PARADISEC (Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures): Recent submissions
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“Bilingual time” at Willowra: The beginnings of a community-initiated program, 1976-1977
Published 2017-01-01Formal schooling began at the Warlpiri-speaking community of Willowra, in north-western Central Australia, in 1968. When the present authors arrived at the school in 1976, to take up positions as the new teachers, many ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Continuity and Change in Warlpiri Practices of Marking the Landscape
Published 2016-01-01Warlpiri people of Central Australia have served on a number of occasions as exemplars of the Derridean premise that no society is without writing (Derrida 1976: 109) (e.g. Rothenberg and Rothenberg 1983: 139; Biddle ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Central Australian Women’s Traditional Music: Yawulyu/Awelye. Indigenous Music Case Study Report for the Sustainable Futures for Music Cultures Project. Revised Version.
Published 2013-09-12This report concerns yawulyu/awelye, an important ceremonial genre of traditional songs performed by women in Central Australia. Drawing on extensive published literature, our fieldwork in the area over many years, and a ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Unison and "disagreement" in a mixed women's and men's performance from the Ellis collection, Oodnadatta, 1966
Published 1995-01-01This chapter explores the nature of musical 'disagreements' in a performance of the Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) performed by Antikirinya women and men at Oodnadatta in 1966, recorded by Catherine Ellis. Although unisonic ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Absolute tempo in multiple performances of Aboriginal songs: analyzing recordings of djanba 12 and djanba 14
Published 2011-01-01Songs that are not notated but transmitted through live performance are of particular interest for the psychological study of the stability of tempo across multiple performances. While experimental research points to highly ...Open AccessArticle