Browsing Research Publications and Outputs by subject "Australian languages"
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Dilemmas in interpretation: contemporary perspectives on Berndt’s Goulburn Island song documentation
Published 2013-01-01More than fifty years after the first recording session and twenty-six years after the original publication of Ronald Berndt’s article ‘Other creatures in human guise’ (Berndt, 1987), this paper presents some contemporary ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Endangered songs and endangered languages.
Published 2003-01-01It is widely reported in Australia and elsewhere that songs are considered by culture bearers to be the “crown jewels” of endangered cultural heritages whose knowledge systems have hitherto been maintained without the aid ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Marri Ngarr lirrga songs: a musicological analysis of song pairs in performance
Published 2006-01-01This article discusses a set of lirrga songs performed for Allan Marett on 1 October 1998 at Wadeye in Australia's Northern Territory by a group of senior Marri Ngarr men comprising the singers and composers Pius Luckan ...Open AccessArticle -
A musicologist’s wishlist: some issues, practices and practicalities in musical aspects of language documentation.
Published 2006-01-01This paper summarises some of the issues that have arisen for me in my collaborations with linguists in documentation of Australian song. It provides pointers for recording techniques and guidelines as to some of the things ...Open AccessArticle -
The National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia: year one in review
Published 2006-01-01The National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia was conceived at Gunyangara in Arnhem Land during the inaugural Indigenous Performance Symposium in August 2002. The symposium was funded by the ...Open AccessBook chapter