Constructing a Decentered Archival Method

Ailla Recordings and Wanano/KotiriaKaya Basa'Sad Songs

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ID2286244
AuthorsAimee J Hosemann (0000-0003-3795-4046, Department of Anthropology Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Year2019
Volume29
Issue2
Pages188-194
Publication date2019-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jola.12226
OpenAlexW2969687403
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

I consider how Sherzer's discourse-centered approach can be extended in new ways, particularly through the use of digital archiving. My work concerns women's songs produced in Kotiria (fka Wanano/Guanano), an Eastern Tukanoan language spoken in the Upper Rio Negro. The data I use, collected by Janet Chernela, is "housed" electronically through the Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA) at the University of Texas at Austin. This archive is part of Sherzer's lasting legacy-a legacy that is becoming part of indigenous peoples' experiences of themselves as major producers of the discourses that represent them to the world. I describe howAILLAcontributes to the ability of indigenous people and anthropologists to fruitfully negotiate the collection and analysis of matters of cultural, linguistic, and musical salience. I also describe how in the Kotiria case, the existence ofAILLAhas been fundamental to geographically dispersed relations among academics working with indigenous groups in the region. In this way, indigenous voices are able to enter new flows of meaning creation on both localized and more global levels

Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy

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