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Conversation about the history of Rakchham village
Nand and Sunder discuss the history of Rakchham village. The recording was made in Vinod Kumar's garden in Rakchham village.
Date:
May 26, 2019
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about smartphones
Manish and Radju discuss their use of smartphones, The recording was made at Umar Homestay.
Date:
May 28, 2019
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about Santan and Savitri's schedules
Santan and Savitri discuss what they were doing in the village and their plans for the week. The recording was made in Rakchham village, nearby the main temple.
Date:
May 27, 2019
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about local customs and traditions
Neeraj and Rajdeep discuss their customs and traditions, debating whether some of them should be preserved or discarded. The recording was made at Umar Homestay in Rakchham village.
Date:
May 28, 2019
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about pesticides in agriculture
Balbir and Hardev discuss whether pesticides should be used in agriculture. Balbir suggested the topic, since both participants are involved in agricultural work. The recording was made at Balbir's home in Rakchham village.
Date:
May 28, 2019
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about teaching Chhitkul-Rakchham at school
Raj and Sahdev discuss whether the Chhitkul-Rakchham language should be taught at school. They are members of the current leadership of Rakchham village ('Panchayat'), elected in 2015. The recording was made after a a long meeting with members of the Panchayat at the Panchayat building ('Panchayat Bhawan') in Rakchham village.
Date:
May 27, 2019
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about transhumance and climate change
Bijender and Tikam discuss the practice of transhumance, which is when animal flocks are moved to higher pastures at the start of a new season. They are asked whether this practice is still necessary, in light of climate change. The recording was made at Tikam's house (and shop) in Rakchham village.
Date:
May 26, 2019
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the current economic situation
Nand and Sunder discuss the overall economic situation in India and compare the current situation with that of 5-10 years earlier (2000s). The recording was made in Vinod Kumar Negi's garden in Rakchham village.
Date:
May 26, 2019
Creator:
Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Information-Seeking Behavior of Speakers of Endangered Languages: An Anthropological Approach
Poster exploring the approach to understand information behavior of communities speaking endangered languages.
Date:
May 22, 2019
Creator:
Burke, Mary
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about hobbies
This is a personal narrative about hobbies.
Date:
May 24, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about college life
This is a personal narrative about college life
Date:
May 22, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about college life
Personal narrative about about a college student's hometown, family and friends, and educational institutions.
Date:
May 22, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation introductions
Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation introductions
Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about home life and school
This is a narrative about the speaker's hometown, friends and family, and educational institutions.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sing Rāga, Embody Bhāva: The Way of Being Rasa
The rasa theory of Indian aesthetics is concerned with the nature of the genesis of emotions and their corresponding experiences, as well as the condition of being in and experiencing the aesthetic world. According to the Indian aesthetic theory, rasa ("juice" or "essence," something that is savored, that is tasted) is an embodied aesthetic experienced through an artistic performance. In this thesis, I have investigated how the aesthetics of rasa philosophy account for creative presence and its experiences in Karnatik vocal performances. Beyond the facets of grammar, Karnatik rāga performance signifies a deeper ontological meaning as a way to experience rasa, idiomatically termed as rāga-rasa by South Indian rāga practitioners. A vocal performance of a rāga ideally depends on a singer's embodied experience of rāga and rāga-bhāva (emotive expression of rāga), as much as it does on his/her theoretical knowledge and skillset of a rāga's svaras (scale degrees), gamakas (ornamentation), lakṣhaṇās (emblematic phrases), and so on. Reflecting on my own experience of being a Karnatik student and performer for the last two decades, participant observation, interviews, and analysis of Indian aesthetic theory of rasa, I propose a way of understanding that to sing rāga is to embody bhāva opening the …
Date:
May 2019
Creator:
Krishnamurthy, Thanmayee
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library