PARADISEC (Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures): Recent submissions
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Documentation of traditional songs and ritual texts: issues for archiving
Published 2011-12-01It is well established that the archiving of materials from endangered languages needs to be not just the archiving of recordings, but also a rich metadata, including, wherever possible, transcriptions, translations, and ...Open AccessConference paper -
Excellence in research for Australia and sustainable data
Published 2011-12-01We are now entering the second round of assessment under the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) model. A number of writers have drawn attention to the problems inherent in this model for the humanities and social ...Open AccessConference paper -
‘Scolpire le parole’ [sculpting the words]: Context sensitivity in vocal and movement performance style of the Tuscan Maggio.
Published 1995-01-01In the maggio (sung popular theatre) of the Garfagnana valley north of Lucca, the main dimensions open to improvisation, and thus to context sensitivity, are music and movement. The song session, lasting about three ...Open AccessConference paper -
Italian traditional music in Adelaide
Published 1987-01-01This article questions the framing of Italian and other immigrant music traditions within Australian folklore studies. It discusses the fundamental diversity of regional musical cultures brought by Australia's immigrants ...Open AccessArticle -
“An ample and very poetical narrative”: the vicissitudes of “La Pia” between the literary and oral traditions.
Published 2005-01-01In the nearly seven hundred years since Dante's Purgatorio first appeared, the story of “La Pia” (Purgatorio V, 130-136), a Sienese woman who died under mysterious circumstances in the Maremma region, has generated much ...Open AccessBook chapter