From tin trunk to world-wide memory : the making of the Bleek collection

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-115).This research sketches the history of the Bleek-L1oyd collection by documenting the cataloguing and archiving of material which has occurred in the years subsequent to the recording of the original manuscripts and certain related material during the closing decades of the nineteenth century. It attempts to track the processes by which material elements (notebooks, manuscripts, printed documents, artefacts, objects and original artworks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, books, photographs, paintings) became consolidated - or separated - as part of the making of what is now known as the Bleek-L1oyd archive. In addition, this research examinesthe various projects of knowledge production and writing which have emanated from the archive in the 80 years since a small part of the notebook texts, edited by Lucy Lloyd, was published in 1911. In particular, I examine ways in which the notebook texts have been deployed in the service of emerging and established academic disciplines including philology, "native studies", folklore and anthropology, archaeology and rock art interpretation. In more recent times, the Bleek collection provides a case study of the archive reconstituted for the new nation, serving not only as a site for the recovery of lost or hidden histories, but also as location for an international, redemptive celebration of indigenous identitie

Folklore in the Digital Age: Collected Essays. Foreword by Andy Ross

Online and digital cultures are among the most personally gripping effects of globalisation in our increasingly networked world. While global multimedia culture may seem to endanger traditional folklore, there is no doubt that it creates new folklore as well. Folklore in the Digital Age vividly illustrates the range of e-folklore studies in updated papers and essays from the author’s 21st-century research. The themes covered include not only the most serious issues of the day, such as the 9/11 attacks and natural disasters, but also cheerier topics, such as online dating and food culture. In these essays Professor Krawczyk-Wasilewska paints a convincing picture of digital folklore as a cultural heritage. She covers a wide range of issues from all levels of society and offers fascinating insights into how online culture affects our postmodern lives

Breath of Life: Revitalizing California\u27s Native Languages Through Archives

This thesis presents an oral history of the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival (AICLS) and its Breath of Life Workshop. Held every other year since 1996, the workshop is designed to meet the language revitalization needs of California Indian people whose languages have no living fluent speakers. Breath of Life Workshop organizers arrange visits to four archives on the University of California, Berkeley, campus and connect participants with linguistic mentors to read and interpret archival documents in their language for the purpose of bringing their language back into use. Through interviews with AICLS founders, Breath of Life Workshop participants, and University of California, Berkeley, linguists and archivists, this study uncovers the role archivists play in the Breath of Life Workshops and in the care of Native language collections more generally. Topics addressed include the selection and use of archival documents in the program and the changes to archival practice and policies that have resulted from archivists\u27 work with Breath of Life participants. The thesis also examines issues involved in the collection, arrangement, description, preservation, and access to the documentation of California Indian languages. The study concludes with recommendations for future language revitalization programs

Corpora ethnographica online: Strategien der Digitalisierung kultureller Archive und ihrer Präsentation im Internet

Die Digitalisierung und Publikation wissenschaftlicher Sammlungen im Internet steckt noch in den Kinderschuhen. Dieser Band thematisiert die Onlinestellung ethnographischer Korpora und im weitesten Sinne kultureller Archive. Sammlungen und Nachlässe wegweisender Feldforscher sind aufgrund ihrer eingeschränkten Nutzbarkeit, ihres Umfangs oder ihrer zersplitterten Verwahrung nur schwer zugänglich. Welch ein Gewinn, könnten solche Aufzeichnungen und Sammlungsobjekte als virtuelles Archiv weltweit genutzt werden! Die hier versammelten Beiträge eines internationalen Symposiums der Universität Rostock skizzieren neu beschrittene Wege, jenen Mehrwert zu erlangen. Ihr Bogen spannt sich vom Aufbau digitaler Feldforschungsarchive der sammlungsintensiven älteren Ethnologen- und Volkskundlergeneration über digitale Briefeditionen bis zur Digitalisierung und Verknüpfung von Museumsobjekten mit Archiv- und Bibliotheksgut. Die Transformation formatreicher Wissensspeicher (Handschriften, Tonaufzeichnungen, Fotos und Filme, entlegenes Druckgut) erfordert verschiedene Lösungsansätze. Fachspezifische Portalentwicklungen, Wege der analogen und digitalen Langzeitarchivierung sowie Retrieval-, Auswertungs- und Darstellungstechniken runden am Beispiel erprobter Digitalisierungsworkflows den Sammelband ab

Detecting Overlapping Communities in ISEBEL

Real-world complex networks are evident in the social networks, the internet, and biological networks. The complexities of most real-world networks make them have community structures that can be divided into subgroups based on some statistical features or how strongly the vertices are closely connected. A vertex may be a member of more than one community, resulting in overlapping communities in such a real-world network. The ISEBEL story network is yet another complex network with varieties of folklore of werewolves, witches, and legends which form communities with overlapping vertices. Many algorithms for detecting overlapping communities in real-world networks exist. In this work, we propose a framework built on Apache spark using the BigClam algorithm that is able to detect overlapping communities in ISEBEL dataset

Quliaqtuavut Tuugaatigun (Our Stories in Ivory): Reconnecting Arctic Narratives with Engraved Drill Bows

abstract: This dissertation explores complex representations of spiritual, social and cultural ways of knowing embedded within engraved ivory drill bows from the Bering Strait. During the nineteenth century, multi-faceted ivory drill bows formed an ideal surface on which to recount life events and indigenous epistemologies reflective of distinct environmental and socio-cultural relationships. Carvers added motifs over time and the presence of multiple hands suggests a passing down of these objects as a form of familial history and cultural patrimony. Explorers, traders and field collectors to the Bering Strait eagerly acquired engraved drill bows as aesthetic manifestations of Arctic mores but recorded few details about the carvings resulting in a disconnect between the objects and their multi-layered stories. However, continued practices of ivory carving and storytelling within Bering Strait communities holds potential for engraved drill bows to animate oral histories and foster discourse between researchers and communities. Thus, this collaborative project integrates stylistic analyses and ethno-historical accounts on drill bows with knowledge shared by Alaska Native community members and is based on the understanding that oral narratives can bring life and meaning to objects within museum collections.Dissertation/ThesisPh.D. Art 201