The ISFNR Ethics Committee met during the Congress.

The General Assembly of the ISFNR took place on Friday 20 July at the University of Melbourne.


Special Sessions

Who is telling our stories - and who's listening? A public forum with Tony Birch, June Factor, Warren Fahey and Patricia Cornelius.

What are the stories that tell us who we are? Whose stories are they? How are they remembered and recorded? How are they passed on? Are there contradictory stories? Are there stories that don’t get told? What are the connections between ‘old’ stories and contemporary reality?

Music Deli concert

ABC RN’s Paul Petran presented The Habibis, The Australian Chinese Music Ensemble, Richard Frankland, Jan Wositzky as W.E. (Bill) Harney, an English-Irish-Australian who spent most of his life amongst Aboriginal people – as a father, husband, government man and general ‘Jack of all trades’.

Presented in association with Folk Victoria and ‘Across the Borders’. This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding advisory body.



Musical Narratives of Japan

Japanese narrative music

This was the first time these narratives were heard in Australia