About ACAL - AIATSIS Centre for Australian Languages
Through its projects and activities, The AIATSIS Centre for Australian Languages (ACAL) connects individuals and organisations interested in Australian Indigenous languages – community people, linguists, governments, language organisations, and educational and research institutions.
Our projects and activities aim to:
- support language maintenance and revitalisation programs;
- improve understanding about the language collection held at AIATSIS;
- support emerging linguists, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous;
- facilitate the archiving of Indigenous languages materials;
- develop and maintain language resources and databases;
- inform Government policy through current research; and
- deliver activities that raise the profile and status of Indigenous languages in the wider community.
Located within the AIATSIS Indigenous Social and Cultural Wellbeing Research Program, ACAL also works closely with the AIATSIS Library and Audiovisual Archives . Currently we are partially funded by the Indigenous Language Program in the Office for the Arts.
Our research is often conducted in partnership with other research institutions, Indigenous regional alliances, Indigenous representative and corporate bodies, communities and individuals. Our guidelines for research ethics are available here.