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<DIV>Please reply to Daniel Everett (below) if you are interested.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes</DIV>
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<DIV>Julia</DIV>
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<DIV>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:owner-lagb@essex.ac.uk">owner-lagb@essex.ac.uk</A> on behalf of
Daniel L. Everett<BR>> Sent: Mon 9/13/2004 2:11 PM<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:lagb@essex.ac.uk">lagb@essex.ac.uk</A><BR>> Cc: Daniel L.
Everett<BR>> Subject: Visit to UK of Kuiusi Suya<BR>> <BR>>
Folks,<BR>> <BR>> In early June or late May of 2005 the AHRB and ESRC will
be sponsoring <BR>> a trip to the UK of two representatives of the Suya
(Kiseji) community <BR>> of the Xingu Park of Brazil.<BR>> <BR>> There
are two purposes for this trip. First, Kuiusi, the main chief of <BR>> the
Suya and one of the best-known leaders in the Xingu park, will be <BR>>
speaking about the importance of language and culture from his <BR>>
perspective as chief of a highly endangered group (there are only about <BR>>
200 Suya left in the world). This lecture, by a dynamic and articulate <BR>>
spokesman from an Amazonian language will be a rare experience. The <BR>>
second purpose of the trip is to raise funds for a (yet-to-be-created) <BR>>
foundation for the preservation of the Kiseji culture and language.<BR>>
<BR>> Although details are still being worked out, I would like to know how
<BR>> many departments might be interested in having Kuiusi (and his <BR>>
son-in-law and official interpreter, Gakomberi) speak at their <BR>>
university. Ideally, the audience would include not only linguists, <BR>>
anthropologists, etc. but also laypersons with interest or potential <BR>>
interest in the issue of language endangerment.<BR>> <BR>> The Suya have
some very well-thought out views on language and culture <BR>> endangerment,
intellectual property rights, and other issues that <BR>> linguists and
anthropologists often discuss, though at one remove from <BR>> those most
affected by the issues.<BR>> <BR>> Aspects of Suya culture have been
studied by Anthony Seeger, an <BR>> ethnomusicologist at UCLA (formerly of
the Smithsonian Institution). <BR>> The AHRB and ESRC are sponsoring a
three-year project to document and <BR>> describe the Suya language.<BR>>
<BR>> If you believe that your university might be interested in hearing the
<BR>> Suya's perspective on language and cultural endangerment, could you
<BR>> please contact me at this email address?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks very
much,<BR>> <BR>> -- Dan Everett<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
---------------------------------------------<BR>> Daniel L. Everett<BR>>
Postgraduate Programme Director<BR>> Professor of Phonetics &
Phonology<BR>> Department of Linguistics and English Language<BR>>
University of Manchester<BR>> Manchester M13 9PL UK<BR>> Fax:
44-161-275-3187<BR>> Phone: 44-161-275-3158 <A
href="http://ling.man.ac.uk/info/staff/DE/DEHome.html">http://ling.man.ac.uk/info/staff/DE/DEHome.html</A><BR>>
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