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Latitude-8.62935 Longitude151.1265 Start Date2018-10-11 End Date2018-10-11
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Trobriand Islands, PNG: Our Culture is Just a Heartbeat. Grace Hull joins Jodie and Steven to talk about the RL1 collection recorded by Ralph Lawton in the Trobriand Islands, off the east coast of Papua New Guinea. Grace may live far from the village where she grew up, but she carries the village in her heart and this is very apparent as she shares her knowledge of Trobriand music and culture and comments on the value of these recordings.
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- TCT1-01
- Languages
- Kilivila - kij
- Countries
- Papua New Guinea - PG
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-28.322 Longitude141.7335 Start Date2019-11-14 End Date2019-11-14
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Rabaul, PNG: The Researcher and the Tolai. When Sydney Conservatorium Associate Professor Michael Webb met Steven Gagau, they quickly realised they had Tolai connections and Tok Pisin language in common. It turns out that Michael did his PhD research in the Rabaul region where Steven is originally from. As PARADISEC digitised and archived MW6, Michael’s collection of tapes and videos, Steven found himself wearing different hats as archivist and community member. Listen in to the conversation between the researcher and the Tolai.
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- TCT1-02
- Languages
- Kuanua - ksd, Tok Pisin - tpi
- Countries
- Papua New Guinea - PG
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-28.322 Longitude141.7335 Start Date2019-11-14 End Date2019-11-14
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Rabaul, PNG: The Music. Following on from Episode 2, this podcast is a kind of blindfold test as we listen to a range of musical examples Steven Gagau has chosen from the MW6 collection, recordings musicologist Michael Webb has not heard for 25 years. The ensuing conversation highlights the diversity and creative breadth of Tolai musical practices and their connection to the history and identity of the Tolai people. Michael Webb joins members of the Narox Band from Duke of York Islands in Rabaul 1993 at a video shoot for their song ‘Tinora’. He wears traditional bilas (dance decoration/dress) and at the studio created the sax and trumpet riff for the song and played it on keyboard, then mimed it at the video shoot.
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- ID
- TCT1-03
- Languages
- Kuanua - ksd, Tok Pisin - tpi
- Countries
- Papua New Guinea - PG
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-28.322 Longitude141.7335 Start Date2019-11-14 End Date2019-11-14
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Papunya, Australia: Just like a storybook. We are transported to the Western Desert of Central Australia as Pintupi-Luritja woman Linda Tjungkata Anderson listens to her father Nosepeg Tjupurrula singing songs from the Wanji Wanji public song set recorded by musicologist Professor Richard Moyle in 1976. These legacy recordings, held at AIATSIS in Canberra, were taken back to the community in 2018 by Dr Myfany Turpin. Linda’s interview is archived in MMT1, a PARADISEC collection of interviews Myfany has made with descendants of such legacy recordings and the sound of her father’s voice and his songs evoke Linda’s memories of a time when corroborees were part of everyday life.
The full interview with Linda Anderson can be found at in the MMT1 collection with the item number MMT1-20180523LA
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- TCT1-04
- Languages
- Puinave - pui
- Countries
- Australia - AU
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-16.47275 Longitude168.231 Start Date2019-11-14 End Date2019-11-14
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Paama, Vanuatu: This is gold to me. Tom Johnny Obed is a Paamese man living in Sydney. He is an associate of Steven Gagau through the Wantok Association of Sydney, a representative body for Melanesian people living here. Johnny, as he likes to be known, met linguist Terry Crowley during his fieldwork on Paama Island, when Johnny was teaching high school in Vanuatu. Our conversation touches on language, education and music as we discuss Terry’s TC1 collection recordings and writings, taking a moment to reflect on the gift he gave Johnny’s people.
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- TCT1-05
- Languages
- Bislama - bis, Paama - pma
- Countries
- Vanuatu - VU
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-28.322 Longitude141.7335 Start Date2021-02-18 End Date2021-02-18
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On 18th February 2021, Series 2 was launched at the Chau Chak Wing Museum Auditorium, University of Sydney. Season two contains episodes 6, 7, 8 & 9.
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- TCT1-S2
- Languages
- Hindustani, Fijian - hif, Paama - pma, Sinaugoro - snc, Maranunggu - zmr
- Countries
- Australia - AU, Fiji - FJ, Papua New Guinea - PG, Vanuatu - VU
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-17.9097 Longitude177.486 Start Date2021-02-18 End Date2021-02-18
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Fiji Hindi Re-connecting with my Girmitiya Heritage. Prash Krishnan joins Jodie and Steven to talk about the JS2 Collection deposited by researcher and Professor Jeff Siegel of the University of New England, NSW. Conversations with Jeff have helped Prash to better understand his journey to re-connect his linguistic and cultural history of Fiji Hindi developed as a plantation language and his identity as an Indo-Fijian of the Girmitiya heritage.
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- ID
- TCT1-06
- Languages
- Hindustani, Fijian - hif
- Countries
- Fiji - FJ
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-13.70502 Longitude130.3955 Start Date2021-02-18 End Date2021-02-18
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Rak Mak Mak Marranunggu, NT, Australia: Old ways for New Ceremonies. Associate Professor Payi Linda Ford and Emily Tyaemaen Ford, a powerful mother and daughter team talk about their research journey that lead to the creation of the LPF collection, a private collection held in PARADISEC. Payi and Emily share their experiences of listening to the voices of their relatives who hold important Marranunggu knowledge and language. It is an emotional rediscovery of the past and shows how online repository and archives can contribute to new ways of intergenerational knowledge transmission.
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- ID
- TCT1-07
- Languages
- Maranunggu - zmr
- Countries
- Australia - AU
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-10.027505 Longitude147.75 Start Date2021-02-18 End Date2021-02-18
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Sinaugoro, Rigo District, PNG. Makes me think about my Language. Eileen Bobone and Matt Carroll join Jodie and Steven to talk about the 2020 Field Methods in Linguistics course conducted at the Australian National University in Canberra with a focus on the Sinaugoro language of the Rigo District of Central Province, PNG. The personal and cultural connections of Eileen as a Sinaugoro speaker working with Matt in the course led to conversations about the recordings in the AC1, MR1 and TD1 collections. From a linguistics context to storytelling of the Sinaugoro region, the conversations with Eileen brought about interesting cultural and gender-based perspectives.
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- ID
- TCT1-08
- Languages
- Sinaugoro - snc, Tok Pisin - tpi
- Countries
- Papua New Guinea - PG
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-16.4724 Longitude168.2355 Start Date2021-02-18 End Date2021-02-18
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Paama Island and beyond, Tales of Sharks and Shark Spirits. Johnny Obed and Kirk Huffman join Jodie and Steven discussing the cultural significance of sharks in Vanuatu and across Melanesia inspired by stories in the SD1 collection of Simon Devylder. This episode sees the return of Paamese man Johnny Obed and he is joined by former long term curator of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Kirk Huffman. Kirk’s association with Simon on such recordings and research work motivated him to share his long experience in Vanuatu, across Melanesia and the Pacific supporting the maintenance of traditional cultures in a fast-changing world. This episode sees Johnny and Kirk as storytellers sharing their knowledge and memories of Melanesian culture.
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- ID
- TCT1-09
- Languages
- Bislama - bis, Paama - pma
- Countries
- Vanuatu - VU
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-10.05897 Longitude147.782 Start Date1904-01-01 End Date1904-01-01
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This episode explores some of the earliest sound recordings made by ethnographic expeditions. The recordings are of songs that were sung in Hula village in the Rigo district of Central Province of British New Guinea - now known as Papua New Guinea. These songs were recorded on wax cylinder by Charles Gabriel Seligmann during the 1904 Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea and are now held in the collection of the British Library. We at PARADISEC are collaborating with the British Library and the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies on a research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The project, called True Echoes, is working to reconnect living communities with these old recordings, to understand what they mean to people today, and what they tell us about the past and the present in Papua New Guinea.
PARADISEC undertook participatory research with Roge and Gulea Kila who are Hula speakers in the Rigo District, Central Province and are part the PNG diaspora community in Sydney, NSW.
Roge and Gulea Kila talk about aspects of life in Hula village that are evoked by the singing about the traditional lifestyle and relationship to daily life, the environment, cultural traditions and activities, events and stories. By listening to these recordings taken over 100 years ago, it has evoked emotional and exciting rediscovery of the past and captures contemporary perspectives on history and culture.
(AH & SG, True Echoes Project, May 2021)
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- ID
- TCT1-10
- Languages
- English - eng, Hula - hul
- Countries
- Papua New Guinea - PG
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-21.9068005 Longitude148.9405 Start Date2019-11-14 End Date2019-11-14
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On 14 November 2019, PARADISEC officially launched the Toksave: Culture Talks Podcast series. With the kind support of Verge Gallery at University of Sydney, and featuring talks from some of the interviewees from the first episodes of the podcast, as well as performances from Black Birds and the Barayagal Choir, the evening event showcased the richness and value of PARADISEC’s preservation work. Rounding out the cultural offerings, guests were treated to a Fijian style buffet feast catered by Lomani Vale Events. PARADISEC thanks everyone involved in this successful launch party event! Film by Daniel Ulaiwi
Music by George Telek and various Special Guests.
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- ID
- TCT1-S1
- Languages
- Bislama - bis, English - eng, Hindustani, Fijian - hif, Hula - hul, Kilivila - kij, Kuanua - ksd, Piu - pix, Paama - pma, Puinave - pui, Sinaugoro - snc, Tok Pisin - tpi, Maranunggu - zmr
- Countries
- Australia - AU, Fiji - FJ, Papua New Guinea - PG, Solomon Islands - SB, Vanuatu - VU
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-10.09055 Longitude147.793 Start Date2022-09-01 End Date2022-09-01
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This episode explores some of the earliest sound recordings made by ethnographic expeditions. The recordings are of songs that were sung in Hula village in the Rigo district of Central Province of British New Guinea - now known as Papua New Guinea. These songs were recorded on wax cylinder by Charles Gabriel Seligmann during the 1904 Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea and are now held in the collection of the British Library. We at PARADISEC are collaborating with the British Library and the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies on a research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The project, called True Echoes, is working to reconnect living communities with these old recordings, to understand what they mean to people today, and what they tell us about the past and the present in Papua New Guinea.
PARADISEC undertook participatory research with Deveni Temu, Roge and Gulea Kila who are Hula speakers in the Rigo District, Central Province and are part the PNG diaspora community in Canberra, ACT and Sydney, NSW.
Discussions continued from Episode 10 about early recordings made by Charles Gabriel Seligmann during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea in 1904. Deveni Temu, a Hula speaker from Canberra, ACT is a retired librarian who worked in PNG, New Caledonia and Australia brings his perspective to the history and context of the recordings. Roge and Gulea Kila share musical responses to the 1904 recordings; a re-enactment of a Leku Leku song, and a stunning Ate Ate song of lament. All three guests express the value of archival recordings for descendants, connecting the past with contemporary relevance and contributing to cultural continuity.
(AH & SG, True Echoes Project, September 2022)
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- ID
- TCT1-11
- Languages
- Bislama - bis, English - eng, Hindustani, Fijian - hif, Hula - hul, Kilivila - kij, Kuanua - ksd, Piu - pix, Paama - pma, Puinave - pui, Sinaugoro - snc, Tok Pisin - tpi, Maranunggu - zmr
- Countries
- Australia - AU, Fiji - FJ, Papua New Guinea - PG, Solomon Islands - SB, Vanuatu - VU
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-18.9579 Longitude145.606 Start Date1970-01-01 End Date1970-01-01
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Buried in the Sand: Digging deep into Gudjal language and culture
William Santo is a Gudjal elder, author and musician. Opening with his song, ‘Buried in the Sand’, this episode discusses William’s long-term aspiration to uncover Gudjal language resources held in archives and utilise them to rediscover Gudjal history and culture and revitalise the Gudjal language. He is joined by colleagues in this project: linguist Peter Sutton, music researcher Myfany Turpin and linguistic student Alex Anderson. Included in the episode are excerpts from recordings made by Peter in the 1970’s with Gudjal elders and the language learning podcast created by William and Alex.
The Sutton recordings are made available courtesy of AIATSIS, Sutton Collection, item 1913A.
AIATSIS has the largest recording of Indigenous Australian ethnographic recordings. You can search their catalogue here: https://iats.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/external
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- ID
- TCT1-12
- Languages
- English - eng, Warungu - wrg
- Countries
- Australia - AU
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-28.322 Longitude141.7335 Start Date2023-02-19 End Date2023-02-19
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The PNG Peroveta Singers of Canberra was recorded in a two part series about music and dance of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea recorded by the PARADISEC team in 2023. The recordings of the Group's performances were made at the Holy Cross Anglican Church at Hackett, ACT.
This episode is the first part, "PNG Peroveta (Prophet Songs)" which covers a style of singing introduced by the LMS South Sea Islands missionaries mainly from Cook islands or Kuki Airani from about 1884.
Peroveta is taken from the English word, Prophet because the first Peroveta songs were from the Old Testament so Peroveta is a corruption of the word Prophet.
The main person who taught Peroveta singing and songs with it's origins from the Cook Islands was Ruatoka then other local people who continued teaching the songs were Teina Materua who was part Cook Islands and Motuan. Peroveta singing traditions has spread out along the Papuan coastal villages of Central Province through LMS pastors and missionaries and reaching out further to other provinces in the Southern Region.
The various Central Province languages used in the Peroveta songs Motu, Hula, Keapara, Mailu along the south east Papuan coast and Cook Islands Maori or Raratongan.
The Group, formed in Canberra ACT in 1999 by the PNG diaspora community was with the aim to connect strongly to where the people come from while they are living away from their homeland, Central Province and Papua New Guinea.
The interviews and recordings are in PC2 collection and in response to legacy archival recordings in the MG1 and IC1 collections.
(Jodie Kell and Steven Gagau, February 2023)
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- ID
- TCT1-13
- Languages
- Hula - hul, Keapara - khz, Motu - meu, Mailu - mgu, Rarotongan - rar
- Countries
- Australia - AU, Cook Islands - CK, Papua New Guinea - PG
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Latitude-28.322 Longitude141.7335 Start Date2023-02-19 End Date2023-02-19
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The PNG Peroveta Singers of Canberra was recorded in a two part series about music and dance of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea recorded by the PARADISEC team in 2023. The recordings of the Group's performances were made at the Holy Cross Anglican Church at Hackett, ACT.
This second part "PNG Central Province Music and Dance" is a special episode. The traditional cultural items in the Motu language is called Sene however the performances represent the cultures of Central Province along the coastal villages near Port Moresby and along the south east Papuan Coast towards Rigo and Abau Districts.
The Motuan Sene songs are mainly about the Lakatoi origin story, the Hiri trade between Motuans and Gulf Province people.
The Aroma coast songs are mostly about everyday life stories and family relationships.
The traditional song and dance of Kitoro is from Rigo although parts of Motu and Aroma coast relates in language and performance. The storylines and songlines reflect an experience of young men engaged during the second world war on duty as labourers or carriers and their connections to their villages living away from home.
(Jodie Kell and Steven Gagau, February 2023)
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- ID
- TCT1-14
- Languages
- Hula - hul, Keapara - khz, Motu - meu
- Countries
- Australia - AU, Papua New Guinea - PG
- Publisher
- Jodie Kell
- Contact
- admin@paradisec.org.au
- License
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
- Rights
- Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
