Vanuatu materials

Audio recordings and photographic slides received from Peter Crowe's personal collections. This box of material was in Ross Clark's office in Auckland and he gave the box to PARADISEC. We wrote to Russell Crowe to ask if he had any advice about his uncle's collection but we received no reply. ------------------------------------------ This collection of slides documents a number of Peter Crowe’s research interests, such as cultural and musical rituals as well as the Vanuatu Oral Traditions Project and Vanuatu Cultural Centre (VCC). Many slides are Crowe’s documentation of cultural events, showing events such as pig hunting rituals and slit gongs, which Crowe went on to write about. Crowe dedicated a large amount of his time to the Vanuatu Oral Traditions Project and he wrote an article about the process of the project. The project began in 1976 and had two branches, one led by French linguist Jean-Michel Charpentier in Port Vila and the other by Crowe in the northern islands. PARADISEC is still looking for many of the recordings that were made as part of this project. Unfortunately, the worst-case scenario is that they were destroyed by Cyclone Uma in 1987. Crowe, while mainly working in the northern islands, helped develop the VCC in Port Vila. The VCC is still operating today and has a strong relationship with PARADISEC, including the VKS2 collection. There are slides which document the Maewo branch of the Cultural Centre (referred to in the slides as ‘Maewo Ofis’ or ‘Niu Hebridis Kalsaral Senta Maewo Ofis’). The VCC is also connected to the Oral Traditions Project as it houses/ed copies of recordings made in the northern islands. Kirk Huffman, who worked with Crowe and was a curator at the VCC is featured on an episode of the PARADISEC podcast TOKSAVE (episode 9: Paama, Vanuatu, Sharks and shark spirits). One person shown in a number of slides is Jeffery Uli (Jeffrey is also listed in the archive under his full name ‘Jeffery Ulimeruana’ or ‘Jeffery Uli Meruana’) who was one of two people who worked closely with Crowe on the Vanuatu Oral Traditions Project. There is also James Gwero who isn’t mentioned by name in the slides but is mentioned by Crowe in articles. Both Gwero and Uli maintained the Vanuatu Oral Traditions Project after Crowe left Vanuatu, some of their recordings can be found in the VKS collections. These are articles written by Peter Crowe relating to this collection. Pig Hunting Rituals/Slit Gongs - Crowe. P, 1990, Dancing Backwards?, The World of Music ,Oceania 32(1), pp.84-98. o Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43561244 The Vanuatu Oral Traditions Project - Crowe. P, 1977, The Vanuatu Oral Traditions Project, Pacific Arts 15(16), pp.34-36. o Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23411054 The Vanuatu Cultural Centre - Bolton. L. 1994, The Vanuatu Cultural Centre and its own Community, Journal of Museum Ethnography 6, pp.67-78. o Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40793554 Notes by Lachlan Thompson, 22.06.2023. Funding supporting the digitisation of these tapes came from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language and the Language Data Commons of Australia.本数据集收录源自彼得·克罗（Peter Crowe）个人收藏的音频录音与摄影幻灯片。这批物料盒曾存放于奥克兰的罗斯·克拉克（Ross Clark）办公室，后由克拉克移交至太平洋濒危文化数字资源档案馆（PARADISEC）。我们曾致函拉塞尔·克罗（Russell Crowe），征询其对其叔父藏品的相关建议，但未获回复。 这批幻灯片记录了彼得·克罗的多项研究兴趣，包括文化与音乐仪式，以及瓦努阿图口述传统项目（Vanuatu Oral Traditions Project）与瓦努阿图文化中心（Vanuatu Cultural Centre, VCC）。其中大量幻灯片为克罗对各类文化活动的纪实影像，记录了猎猪仪式与开槽木鼓（slit gongs），这些内容后续亦被克罗写入相关著述。 克罗曾投入大量精力参与瓦努阿图口述传统项目，并撰写过一篇阐述该项目推进过程的文章。该项目始于1976年，下设两个分支：一支由法国语言学家让-米歇尔·夏彭蒂耶（Jean-Michel Charpentier）领导，设于维拉港；另一支由克罗负责，设于北部诸岛。目前太平洋濒危文化数字资源档案馆（PARADISEC）仍在搜寻该项目产生的诸多录音资料。遗憾的是，最糟糕的可能性是这些录音已于1987年的乌玛气旋（Cyclone Uma）中损毁。 尽管克罗主要在北部诸岛开展工作，仍协助推动了维拉港瓦努阿图文化中心（VCC）的建设。瓦努阿图文化中心（VCC）至今仍在运营，并与太平洋濒危文化数字资源档案馆（PARADISEC）保持着密切合作关系，二者的合作涵盖VKS2馆藏。部分幻灯片记录了该文化中心的马埃沃分馆（幻灯片中称其为"Maewo Ofis"或"Niu Hebridis Kalsaral Senta Maewo Ofis"）。瓦努阿图文化中心（VCC）亦与该口述传统项目存在关联，其馆藏涵盖北部诸岛录制的录音副本。曾与克罗共事并担任瓦努阿图文化中心（VCC）策展人的柯克·哈夫曼（Kirk Huffman），曾亮相太平洋濒危文化数字资源档案馆（PARADISEC）的播客节目《TOKSAVE》第9期：《瓦努阿图帕马岛、鲨鱼与鲨灵》。 多张幻灯片中出现的杰弗里·乌利（Jeffery Uli，该档案中亦以其全名"Jeffery Ulimeruana"或"Jeffery Uli Meruana"收录），是与克罗紧密合作开展瓦努阿图口述传统项目的两位核心成员之一。另一位核心成员为詹姆斯·格韦罗（James Gwero），其姓名未在幻灯片中出现，但克罗在其著述中曾提及此人。克罗离开瓦努阿图后，格韦罗与乌利二人继续负责瓦努阿图口述传统项目的运营，他们录制的部分录音资料现馆藏于VKS系列馆藏中。 以下为彼得·克罗与本数据集相关的著述： ### 猎猪仪式与开槽木鼓 - 克罗·P，1990年，《逆向起舞？》（*Dancing Backwards?*），《音乐世界》（*The World of Music*）、《大洋洲》（*Oceania*）第32卷第1期，第84-98页。 可获取链接：https://www.jstor.org/stable/43561244 ### 瓦努阿图口述传统项目 - 克罗·P，1977年，《瓦努阿图口述传统项目》（*The Vanuatu Oral Traditions Project*），《太平洋艺术》（*Pacific Arts*）第15(16)期，第34-36页。 可获取链接：https://www.jstor.org/stable/23411054 ### 瓦努阿图文化中心 - 博尔顿·L，1994年，《瓦努阿图文化中心及其社区》（*The Vanuatu Cultural Centre and its own Community*），《博物馆民族志学刊》（*Journal of Museum Ethnography*）第6期，第67-78页。 可获取链接：https://www.jstor.org/stable/40793554 拉克兰·汤普森（Lachlan Thompson）笔记，2023年6月22日。 本数据集磁带的数字化工作经费，由澳大利亚研究理事会语言动态卓越研究中心（ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language）与澳大利亚语言数据共享平台（Language Data Commons of Australia）提供资助。