International Symposium “2024 Fiji Language GIS Project Symposium: Scientific Pursuit of Languages in Fiji and Their Social Dissemination”

When:

2024年09月12日 @ 09:00 – 17:00 Asia/Tokyo Timezone

2024-09-12T09:00:00+09:00

2024-09-12T17:00:00+09:00

Where:

ICT Theatre, Japan-Pacific ICT Centre, The University of the South Pacific (USP) Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji

Date	September 12, 2024　9:00-17:00
Venue	ICT Theatre, Japan-Pacific ICT Centre, The University of the South Pacific (USP) Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji
Target	Open to the public
Language	English, with English-Fiji Sign Language interpretation
Organizer	– National Museum of Ethnology, Japan (Minpaku) – School of Pacific Arts, Communication & Education (SPACE), The University of the South Pacific (USP) – iTaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB), Fiji

Program

2024 Fiji Language GIS Project Symposium

Date and Time: September 12, 9:00 – 17:00
Venue: ICT Theatre, Japan-Pacific ICT Centre

9:00-14:00	PART I: Lauch of the Web Based GIS Map of the Fijian Communalects Chair: Apolonia TAMATA (USP)
	9:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony Prayer: University Chaplain, USP Peni Waqakibau 　 Sevusevu and Sevu Ceremony 　 Welcome Address Professor Jito Vanualailai, BSc. S.Pac, ME Ryukyus, PhD Kobe, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, The University of the South Pacific (USP) 　 About the Project (Presentations) Launch Minister of iTaukei Affairs: Mr. Ifereimi Vasute Outline: Introducing Fiji GIS Project: How It Developed and Where We Are KIKUSAWA Ritsuko (Minpaku) Data: Collecting Fijian Language Data over 50 years Paul GERAGHTY (USP) Methodology: Development of a Web-based GIS Map of Fijian Communalects: John LOWRY (Oregon State University, former faculty of USP (2010-2017)) 　 Minister’s Speech Ulivi ni Vosa (Vote of thanks) Closing Prayer
	10:30-11:00 Group Photo and Refreshments
	11:00-11:30 Presentations Digitizing Hand-plotted Maps for Future Analyses YOTSUI Keisuke (Community & Research Assist Network co., ltd.) Variation in Fiji Sign Language and Their Academic/Social Significance SANO Fumiya (National Institutes for Humanities (NIHU) & Kyoto University)
	11:30-12:00 Discussion: How Do We Want to Use the Data for the Local Community? Conveners: Mikaela SELA & Apolonia TAMATA Future plans and possibilities Mikaela SELA(TTFB), Apolonia TAMATA (USP), and KIKUSAWA Ritsuko (Minpaku) Discussion (open to the floor) > Continuing to Lunch Discussion
12:00-14:00	Lunch Discussion (continued from the open-floor discussion, all are welcome)
14:00-17:00	Part II: Scientific Application of FIJI GIS and Beyond – 10 minutes presentation + Q&C
	II-1. Languages in Fiji, and Documentation and Education Chair: WATANABE Nobuya 　 Language Documentation Training and Fieldwork with Local Researchers in Fiji Mikaela SELA (TTFB) 　 Exploring Geographic Variation of Communalects on Kadavu Island John LOWRY (Geographer, Oregon State University, USA) 　 Object pronouns in Vatulele Fijian OKAMOTO Susumu (Linguist, Minpaku & Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) 　 Incorporating the Web-based GIS Map of Fijian Communalects in the Fijian Language Studies Programme Courses at USP Apolonia TAMATA (Cultural Anthropologist & Linguist, USP)
	＜Refreshments＞
	II-2. Languages in Time and Space and Beyond Chair: John LOWRY 　 Areal distribution of some grammatical features of the Indo-Aryan languages YOSHIOKA Noboru (Linguist, Minpaku) 　 Spatial Indian Buffet Processes for Fijian Languages MOCHIHASHI Daichi (Statistics, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan) 　 Toward the Analysis of Dispersion Process through GIS and Spatial Dynamic Simulation WATANABE Nobuya (Geoarchaeologist, Chubu University, Japan) and SUZUKI Fumiki (Chinese linguistics, Nanzan University, Japan) 　 When Does Phylogenetic Analysis Go Wrong? MURAWAKI Yugo (Computational Liugutistics, Kyoto University, Japan) 　 A Potential Future Tool for Language Analyses Developed from the FIJI GIS Project: Connecting Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information through Geographical Points KIKUSAWA Ritsuko (Linguist, Minpaku)

Contact

National Museum of Ethnology, Kikusawa lab.
k4109★minpaku.ac.jp
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