Cybraries in paradise: new technologies and ethnographic repositories

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    Barwick, L; Thieberger, N
    Date
    2006
    Source Title
    Libr@ries: changing information space and practice
    Publisher
    Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Barwick, Linda; Thieberger, Nicholas
    Affiliation
    Engineering: Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
    Science: Department of Information Systems
    Information Services
    Arts: School of Languages
    Music
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    Book Chapter
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    Barwick, L. & Thieberger, N. (2006). Cybraries in paradise: new technologies and ethnographic repositories. In C. Kapitzke, & B. C. Bruce (Eds.), Libr@ries: changing information space and practice (pp. 133-149). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/34487
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    Used with permission from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Visit http://www.erlbaum.com to purchase a copy of the book. // Re-edited DG 02-08-2010 //
    Abstract
    Digital technologies have altered research practices surrounding creation and use of ethnographic field recordings, and the methodologies and paradigms of the disciplines centered around their interpretation. In this chapter we discuss some examples of our current research practices as fieldworkers documenting music and language in the Asia-Pacific region in active engagement with the cultural heritage communities, and as developers and curators of the digital repository PARADISEC (the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures: <http://paradisec.org.au>). We suggest a number of benefits that the use of digital technologies can bring to the recording of material from small and endangered cultures, and to its re-use by communities and researchers.
    Keywords
    ethnography; ethnomusicology; linguistics; information management; digital technologies; cultural heritage

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