Oral literature in the digital age : archiving orality and connecting with communities /
Oral literature in the digital age : archiving orality and connecting with communities /
edited by Mark Turin, Claire Wheeler and Eleanor Wilkinson.
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 164 pages).
- World Oral Literature Series ; Volume 2 .
- World oral literature series ; Volume 2. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Principles and Methods of Archiving and Conservation. The Archive Strikes Back : Effects of Online Digital Language Archiving on Research Relations and Property Rights / Access and Accessibility at ELAR, A Social Networking Archive for Endangered Languages Documentation / Multiple Audiences and Co-Curation : Linking an Ethnographic Archive of Endangered Oral Traditions to Contemporary Contexts / Engagements and Reflections from the Field. Researchers as Griots? Reflections on Multimedia Fieldwork in West Africa / American Indian Oral Literature, Cultural Identity and Language Revitalisation : Some Considerations for Researchers / Ecuador's Indigenous Cultures : Astride Orality and Literacy / From Shrine to Stage : A Personal Account of the Challenges of Archiving the Tejaji Ballad of Rajasthan / Mongghul Ha Clan Oral History Documentation / Thomas Widlok -- David Nathan -- Judith Ashton and Paul Matthews -- Daniela Merolla and Felix Ameka, in collaboration with Kofi Dorvlo -- Margaret field -- Jorge Gómez Rendón -- Madan Meena -- Ha Mingzong, Ha Mingzhu and C.K. Stuart.
Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and digital cultural archives, their involvement raises important practical and ethical questions. This volume explores the political repercussions of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are not fossilised as a consequence of being archived. Fieldwork reports by linguists and anthropologists in three continents provide concrete examples of overcoming barriers -- ethical, practical and conceptual -- in digital documentation projects. Oral Literature In The Digital Age is an essential guide and handbook for ethnographers, field linguists, community activists, curators, archivists, librarians, and all who connect with indigenous communities in order to document and preserve oral traditions.
English.
9781909254329 1909254320 9781909254336 1909254339 9781909254343 1909254347 1909254312 9781909254312 1909254304 9781909254305
22573/ctt5qrb63 JSTOR
2019467802
Folk literature--History and criticism.
Oral tradition--History.
Ethnic studies.
Folklore, myths and legends.
History.
History: specific events and topics.
Humanities.
Indigenous peoples.
Oral history.
Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
Folk literature.
Oral tradition.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
GR72
398.2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Principles and Methods of Archiving and Conservation. The Archive Strikes Back : Effects of Online Digital Language Archiving on Research Relations and Property Rights / Access and Accessibility at ELAR, A Social Networking Archive for Endangered Languages Documentation / Multiple Audiences and Co-Curation : Linking an Ethnographic Archive of Endangered Oral Traditions to Contemporary Contexts / Engagements and Reflections from the Field. Researchers as Griots? Reflections on Multimedia Fieldwork in West Africa / American Indian Oral Literature, Cultural Identity and Language Revitalisation : Some Considerations for Researchers / Ecuador's Indigenous Cultures : Astride Orality and Literacy / From Shrine to Stage : A Personal Account of the Challenges of Archiving the Tejaji Ballad of Rajasthan / Mongghul Ha Clan Oral History Documentation / Thomas Widlok -- David Nathan -- Judith Ashton and Paul Matthews -- Daniela Merolla and Felix Ameka, in collaboration with Kofi Dorvlo -- Margaret field -- Jorge Gómez Rendón -- Madan Meena -- Ha Mingzong, Ha Mingzhu and C.K. Stuart.
Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and digital cultural archives, their involvement raises important practical and ethical questions. This volume explores the political repercussions of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are not fossilised as a consequence of being archived. Fieldwork reports by linguists and anthropologists in three continents provide concrete examples of overcoming barriers -- ethical, practical and conceptual -- in digital documentation projects. Oral Literature In The Digital Age is an essential guide and handbook for ethnographers, field linguists, community activists, curators, archivists, librarians, and all who connect with indigenous communities in order to document and preserve oral traditions.
English.
9781909254329 1909254320 9781909254336 1909254339 9781909254343 1909254347 1909254312 9781909254312 1909254304 9781909254305
22573/ctt5qrb63 JSTOR
2019467802
Folk literature--History and criticism.
Oral tradition--History.
Ethnic studies.
Folklore, myths and legends.
History.
History: specific events and topics.
Humanities.
Indigenous peoples.
Oral history.
Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
Folk literature.
Oral tradition.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
GR72
398.2