Multiple uses for old and new recordings: perspectives from the multilingual community of Warruwi
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Conference paperAuthor/s
O'Keeffe, IsabelBarwick, Linda
Coleman, Carolyn
Manmurulu, David
Manmurulu, Jenny
Mardbinda, Janet
Naragoidj, Paul
Singer, Ruth
Abstract
This paper reports on collaborative research by a team of linguists, musicologists, elders, educators and young people from the multilingual Indigenous community of Warruwi (South Goulburn Island, Northern Territory, Australia). A key aim of the various projects has been to make ...
See moreThis paper reports on collaborative research by a team of linguists, musicologists, elders, educators and young people from the multilingual Indigenous community of Warruwi (South Goulburn Island, Northern Territory, Australia). A key aim of the various projects has been to make recordings available to the community and to equip and empower community members to be involved in the documentation and to control how old and new recordings are used. In this paper, we report on the repatriation of archival recordings of language and song at Warruwi and discuss how the Warruwi community uses these recordings—and more recent recordings by the research team—for maintenance or revitalisation purposes. Different perspectives will be provided by various members of the community. We demonstrate the need for researchers to have ongoing discussions with community members to inform collaborative research and to ensure communities are empowered to have control over recorded materials and determine priorities for ongoing documentation and revitalisation projects.
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See moreThis paper reports on collaborative research by a team of linguists, musicologists, elders, educators and young people from the multilingual Indigenous community of Warruwi (South Goulburn Island, Northern Territory, Australia). A key aim of the various projects has been to make recordings available to the community and to equip and empower community members to be involved in the documentation and to control how old and new recordings are used. In this paper, we report on the repatriation of archival recordings of language and song at Warruwi and discuss how the Warruwi community uses these recordings—and more recent recordings by the research team—for maintenance or revitalisation purposes. Different perspectives will be provided by various members of the community. We demonstrate the need for researchers to have ongoing discussions with community members to inform collaborative research and to ensure communities are empowered to have control over recorded materials and determine priorities for ongoing documentation and revitalisation projects.
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Date
2018-01-01Publisher
Foundation for Endangered LanguagesLicence
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Sydney Conservatorium of MusicCitation
O’Keeffe, Isabel, Linda Barwick, Carolyn Coleman, David Manmurulu, Jenny Manmurulu, Janet Mardbinda, Paul Naragoidj, and Ruth Singer. “Multiple Uses for Old and New Recordings: Perspectives from the Multilingual Community of Warruwi.” In Communities in Control: Learning Tools and Strategies for Multilingual Endangered Language Communities. Proceedings of FEL XXI Alcanena 2017, edited by Nicholas Ostler, Vera Ferreira, and Moseley, Chris, 140–147. Hungerford, UK: Foundation for Endangered Languages, 2018.Share