Brand Tasmania’s “Little Tasmanian” campaign looks at childhood in Tassie. They gather info, provide services, and wrote a children’s book about Tasmanians. They also do spotlights on locals who do youth-facing work, and I was one of them.

From all my rambling interviews about science, the writers extracted a thoughtful story about small gestures that meant the most to me as a child, and what I want to share onward to others as a science communicator 🪐

https://littletasmanian.com.au/stories/mars-buttfield-addison/

#lutruwita #Tasmania #Tasmanian #Tasmanians #nipaluna #Hobart #SciComm #WestCoastTas

Mars Buttfield-Addison

Mars first became a regular visitor to Tasmania’s west coast with employment and outreach programs run by the University of Tasmania or as part of National Science Week. The more time she spent there, the more she liked towns like Queenstown, Zeehan, and Strahan. As a science communicator, her goal is to inspire people to engage with learning for its own sake.

Little Tasmanian

Oral #stories as #Indigenous #histories: How long can stories be passed down by word of mouth? - New research suggests that #Aboriginal #Tasmanians' oral tradition tells of geological events and astronomical conditions stretching back 12,000+ years.

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2023/10/stories-told-by-aboriginal-tasmanians-could-be-oldest-recorded-in-the-world

Stories told by Aboriginal Tasmanians could be oldest recorded in the world

First Nations people in Lutruwita/Tasmania have been sharing their stories for more than 12,000 years, new research has found.

Australian Geographic