Collection details
Collection ID HF01
Title Hans Fischer recordings
Description Hans Fischer was formerly Director of the Museum für Völkerkunde and Professor of Socio-cultural anthropology (Ethnologie), University of Hamburg. He began fieldwork in New Guinea in 1958 in villages the lower Watut River and among the Anga-speaking Jeghuje on the Banir River. After brief initial visits to the Wampar area, he conducted longer fieldwork in Gabmadzung in 1965, then again in 1971/72, 1976, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999/2000, 2003/04 and 2009. The recordings in the collection were made in 1958, 1965 and 1971/72. His research covered various topics: settlement and household organization, kinship, language and oral traditions, and material culture including, for example, string figures.
Some of the recorded texts have been used in the following publications:
1959 Ethnographica von den Kukukuku (Ost-Neuguinea). In: Baessler-Archiv, N.F. 7: 99-122.
1960 Fadenspiele vom unteren Watut und Banir River (Ost-Neuguinea). In: Baessler-Archiv, N.F. 8: 171-213.
1961 Das Tonbandgerät in der völkerkundlichen Feldforschung. In: Tribus 10: 107-114.
1961 Spiele der Watut (Ost-Neuguinea). In: Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig 11: 141-152.
1962 Oberflächenfunde und rezente Töpferei am unteren Watut River (Ost-Neuguinea). In: Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde Dresden 21: 23-33.
1962 Einige linguistische Indizien des Kulturwandels in Nordost-Neuguinea. In: Sociologus, N.F. 12: 18-36.
1963 Watut. Notizen zur Kultur eines Melanesierstammes in Nordost-Neuguinea. (Kulturgeschichtliche Forschungen, 10. Band). Braunschweig: Albert Limbach. (290 S., 54 Fig., 31 Abb.).
1964 Cargo-Kulte und die "Amerikaner". In: Sociologus, N.F. 14: 17-30.
1965 Studien über Seelenvorstellungen in Ozeanien. München: Klaus Renner. (432 S.).
1966 Cargo-Ideen. In: Anthropos 61: 49-97.
1966 Wampet, Mumeng und Labu: Drei kurze Wörterlisten. In: Anthropos 61: 878-883.
1968 Negwa. Eine Papua-Gruppe im Wandel. München: Klaus Renner. (493 S., 123 Fig., 35 Tab., Fotos, Karten).
1968 Archäologische Funde und Beobachtungen vom Tauri-Oberlauf Neuguineas. In: Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde Dresden 28: 73-81.
1975 Gabsongkeg 71. Verwandtschaft, Siedlung und Landbesitz in einem Dorf in Neuguinea. (Hamburger Reihe zur Kultur- und Sprachwissenschaft, Band 10). München: Kommissionsverlag Klaus Renner. (485 S.).
1975 Namen als ethnographische Daten. In: Siegfried Wolf zum 65. Geburtstag. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde Dresden 34: 629-654.
1987 Heilserwartung. Geister, Medien und Träumer in Neuguinea. Frankfurt/ New York: Campus. (194 S., 21 Abb., 2 Karten).
1992 (Hg) Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. Ab Band 1.
1992 Weisse und Wilde. Erste Kontakte und Anfänge der Mission (Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea, 1). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. (230 S.).
1994 Geister und Menschen. Mythen, Märchen und neue Geschichten. (Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea, 2). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. (374 S.).
1996 Der Haushalt des Darius. Über die Ethnographie von Haushalten. (Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea, 3). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. (263 S., 17 Fig., 3 Karten, 4 Tabellen, 41 Fotos auf 17 Tafeln).
2000 Wörter und Wandel. Ethnographische Zugänge über die Sprache. (Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea, 7). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag. (313 S.).

NOTE: Tapes were kindly digitised by the Endangered Languages Archive, thanks to Mandana Seyfeddinipur.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/HF01
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Papua New Guinea - PG
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English - eng
Wampar - lbq
Motu - meu
Tok Pisin - tpi
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DOI 10.4225/72/5ae88f0bca1fa
Cite as Hans Fischer (collector), 1958. Hans Fischer recordings. Collection HF01 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5ae88f0bca1fa
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Items in Collection (62)

Item Title Actions
001a Seventeen songs View
001b Recordings at Gabmadzung, twentyone stories in the style of myths and stories of spirits (dzob mamafe), true stories (dzob nidzin) and of stories about people (garagab a dzob)Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story" - Translated name/theme of the story View
001c Recordings at Gabsonkeg, fifteen songs in the style of laments (med a dzon), songs and dances after a fight (med a gom) and songs and dances after a fight, day or night, with drums, conch shell and spears, men and women (med a tir). View
002a Two recordings Structure: 0. Theme and style of the recording - Narrator View
002b Sixteen songs, melodies and dances in the style of laments (med a dzon), songs and dances after a fight (med a tir, med a gom) and after the killing of a man (med maga) Structure: 0. "Name of the song" - Translated name/theme of the song - Style of the View
002c Recordings at Gabsonkeg, nineteen songs and stories. Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story/song" - Translated name/theme of the story/song - Narrator View
003a Twelve songs and recordings Structure: 0. Theme and style of the song/recording View
003b Recordings at Gabmadzung, twenty stories of myths and stories of spirits (dzob mamafe) Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story" - Translated name/theme of the story - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar and [P]=Tok Pisin View
003c Recordings at Gabsonkeg, twenty-four songs and stories in the style of songs and stories about fights and wars (dzob a tir) Structure: 0. "Name"/Translated name/theme of the story/song - Narrator View
004a Four recordings Structure: 0. Theme and style of the recording View
004b Recordings at Gabmadzung, six songs of myths and stories of spirits (dzeagantson) Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the song - Translated name/theme of the song - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar View
004c Recordings at Gabsonkeg, twenty-nine songs and stories in the style of songs and dances after a fight, day or night, with drums, conch shell and spears, men and women (med a tir), songs/melodies/dances (dzi rafen) and songs and dances after a fight and af View
005a Twentytwo myths and songs Structure: 0. Theme and style of the myth/song View
005b Recordings at Gabmadzung, seven stories about fights and wars (dzob a tir) Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story" - Translated name/theme of the story - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar View
005c Recordings at Gabsonkeg, six songs and stories. Structure: 0. Translated name/theme of the story/song - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar and [P]=Tok Pisin View
006a Thirteen myths and songs Structure: 0. Theme and style of the myth/ song View
006b Recordings at Gabmadzung, eleven songs in the Wampar language and one (12.) in Tok Pisin Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the song" - Translated name/theme of the song - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar and [P]=Tok Pisin View
006c Recordings at Gabsonkeg, five songs and stories in the style of songs for play (med gereran). Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story/song" - Translated name/theme of the story/song - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar and [P]=Tok Pisin View
007a One myth View
007b Recordings at Gabmadzung, two songs and stories in the and one (3.) phonetic recording Structure: 0. "Name of the song/story" - Translated name/theme of the song/story - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar View
007c Female speaker narrating story View
008a Eight recordings and songs Structure: 0. Theme and style of the song View
008b Recordings at Gabsongkeg, thirteen stories about fights and wars (dzob a tir) and one (14.) true story Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story" - Translated name/theme of the story - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar View
009a One myth View
009b Recordings at Gabmadzung, five stories and one (6.) true story Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story" - Translated name/theme of the story - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar View
00Xc Guitar music View
00Yc Kinderspiele View
00Zc Kijung Gesänge View
010a Recordings at Seseli (1-60) and Katsiong (61-68), sixty-eight songs in the style of bamboo flute songs, rite of passage ceremonies, laments, war songs, songs during the piercing of a nose, jaw harp songs, children's songs, songs after the death of a man/ View
010b Recordings at Gabmadzung View
011a Recordings at Katsiong (1-16), Seseli (17-20, 26-29) and Forofar (21-25), twenty-nine songs in the style of songs after the death of a man/woman, rite of passage ceremonies, flute songs, laments, children's songs, myths, jaw harp songs. Structure: 0. T View
011b Recordings at Gabmadzung View
012a Six myths (8-13) View
012b Recordings at Gabmadzung View
013a Eight myths (1-8) View
013b Recordings at Gabmadzung View
014a FIve songs (5-10) View
014b Recordings at Gabmadzung View
015a Initiationsgesänge View
015b Recordings at Gabmadzung, one (1.) story of spirits (dzob mamafe) and six stories about people (garagab a dzob) Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story" - Translated name/theme of the story - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar View
016a Initiationsgesänge View
016b Four recordings of the news View
017a Chants and rituals in Wajapa View
017b Recordings at Gabmadzung, one (1.) of a school lesson and one (2.) of three songs View
018a Jetuje, Wajapa, Mythen, Vokabeln View
018b Recordings at Gabmadzung, twelve stories about people (garagab a dzob) and one (13.) story of spirits (dzob mamafe) Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story" - Translated name/theme of the story - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar View
019a Mythen View
019b Recording at Gabmadzung View
020a Mythen View
020b Recordings at Gabsongkeg, one (1.) story about people (garagab a dzob) and three stories of spirits (dzob mamafe) Structure: 0. "Name of the story" - Translated name of the story - Narrator - Language of origin [W]=Wampar View

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