Collection details
Collection ID PK2
Title The Eskaya Digital Archive
Description This is a repository of materials related to the Eskaya community of Bohol with particular reference to the Eskayan language. Most of the materials were recorded, filmed, scanned or photographed by Piers Kelly between 2005 and 2011. Exceptions are the oral history recordings of Zoë Bedford made in 2003-2004. Important postgraduate work from Cristina Martinez-Juan from the 1990s was added later. It is at PK2-50.

The Eskayan language was assigned the ISO639-3 code [esy] in 2014 however this change has not yet been reflected in the PARADISEC Ethnologue list. For the time being, the collection is labelled 'Cebuano'.

File-naming conventions for media types:
AV - Audiovisual
DISS – Dissertations and other postgraduate research
GOV – Government documents
MAN – Manuscript
MED – News media
PUB – Publications
PIX – photographs

File-naming conventions for locations:
BAL – Balingasao, Valencia (9.64083 N, 124.221 E)
BIAB – Biabas, Guindulman ( 9°48'20.52"N, 124°24'13.92"E)
CAD – Cadapdapan, Candijay (9°49'30.18"N, 124°25'31.92"E)
SIER – Poblacion Sierra Bullones (?)
TAG – Tagbilaran, Bohol (?)
TAY – Taytay, Duero (9°45'37.56"N, 124°21'12.72"E)

Those with questions about the archive can contact Piers Kelly (Firstname dot Lastname at gmail dot com).

The Eskaya Digital Archive contains the following types of digitised materials related to Eskaya history, culture and language:
• Manuscripts (handwritten Eskaya documents)
• Publications (peer-reviewed commentaries)
• Dissertations (postgraduate research)
• Media (newspaper and magazine articles)
• Grey literature (various unpublished letters and commentaries)
• Genealogies (gedcom text files and photographs of surviving parish records)
• Pictures (people and scenes from Eskaya villages, not including photographs of manuscripts)
• Audio and video recordings (Eskaya people speaking, singing or writing Eskayan)

For an introduction to Eskaya history, culture and language see my dissertation at PK2-07-DISS09. This document also summarises and evaluates earlier commentaries on the Eskayan language (as compiled in PK2-09-MED) and explains the context in which the materials in The Eskaya Digital Archive were collected.

Those who are visiting this archive for the first time might have trouble isolating the richest and rarest materials. The following 'jewels in the crown' are recommended for new visitors:

• PK2-03-MANBIAB06: a rare phrasebook

• PK2-03-MANBIAB08: Interesting auto-ethnography with elements that may be considered unorthodox today

• PK2-03-MANBIAB12: the Castañares Manuscript (housed in Bohol Provincial Museum, probably created in Biabas then brought to Taytay)

• PK2-04-MANCAD05: The famous notebook of Eleuteria Faustina Viscayda which represents her attempt to standardise Eskaya literature. She was the longest surviving scribe of Mariano Datahan and died in 2009.

• PK2-09-MED05: Brenda Abregana's letter to editor of Who

• PK2-09-MED08: Brenda Abregana's 1985 letter to Governor Butalid

• PK2-10-MISC01: Juan Datahan's USAFFE orders


PK2-13-PIXBIAB01: USAFFE orders
PK2-13-PIXBIAB03: Picture of Mariano Datahan
PK2-13-PIXBIAB13: Church photo 1
PK2-13-PIXBIAB21: Church photo 2 (Flores de Mayo)
PK2-13-PIXBIAB76: national anthem flag school
PK2-14-PIXCAD10: Group photo of Cadapdapan teachers
PK2-14-PIXCAD19: child and bird
PK2-16-PIXTAY44: kids in front of sign

PK2-16-PIXTAY79: adults and kids class Taytay
PK2-15-PIXTAG01: Sandugo

-Naning speech

Problems to address in the Eskaya Digital Archive:
Repetitions: USAFFE orders, Cayo Lusica certificate
Repetitions: PK2-42-AVTAY21 and PK2-42-AVTAY36 are identical (and others, see finder list)
Repetitions: PK2-21-AVBIAB31 and PK2-25-AVCAD09 are identical (sort out whether it is really in cadapdapan or Biabas)

Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/PK2
Collector
Piers Kelly
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Operator Piers Kelly
Originating university Australian National University
Countries
Philippines - PH
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Languages
Cebuano - ceb
English - eng
Spanish - spa
No linguistic content - zxx
Eskayan - esy
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Region / village Bohol
DOI 10.4225/72/56E978E167AB2
Cite as Piers Kelly (collector), 2006. The Eskaya Digital Archive. Collection PK2 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56E978E167AB2
Access information
Edit access Julia Colleen Miller
Piers Kelly
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Data access details Audiovisual files have not yet been uploaded. This is because they are being queued for transcoding.
It is expected that this archive will be completed and officially launched in 2016.
Items in Collection (51)

Item Title Actions
00 Finder list for materials in Eskaya Digital Archive View
01 Eskayan dictionary and literature files View
02 Eskaya manuscripts from Balingasao, Bohol View
03 Eskaya manuscripts from Biabas, Bohol View
04 Eskaya manuscripts from Cadapdapan, Bohol View
05 Eskaya manuscripts from Taytay, Bohol View
06 Eskaya scholarly publications View
07 Eskaya postgraduate materials: dissertations, research proposals and notes View
08 Eskaya government documents View
09 Eskaya media documents View
10 Eskaya grey literature and miscellaneous documents View
11 Eskaya genealogies View
12 Eskaya photographs from Balingasao, Valencia View
13 Eskaya photographs from Biabas, Guindulman View
14 Eskaya photographs from Cadapdapan View
15 Eskaya photographs from Tagbilaran View
16 Eskaya photographs from Taytay View
17 Eskaya audio and video recordings from Balingasao View
18 Audio recording of Eskayan language classes in Biabas on 19 March, 2006. View
19 Audio and video recordings of Eskayan singing, language lessons and hermeneutics in Biabas on 23 May 2010. View
20 Footage for taking photographic stills View
21 Children and adults classes in Biabas View
22 Footage of Biabas scenery View
23 Rustica Palma reading Eskaya texts View
24 Oral history interview with Decena Nida Palma Salingay View
25 Despedida for Piers Kelly View
26 People gathering outside Kingdom Hall and views of Cadapapan from the hills above View
27 Nida Salingay reading Tim Brookes poem, each line interspersed with a Visayan (ceb) translation View
28 Nida Salingay reading Bisayan Diklaradu View
29 Timori language game in Cogtong View
30 Interview with Eleuteria Faustina Viscayda View
31 Interviews and readings with Eskaya leaders in Tagbilaran View
32 Early elicitation in Taytay View
33 Interview with Fabian Baja View
34 Swadesh list reading and elicitation View
35 Ricardo Bag-o teaching the adult class View
36 Church service in Taytay View
37 Novenas in Tribal Hall View
38 Alberta Galambao leading anthems and prayers View
39 Adult classes and singing led by Estanislao Deloso View
40 Scenes of village life, architecture, scenery shot on the occasion of the Taytay fiesta on 1 May 2010 View
41 Taytay church service without priest View
42 Eskaya Day activities on 5 May 2010 in Taytay. Parades, speeches, classes View
43 Independence day in 2010 View
44 Transliterating the Castañares Manuscript View
45 Maura Galambao teaching Eskayan in the DepEd school View
46 Novenas and classes View
47 Taped interviews recorded by Zoë Bedford in ca. 2004 together with some manuscripts collected by her. View
48 Footage of Sierra Bullones View
49 Eskaya font image files View
50 Materials from Cristina Martinez fieldwork in Taytay (1993) View

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