Cataloguing archival audio material in eight indigenous languages with Gareth Seymour

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Date2020-04-06EventLIANZA WebinarsDuration0:47:59DescriptionWhile Aotearoa has one official indigenous language, te reo Māori, the North West territories of Canada have eight official indigenous languages.

What does it mean for cataloguers and describers of indigenous content to work with the eight languages? Do you need a cataloguer for each language? Are the challenges different for Māori who have one language, or similar to Māori who may opt to describe their collections in the local dialect?

In this webinar Gareth Seymour discusses his experiences visiting the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (a bit like our own TVNZ and RNZ). The CBC have a team dedicated to digitising and cataloguing the voices of elders of the North West Territories in these languages, covering origin stories, iwi history, cultural practices, family stories etc. He will compare this to our work in Aotearoa to catalogue and describe material spoken in te reo Māori.

Gareth Seymour, from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, was the 2019 recipient of the Paul Reynolds ‘No Numpties’ Grant enabling him to discuss Indigenous archiving with key groups in Saskatchewan and North West Territories, Canada.

The grant was established in 2010 from donations made by the National Library of New Zealand, Internet NZ and friends of Paul Reynolds, which are held in trust by LIANZA. The selection panel is made up of representatives from National Library of New Zealand, National Digital Forum and LIANZA.

Cataloguing archival audio material in eight indigenous languages with Gareth Seymour

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Cataloguing archival audio material in eight indigenous languages with Gareth Seymour