MELANESIAN AND PACIFIC STUDIES CENTER A research centre from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea Invites you to the presentation of LISE M. DOBRIN, Associate Professor of Anthropology, IRA ROBERT BASHKOW, Associate Professor of Anthropology “Documenting Arapesh Language and Culture: A Century of Relationships” Abstract: How do outside researchers come to know another culture? How do the individuals and personal relationships involved help shape the documentary record? We will explore these questions using the history and ongoing study of the Arapesh language and culture from the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. We will consider the implications for people interested in the preservation of cultures and languages in Papua New Guinea. Dr. Dobrin is an anthropological linguist who did fieldwork in Wautogik Village, East Sepik Province, in 1997-1999. She curates the Arapesh Grammar and Digital Language Archive (arapesh.org). She directs the Linguistics Program at the University of Virginia, USA. Dr. Bashkow teaches Cultural Anthropology and directs the PhD program in Anthropology at the University of Virginia. He specializes in the history of anthropology, race studies, and development studies. He has written a book on Orokaiva culture, The Meaning of Whitemen: Race and Modernity in the Orokaiva Cultural World. Venue: MLT – Time: Monday 22nd – July 2013, 5-7 pm masalai.wordpress/2013/07/18/documenting-arapesh-language-and-culture-a-century-of-relationships/
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