ARDS has been working closely with Yolŋu at Ramangiṉiŋ and Yurrwi to make a film about Burrmalala (cyclone).The films aims are to:• Share Yolŋu and Balanda worldviews about this incredible phenomenon. • Pay tribute to the ancient knowledge of an ongoing culture that has lived with cyclones forever.…