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“Birds in culture and context—Ethnoornithology in application and theory”—abstracts from an ethnoornithology symposium, 2007

Following are the abstracts of papers and posters presented at the recent Ethnoornithology Symposium, entitled “Birds in culture and context – Ethnoornithology in application and theory”, held during the 30th Society of Ethnobiology conference at the University of California, Berkeley from 28 to 31st March 2007. It was a great day, with a quantity and quality of papers [...]

By Bob Gosford|2024-03-21T19:42:23+09:30November 21st, 2017|Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Indigenous land management, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Return of the Storm-bird – the Channel-billed Cuckoo comes south for the summer

I've been very interested in cuckoos generally—and Channel-billed Cuckoos in particular—for a few years, especially in relation to the knowledge that Aboriginal language groups here in the Northern Territory and beyond have about them. I'd love to hear any information that groups outside of the areas discussed in the post may have—feel free to drop me a line or post a comment.

By Bob Gosford|2024-01-12T16:52:37+09:30November 19th, 2017|Animals, Bird of the Week, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Photography, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth|1 Comment

Call for Papers: ‘Indigenous land and sea management in Australia and beyond’ session at CHAGS 12

Themes for this session and discussion could include the importance of and development of cultural maintenance activities; issues related to sites and objects of sacred significance and knowledge; the protection, application and moderation of intercultural scientific knowledge; practical issues including funding and managing relationships between governments at local, state and federal levels; the benefits—or not—of working with NGOs and reflections on interactions between cultural practitioners from different local, regional and national areas.

By Bob Gosford|2017-11-01T07:14:43+09:30November 1st, 2017|Animals, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Indigenous land management, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Word of the week: kahmudngalalahminj (Dalabon)

The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL) is investigating language as a diverse, dynamic and evolving organism that interacts with our perceptual processes in ingenious ways.

By Bob Gosford|2017-10-29T20:04:34+09:30October 29th, 2017|Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Fire hawk stories feature at Barrapunta bird workshop

The workshop allowed for clarification of the rather confusing overlap of three bird names, karrkkanj, ngalmirlangmirlang and wunwunbu. Karrkkanj, it turns out, is a term for the Black Kite but can also be applied to two other raptor species, the Peregrine Falcon and the Brown Falcon.

By Bob Gosford|2018-04-21T19:15:22+09:30October 29th, 2017|Animals, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Fun stuff, Indigenous land management, Northern Territory politics, Religion, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Call For Papers: ‘Ethno-ornithology: advances in collaborative research’ session at CHAGS 12

We welcome theoretical and speculative papers exploring the significance of bodies of emerging literature (e.g. honeyguides, fire-following raptors) as discussed and understood by groups of collaborators. We favor co-authorship with Indigenous researchers and participation of Indigenous collaborators in this session.

By Bob Gosford|2017-10-29T18:13:42+09:30October 29th, 2017|Animals, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Indigenous land management, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Talking Birds and Fire at the Barrapunta Bird Workshop, Arnhem Land, May 2017

Karrkkanj is a term for the Black Kite but can also be applied to two other raptor species, the Peregrine Falcon and the Brown Falcon, Professor Evans explains. The Peregrine Falcon can also be known more specifically as ngalmirlangmirlang and the Brown Falcon as wunwunbu; these are said to be husband and wife. Karrkkanj is also ritually significant as the one who founded the Lorrkkon mortuary cycle.

By Bob Gosford|2018-04-21T19:16:08+09:30October 25th, 2017|Aboriginal & Islander Art, Animals, Australian politics, Bird of the Week, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Independence day for the Mimal Rangers of Arnhem Land!

Wednesday October 25 marks a new era for Indigenous landowners and managers as Mimal Land Management Aboriginal Corporation celebrates its independence. Mimal has been on a long journey to independence since the inception of Mimal Rangers almost 20 years ago.

By Bob Gosford|2017-10-25T07:18:11+09:30October 25th, 2017|Aboriginal & Islander Art, Animals, Australian politics, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Fun stuff, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Why the chicken crossed the road. And how.

On Chickens: Chickens have the capacity to reason and make logical inferences. For example, chickens are capable of simple forms of transitive inference, a capability that humans develop at approximately the age of seven

By Bob Gosford|2017-01-07T18:14:28+09:30January 7th, 2017|Animals, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Bird of the Week: Willy Wagtail – “where’s my dinner Mum?”

The local pair of Willy Wagtails have taken advantage of the great season we are having in the centre this year and so far have raised two clutches, and I'll expect that, as prime examples of avian opportunism in the desert, they may raise another couple yet in this season.

By Bob Gosford|2017-11-20T20:26:20+09:30January 2nd, 2017|Animals, Bird of the Week, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Photography, The Northern Myth|0 Comments