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RB2-20110825
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Title Mawng/Iwaidja songmen and dancers discuss media and songs from 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
Description Playback of Colin Simpson 1948 recordings by Reuben Brown with commentary (Mawng; English) by Russell Agalara; Johnny Namayiwa; Solomon Nangamu; Jason Mayinaj and Toby Cooper. Singers also discuss their manyardi repertories and song conception, at Gunbalanya, 25 August 2011. Recorded by Reuben Brown.

Comprises the full recordings 20110825-RB_01.wav; 20110825-RB_02.wav; 20110825-RB_03.wav; 20110825-RB_04.wav; 20110825-RB_01_edit.wav; 20110825-RB_02_edit.wav; 20110825-RB_03_edit.wav; 20110825-RB_04_edit.wav.

Related annotations/media include 20110825-RB_01_edit_cue.txt; 20110825-RB_01_edit.eaf; 20110825-RB_01_edit.txt; 20110825-RB_02_edit.eaf; 20110825-RB_03_edit.eaf; 20110825-RB_03_edit.txt; 20110825-RB_04_edit.eaf; 20110825_RB_01_20110824.jpg.

Media recorded on Reuben Brown's camera include 20110825-RB_v01.eaf; 20110825-RB_v01.mp4; 20110825-RB_v01.wav; 20110825-RB_v02.eaf; 20110825-RB_v02.mp4; 20110825-RB_v02.wav; 20110825-RB_v03.eaf; 20110825-RB_v03.mp4; 20110825-RB_v04.eaf; 20110825-RB_v04.mp4.

Media recorded on Martin Thomas' camera include 20110825-MT_v05.eaf; 20110825-MT_v05.mp4; 20110825-MT_v06.eaf; 20110825-MT_v06.mp4; 20110825-MT_v07.mp4; 20110825-MT_v08.eaf; 20110825-MT_v08.mp4.

Edited files 20110825-RB_v02_01_good_audio.wav; 20110825-RB_v02_01_good_audio.mp4; 20110825-RB_v02_02_good_audio.wav; 20110825-RB_v03_01_good_audio.wav; 20110825-RB_v03_01_good_audio.mp4; 20110825-RB_v03_02_good_audio.wav; 20110825-RB_v04_01_good_audio.wav; 20110825-RB_v04_01_good_audio.mp4; 20110825-RB_v04_02_good_audio.wav created with audio from 20110825-RB_01_edit.wav.

Edited files 20110825-MT_v06_01_good_audio.wav; 20110825-MT_v07_01_good_audio.wav created with audio from 20110825-RB_03.wav.

Edited files 20110825-MT_v05_good_audio.mp4; 20110825-MT_v06_good_audio.mp4; 20110825-MT_v06_02_good_audio.wav; 20110825-MT_v07_good_audio.mp4; 20110825-MT_v07_02_good_audio.wav; 20110825-MT_v08_01_good_audio.mp4; 20110825-MT_v08_01_good_audio.wav created with audio from 20110825-RB_03_edit.wav.

Edited file 20110825-MT-v08_02_good_audio.wav created with audio from 20110825-RB_04_edit.wav.

Edited files 20110825-MT_v08_03_good_audio.mp4; 20110825-RB_v08_03_good_audio.wav created with audio from 20110825-RB_03_edit.wav and 20110825-RB_04_edit.wav.
Origination date 2011-08-25
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RB2/20110825
URL
Collector
Reuben Brown
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Countries
Australia - AU
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Language as given Kunwinjku|Kunbarlang|Mawng|Batjamalh|Manangkardi|spirit languages associated with Manangkardi, Iwaidja, Marrku and Mawng|Morrdjdjanjno esoteric language|English
Subject language(s)
Gunwinggu - gup
Kabardian - kbd
Margu - mhg
Maung - mph
Wadjiginy - wdj
Kunbarlang - wlg
Manangkari - znk
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Content language(s)
English - eng
Gunwinggu - gup
Maung - mph
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Dialect
Region / village Gunbalanya|western Arnhem Land|Northern Territory|Australia|Oceania
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator
Data Categories primary text
Data Types Event
Discourse type interactive_discourse
Roles Reuben Brown : recorder
Solomon Nangamu : speaker
Russell Agalara : speaker
Johnny Namayiwa : speaker
Jason Mayinaj : speaker
Toby Cooper : speaker
DOI 10.26278/STD9-3H43
Cite as Reuben Brown (collector), Reuben Brown (recorder), Solomon Nangamu (speaker), Russell Agalara (speaker), Johnny Namayiwa (speaker), Jason Mayinaj (speaker), Toby Cooper (speaker), 2011. Mawng/Iwaidja songmen and dancers discuss media and songs from 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. MP4/MXF/EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV/JPEG/TIFF/PLAIN. RB2-20110825 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/STD9-3H43
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Collection Information
Collection ID RB2
Collection title Kun-borrk/manyardi (song and dance from western Arnhem Land) and other performances, 2011-2019
Description Recordings of performances of kun-borrk/manyardi public ceremony from western Arnhem Land and interviews/discussion with singers/performers sharing their knowledge of public ceremony and archival recordings. Includes the following:

- Brown's PhD fieldwork recordings, 2011-2016 (see Reuben Brown, 'Following footsteps: The kun-borrk/manyardi song tradition and its role in western Arnhem Land society', [2016] PhD thesis, University of Syndey <http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15671>) including a mamurrng ceremony, funeral ceremony, local festivals and elicitation sessions recorded at various locations in western Arnhem Land and an academic conference in Canberra. Fieldwork funded by Australian Research Council funded project 'Intercultural inquiry in a trans-national context: Exploring the legacy of the 1948 American- Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land' (DP1096897)
- Recordings at a reburial ceremony at Gunbalanya, 2011, produced for 'Etched in Bone' by Martin Thomas and Béatrice Bijon
- Recordings of manyardi at Warruwi (2013) as part filming of 'Language Matters with Bob Holman' by Grubin Productions
- Recordings at Warruwi (2016-2017) with Ruth Singer for Faculty Research Grant investigating use of technology in maintenance of Mawng Language funded by University of Melbourne
- Recordings at the Wilin Centre, Melbourne (2017-2019) for the annual Research Unit for Indigenous Arts and Cultures workshops and symposia
- Recordings at Mowanjum, WA (2019) for the Mowanjum festival, funded by Early Career Research Grant 'Mobilising recordings of western Arnhem Land song to revitalise Exchange', University of Melbourne.
Countries
Australia - AU
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Languages
Amarag - amg
Dhangu - dhg
Djinba - djb
English - eng
Gagadu - gbu
Gunwinggu - gup
Garig-Ilgar - ilg
Kabardian - kbd
Margu - mhg
Maung - mph
Urningangg - urc
Wadjiginy - wdj
Kunbarlang - wlg
Mangerr - zme
Maridjabin - zmj
Manangkari - znk
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Access Information
Edit access Reuben Brown
Henry Reese
View/Download access Tara Rostron
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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