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Tekná - a vanishing oral tradition among the Kayan people of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
Full text linkThe documentation of the oral traditions of non-literate indigenous communities is a vital aspect of the preservation and survival of indigenous knowledge, culture and tradition. In this article, we discuss tekná, an oral tradition of the Kayan people in Sarawak. Here we trace not only the historical background of tekná, but also explore its current status and practices among the Kayan. We present an example of tekná sung by a Kayan elder. This forms the basis for a discussion about how the tekná is performed, sung, and narrated, as well as the possible meanings and interpretations that can be gleaned from this tekná. Finally, we suggest approaches to documenting oral traditions like tekná that show promise for the preservation of this fragile oral tradition for future generations of Kayan.Funding for Roselind Wan and Sumathi Renganathan to visit Sarawak was made available through
the Short Term Internal Research Fund (STIRF) of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP),
undertaken during Wan’s PhD study at UTP. Inge Kral is a Co-Investigator on an Australian
Research Council – Discovery Indigenous (IN150100018) ‘Western Desert Verbal Arts Project’.
Initial explorations for this article took place when Roselind Wan was awarded an Endeavour International
Fellowship at the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, at the Australian
National Universit
Semai language and culture recordings, Perak, Malaysia
No full textIK2 is a collection of video recordings and stills collected in 2014 by Dr Sumathi Renganathan (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS) and Dr Inge Kral (Australian National University) with Orang Asli villagers in and around the village of Kampung Tumboh Hangat in the state of Perak in Peninsular Malaysia. The recordings document Semai language and culture. The collection includes two edited films that are a compilation of the selected excerpts from the entire 2014 data set
IK2-002_KULOP - Edited interview with Kulop Jasin A/L Ngah Buyong
No full textAll footage is of an interview with Kulop Jasin A/L Ngah Buyong. Interviewer: En Jasmani A/L Mat Jalak. The recordings were made under a Project funded by an ERGS grant from Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education. The Project leaders were Dr Sumathi Renganathan (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS) and Orang Asli community leader/head man Tok Batin Jasmani A/L Mat Jalak, with Dr Inge Kral (The Australian National University). These recordings were made with Semai language speakers, at Kampong Sungai Perah village on July 16 2014. Files 01-04 contain the interviews; 05, entitled En Kulop, is the compilation edit of those files. . Language as given: Sema
English language education in rural schools in Malaysia: a systematic review of research
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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