Oral Literature in the Digital Age: Archiving Orality and Connecting with Communities

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Introduction: Mark Turin, Claire Wheeler and Eleanor Wilkinson I. Principles and Methods of Archiving and Conservation 1. The Archive Strikes Back: Effects of Online Digital Language Archiving on Research Relations and Property Rights:Thomas Widlok 2. Access and Accessibility at ELAR, a Social Networking Archive for Endangered Languages Documentation: David Nathan 3. Multiple Audiences and Co-Curation: Linking an Ethnographic Archive of Endangered Oral Traditions to Contemporary Contexts: Judith Aston and Paul Matthews II. Engagements and Reflections from the Field 4. Researchers as Griots? Reflections on Multimedia Fieldwork in West Africa: Daniela Merolla and Felix Ameka, in collaboration with Kofi Dorvlo 5. American Indian Oral Literature, Cultural Identity and Language Revitalisation: Some Considerations for Researchers: Margaret Field 6. Ecuador’s Indigenous Cultures: Astride Orality and Literacy: Jorge Gómez Rendón 7. From Shrine to Stage: A Personal Account of the Challenges of Archiving the Tejaji Ballad of Rajasthan: Madan Meena 8. Mongghul Ha Clan Oral History Documentation: Ha Mingzong 哈明宗, Ha Mingzhu 哈明珠and C. K. Stuart1 Index Backcover Cover Half-Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Editors Contributors Introduction: Mark Turin, Claire Wheeler and Eleanor Wilkinson I. Principles and Methods of Archiving and Conservation 1. The Archive Strikes Back: Effects of Online Digital Language Archiving on Research Relations and Property Rights:Thomas Widlok 2. Access and Accessibility at ELAR, a Social Networking Archive for Endangered Languages Documentation: David Nathan 3. Multiple Audiences and Co-Curation: Linking an Ethnographic Archive of Endangered Oral Traditions to Contemporary Contexts: Judith Aston and Paul Matthews II. Engagements and Reflections from the Field 4. Researchers as Griots? Reflections on Multimedia Fieldwork in West Africa: Daniela Merolla and Felix Ameka, in collaboration with Kofi Dorvlo 5. American Indian Oral Literature, Cultural Identity and Language Revitalisation: Some Considerations for Researchers: Margaret Field 6. Ecuador’s Indigenous Cultures: Astride Orality and Literacy: Jorge Gómez Rendón 7. From Shrine to Stage: A Personal Account of the Challenges of Archiving the Tejaji Ballad of Rajasthan: Madan Meena 8. Mongghul Ha Clan Oral History Documentation: Ha Mingzong 哈明宗, Ha Mingzhu 哈明珠and C. K. Stuart1 Index Backcover