Date and time: Thursday 10 October, 12.00pm-1.00pm ACST
Topic: Takeaways from aes24 from a NT perspective
Location: Zoom
Presenters: John Guenther: Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Emily Lapinksi & Jamie Gorman: Central Land Council & Glenda Wayne Napaljarri: Community Researcher
Register online by: Wednesday 9 October, 2024

Event Description:

This seminar provides a forum for NT evaluators who attended and/or presented at the Australian Evaluation Society 2024 conference (aes24) to share their key takeaways, highlights, and thoughts about AES24 from an NT perspective.

The theme of aes24 was ‘Wayfinding’, the ancient process for navigating unfamiliar territory towards an intended destination. In terms of evaluation, aes24 emphasised evaluation as a destination for societal and planetary wellbeing considering the evaluation footprints of equity, decolonisation and the environment, the roles, benefits and risks of evaluation tools, and how we learn from and adapt to the evaluation journey itself.

Presenter Details:

Dr John Guenther is the Research Leader for Education and Training with Batchelor Institute, based in Darwin and is a Fellow of the Australian Evaluation Society. His research interests relate to aspects of schooling and adult learning with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and training. John is Chief Editor of Australian and International Journal of Rural Education and Evaluation Journal of Australasia.

Emily Lapinski is the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator at Central Land Council, based in Alice Springs. Emily co-presented a session at the AES24 Conference, with Warlpiri colleagues, titled 'Walpiri ways of assessing impact – How an Aboriginal community is defining, assessing and taking action for a good life in their community'.

Glenda Wayne Napaljarri is a senior community researcher from Yuendumu for the Yitakima-ninjaku, warrirninjaku, payirninjaku manu pina-jarrinjaku (YWPP) and Lajamanu Good Community Life projects. She has developed her practice working as an adult literacy tutor in Yuendumu’s Community Learning Centre. In addition to conducting research in her home community of Yuendumu, Glenda has travelled to Lajamanu and Willowra to mentor emerging Indigenous community researchers and assist with transcription and translation of the recordings from interviews and focus groups.

Dr Jamie Gorman is the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Co-ordinator for the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust, based in the Central Land Council, Alice Springs. He works at the intersection of community development, youth work, global citizen education and the climate justice movement. Jamie co-presented a workshop at the AES24 Conference titled 'Insights on Indigenous evaluation co-design in the Warlpiri Yitakima-ninjaku, warrirninjaku, payirninjaku manu pina-jarrinjaku project'

This free event has been organised by the AES Northern Territory Regional Network. Our seminar series provides an opportunity for you to meet with AES members and others in the evaluation community and to share and learn from the experiences of fellow evaluators.

Session start times:

NT: 12.00pm

VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS: 1.30pm

SA: 1.00pm

WA: 10.30am

New Zealand: 3.30pm

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