The AFN’s 2017
annual conference featured a range of presentations combining research, and performance
in a balance that has become the signature of this annual event. As always the
conference was well attended and well received.
The lunchtime
concert featuring the Flying Emus was a great complement to the day’s activities.
We thank
our partners, the National Folk Festival, Curtin University and particularly
the National Library of Australia whose ongoing support and dedicated staff
make the event possible.
Many of those
who present and attend at the conference also contribute to the National Folk
Festival following on immediately afterwards. The festival is a stimulating (and
tiring!) experience where music, song, dance, food and many other things combine
in a unique celebration of the diversity of past and present traditions.
Running the conference in tandem with the festival has proved to be a winning
strategy and preparations are already underway for the 13th National
Folklore Conference.
Graham Seal
for the committee:
Gwenda
Davey
Jennifer
Gall
Kevin
Bradley
Rob Willis
Graham
McDonald
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