Ezilmiş Dil | Mangled Tongue

Language Loss & Cultural Reclamation

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SONGLINE: Okaber, Lola

YER: Newtown 1976-1980

aus terör, language recovery

0006 que cola | 1:30 | 26 Nov 2020

Raised on hostile land, that was alien & terrifying. It was an environment characterised by unfamiliarity and distress. There was a significant sense of displacement and lack of belonging. This condition persisted for four decades, until a chance encounter with a distant dialect, evoked the sensation of home and family. This is a record of how language loss influences the formation of identity and emotional state.

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