[RNLD] Workshop on restoring Aboriginal words and meanings in historical sources: 15-16 April

[Piers Kelly]

All who can make it to Canberra are welcome to attend our workshop next
week.

*Garbled voices from the archives: A workshop on restoring Aboriginal words
and meanings in historical sources.*

*Date and time*: 9am-4pm, 15-16 April 2014 Lunch provided (There is no
obligation to attend all sessions)
*Location*: Room W3.03, Level 3, Baldessin Precinct Building (110), The
Australian National University

How do we make sense of Aboriginal words recorded in early sources when the
language cannot be identified? What if the language is known, but no
speakers remain?

Our workshop seeks to bring together scholars who routinely work with old
sources on Australia's indigenous cultures, from Aboriginal people
investigating their heritage, to linguists, archivists, anthropologists and
historians. The standing challenge of working with historical documents is
that individual scribes applied their own personal spelling conventions,
and may not have heard the sounds accurately to begin with. As a result,
many of the most important ethnographic, linguistic and historical
materials are accessible only to specialist scholars who have knowledge of
Aboriginal sound systems and long experience working with archival sources.

Over two days, the workshop will hear presentations from a range of
practitioners who will describe informative case studies and offer
practical interpretive techniques. Plenty of time is given for discussion
between each session. Feel free to bring your own archival conundrums for
analysis by the group.

*No registration is required but please RSVP to Piers Kelly
(Piers.Kelly at anu.edu.au <Piers.Kelly at anu.edu.au>) for catering purposes. *

More details here:
http://slll.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/garbled-voices-archives-restoring-aboriginal-words-and-meanings-historical

A copy of the workshop program can be downloaded
here<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3865717/2014-Garbled_voices-program.docx>.


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