Category: Culture

• BookTok getting young people back into reading

  

  This National Book Month, OTR journalist Caitlin Menadue takes a look at TikTok’s BookTok community, which is helping young readers find what interests them and pointing them in the direction of bookstores.

  ontherecord

  October 26, 2023

  Community, Culture

  Adelaide City Library, ali hazelwood, Australia, Books, bookstore, booktok, chloe gong, claudia scalzi, colleen hoover, Community, connection, COVID, dymocks, emily henry, Literature, national book month, QBD, Reading, Social Media, state library of south australia, tess bailey, tiktok, Writers SA

• Indigenous Literacy Day: what is it and how can you get involved?

  

  On September 6, over 500 Australian schools and organisations will host Great Book Swaps as part of Indigenous Literacy Day, with donations going to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). Check out this article to find out about the ILF’s important initiatives and get involved in Indigenous Literacy Day.

  ontherecord

  September 4, 2023

  Arts, Community, Culture, News, UniSA

  Adelaide, book swap, Books, Community, First Languages, Fundraiser, ILD, ILF, Indigenous Literacy Day, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, literacy, SLSA, South Australia, state library of south australia

• 2023 Port Adelaide Diversity and Inclusion Film Festival strives for greater representation in the Australian film industry 

  

  In its second year, the Port Adelaide Diversity and Inclusion Film Festival continues to be a vehicle for social change through its recognition of culturally diverse, under-represented, and minority groups in our community.

  ontherecord

  August 31, 2023

  Arts, Community, Culture, News, UniSA

  2023 PADIFF, Adelaide, AFDIF, Afsaneh Aghanezhad, Andrei Gostin, Asian, Audience, Australian Film Diversity and Inclusion Foundation, Claire Fletcher, Community, Culture, Diversity, Ellen Maher, Film, For Child Never Born, Forgiving, inclusion, Joseph McKenna, Joshua Trevorrow, Look The Part, Mark Koolmarie, Nara Wilson, Ngarrindjeri, On The Record, PADIFF, Port Adelaide Diversity and Inclusion Film Festival, Screen, Seeds of Change, short films, South Australia, Tomiya Hills, UniCast, UniSA, Yogi Devgan

• Voice to Parliament: everything you need to know

  

  The referendum for the First Nations Voice to Parliament is coming up later this year. What is the Voice? And how will it work? OTR journalist Thomas Docking explains.

  ontherecord

  July 3, 2023

  Community, Culture, Federal Politics, News

  Federal Politics, Fisrt Nations peoples, referendum, Voice to Parliament

• Kodomo no Hi Japan Festival celebrates culture and community

  

  Held annually since 1995, the Kodomo no Hi Japan Festival is not only a celebration of the cultural and social links between Australia and Japan, but it is also a day for supporting local and global communities.

  ontherecord

  May 1, 2023

  Community, Culture, South Australia

  Adelaide, Community, Culture, Festivals, JAFA, Japan, Japan Australia Friendship Association, Japanese, Japanese culture, KNH, May, Red Cross, South Australia, Thebarton Community Centre

• Dhilba Guuranda Innes National Park: how the Marna Bangarra project is bringing the Yorke Peninsula back to life

  

  Yorke Peninsula’s Dhilba Guuranda Innes National Park has been working hard with its Traditional Owners to bring the Yorke Peninsula back to life. OTR journalist Joanna Tucker takes us on a journey to learn about the history of the park, and how a co-management agreement between the Narungga Nations and the State came to fruition.

  ontherecord

  April 30, 2023

  Culture, Environment, Long Reads, South Australia, Travel

  Brush-tailed bettong, Buthera Agreement, Cape Spencer, Derek Sandow, Dhilba Guuranda Innes National Park, Garry Goldsmith, Marna Bangarra, Narungga People, NNAC, South Australia, Wedge Island, Yorke Peninsula