https://hdl.handle.net/2123/13876 2026-06-04T20:17:47Z 2026-06-04T20:17:47Z Nathan, David https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16673 2025-10-20T00:04:50Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the reach of digital language archives Nathan, David The aim of this chapter is to extend previous work on archival ‘access and accessibility’ (Nathan 2013) in order to make initial suggestions towards a set of criteria for thinking about archives’ ‘reach’ – their multifaceted capacity to successfully provide language resources to those who can gain value from them. Several of our archives now think of themselves as publishers (Holton 2013; Nathan 2011b), which leads naturally to thinking about intended audiences and the appropriateness and usability of the archives’ materials and services.

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Bow, Catherine Christie, Michael Devlin, Brian https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16671 2025-10-20T00:04:50Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoehorning complex metadata in the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Bow, Catherine; Christie, Michael; Devlin, Brian The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages is making endangered literature in Australian Indigenous languages publicly available online (Bow et al. 2014). Like any other project attempting to package a vastly complex body of work into an accessible repository, this project has grappled with a number of complex issues. Wrangling a variety of text types, languages, locations, digitisation processes, metadata and other issues into an accessible online repository requires a great deal of shoehorning.

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Hope, Cat MacKinney, Lisa Green, Lelia Travers, Meghan Mahoney, Tos https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16667 2025-10-20T00:04:48Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Western Australian New Music Archive: performing as remembering Hope, Cat; MacKinney, Lisa; Green, Lelia; Travers, Meghan; Mahoney, Tos The curation of WANMA is guided by, and confronts the challenges presented by, such a broad definition, with a focus on constructing a representative canon of Western Australian new music history from 1970 to the present day. A drawback of the Western Australian music collection at the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA), and indeed of many other Australian music collections (such as that at the Australian Music Centre and UWA’s Callaway Collection).

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Berez, Andrea L. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16674 2025-10-20T00:04:48Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reproducable research in descriptive linguistics: integrating archiving and citation into the postgraduate curriculum at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Berez, Andrea L. The notion of reproducible research has received considerable attention in recent years from physical scientists, life scientists, social and behavioural scientists, and computational scientists. Some readers will be familiar with the criterion of replicability as a tenet of good execution of the scientific method, in which sound scientific experiments or studies are those that can be recreated elsewhere leading to new data, and in which sound scientific claims are those that are confirmed by the new data in a replicated study.

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Withers, Peter https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16672 2025-10-20T00:04:56Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

KinOath Kinship Archiver: genealogical and social relations Withers, Peter Anthropologists and other researchers often study kin and other social relationships. There have been numerous applications that have tried to meet the needs of researchers in this area. However, there remain numerous gaps in either the functionality, usability or affordability of existing software. Some of these needs may be as simple as quickly creating diagrams. Some are more complex, such as statistical analysis of large sets of data. Interoperability is also a crucial factor, so that data collected in one application can be transferred to another. Linking resource files or archived material to genealogies also gives the opportunity to tie together all the data that might be available – finding individuals in a genealogy or matching a given affiliation pattern, such as matrimonial rings or other kinship patterns. Finding archived material associated with an individual or with a given affiliation pattern can also greatly assist the research process.

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Treloyn, Sally Googninda Charles, Rona https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16668 2025-10-20T00:04:44Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Repatriation and innovation in and out of the field: the impact of legacy recordings on endangered dance-song traditions and ethnomusicological research Treloyn, Sally; Googninda Charles, Rona Over the last decade, ethnomusicologists have increasingly become preoccupied with the repatriation of records of songs and dances to communities of origin for a range of reasons that have been summarised elsewhere (see Treloyn and Emberly 2013; Treloyn, Charles and Nulgit 2013). In Australia, the return and dissemination of audio and video recordings from archival and personal collections to cultural heritage communities has emerged as a primary, and almost ubiquitous, fieldwork method.

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Emberly, Andrea https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16669 2025-10-20T00:05:01Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Repatriating childhood: issues in the ethical return of Venda children's musical materials from the archival collection of John Blacking Emberly, Andrea In ethnomusicological research, children are often conceptualised as the next generation of culture bearers who must be entrusted with valuable cultural materials to be sustained into the future. This conception, whether from cultural insiders, invested outsiders, or those in-between, often positions childhood as a place for re-embedding so called ‘endangered musical traditions’. Understanding children as the next generation of culture bearers informs the ways we approach the research process surrounding the documentation, archiving, and repatriation of musical cultures.

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaleva, Daniela https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16675 2025-10-20T00:05:03Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the lens of performance and performativity: reframing the research quality and impact of ethnographic digital research archives Kaleva, Daniela Digital research archives such as PARADISEC were established as part of research projects temporarily funded by government research grants. On the tenth anniversary of PARADISEC, its founders, contributors and users are celebrating, among other achievements, a wealth of knowledge encompassing more than 9 terabytes of data, over 5000 hours of audio recordings of language and music from the Pacific, Asia and worldwide, and prestigious international recognition as a member of the UNESCO Memory of World Register (see Thieberger et al., this volume; Clement et al. 2013).

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Post, Jennifer C. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16670 2026-05-07T00:39:50Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reviewing, reconstructing and reinterpreting ethnographic data on musical instruments in archives and museums Post, Jennifer C. It is surprising how easy it is to relate Zeitlin’s discussions about a highly valued, finely made musical instrument to other instruments that may not have been made for longevity, connected to well-documented dynasties, or produced in long-established instrument workshops. Over the centuries, musical instruments have travelled along trading routes, with touring performers, with musicians experiencing forced or voluntary migration, and due to the actions of collectors representing museums, archives, academic disciplines, or building personal collections.

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Harris, Amanda Thieberger, Nick Barwick, Linda https://hdl.handle.net/2123/13878 2026-05-12T06:39:06Z 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Research, Records and Responsibility: About the contributors Harris, Amanda; Thieberger, Nick; Barwick, Linda 'Research, Records and Responsibility' explores developments in collaborative archiving practice between archives and the communities they serve and represent, incorporating case studies of historical recordings, visual data and material culture. It brings together the work of Australian and international scholars commemorating ten years of PARADISEC, and reflects on the development of research and language archiving. 'About the contributors' also includes the Contents page of the full work. The book may be purchased from Sydney University Press at the following link: http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781743324431

2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Harris, Amanda Thieberger, Nick Barwick, Linda https://hdl.handle.net/2123/13877 2026-05-12T06:39:04Z 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Research, Records and Responsibility: Introduction Harris, Amanda; Thieberger, Nick; Barwick, Linda 'Research, Records and Responsibility' explores developments in collaborative archiving practice between archives and the communities they serve and represent, incorporating case studies of historical recordings, visual data and material culture. It brings together the work of Australian and international scholars commemorating ten years of PARADISEC, and reflects on the development of research and language archiving. This item is the introduction, titled 'PARADISEC: its history and future', from the book 'Research, Records and Responsibility: Ten years of PARADISEC', published in 2015 by Sydney University Press. The book may be purchased from Sydney University Press at the following link: http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781743324431.

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