Seminars, Symposia, and Academic Conferences
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Thursday, September 20, 2018
International Symposium: Fijian Languages and GIS Project, and Its Application to Museum Exhibits -
- Date: Thursday, September 20, 2018 9:30
- Venue: Seminar Room 4, 2nd floor at the National Museum of Ethnology
- Languages: English, Japanese, Japanese Sign Language
(with English-Japanese, and Japanese-Japanese Sign Language simultaneous interpretation) - Preregistration required: Form
- Supported by The Linguistic Society of Japan, Japan Society for Historical Linguistics, Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies, National Museum of Ethnology Sign Language Linguistics Research Center (SiLLR)
- Inquiries: fijigis★minpaku.ac.jp
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Outline
This symposium will be held to present part of the research results of the international collaborative project “Linguistic History and Human Flow in Fiji Revealed through GIS Data” (Primary Investigator: KIKUSAWA Ritsuko, funded by The Resona Foundation for Asia and Oceania). It will include an overview of the linguistic situation in Fiji and why GIS is applied to linguistic data. It will also include a prospective of potential research results and what is planned for their dissemination. This project is the first collaborative work with the iTaikei Trust Fund Board in Fiji that is currently developing a cultural center in Fiji where information about Fijian languages is to be exhibited. There will also be satellite workshops with project members on Sept. 18-19, 2018, and also on Sept. 21, 2018 about methodology and future plans for the project. Those who are interested in attending, please contact us for details.
Program
8：45 - 9：45 Meeting (Interpreters and presenters) 9:30 - 9:50 Registration 9:50 - 10:00 Welcome (K.Yoshida (Director-General)),
Business Announcements (R. Kikusawa)Part I: Fijian Language GIS Project
Chair: D. Mochihashi (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan)10:00 - 10:50 About the Project: Why Fijian Languages, Why GIS?
Ritsuko Kikusawa (Minpaku/The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)10:50 - 11:40 Fijian Languages: An Overview
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Paul Geraghty (University of the South Pacific, Fiji)11:40 - 11:55 Break 11:55 - 12:45 Potential Applications of GIS for Linguistic Data
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John Lowry (Massey University, New Zealand & University of the South Pacific, Fiji)12:45 - 13:45 Lunch Break Part II: More on Languages in Fiji
Chair: N. Yoshioka (Minpaku/The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)13:45 - 14:15 Core Arguments and Peripheral Arguments in Vatulele Fijian: With a Special Focus on the Oblique Marker i
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Susumu Okamoto (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)14:15 - 14:45 Regional Variation in Fiji Sign Language: Through a Comparison between the Western and Eastern Viti Levu
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Fumiya Sano (University of Kyoto)14:45 - 15:00 Break Part III: Fijian Languages and Cultures, and Museum Planning
Chair: R. Kikusawa (Minpaku/The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)15:00 - 15:20 A Fijian Drama Performance at Minpaku
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Norio Niwa (Minpaku/The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)15:20 - 16:05 A Museum Development Project in Fiji: With Special Reference to Languages
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Apolonia Tamata (iTaukei Trust Fund Board, Fiji)16:05 - 16:45 Discussion (All)
