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Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research
Home
The Founders
Origins & Purpose
Overview: Approach to Field Study
Nature and Function of Oral Literature
The Sabah Oral Literature Project: Theory and Methods
Community-based Field Methods
Methodology Papers
Ethical Dilemmas
Publications
Fellowship Recipients
Research Grantees
Our Board and Committees
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Methodology Papers

  1. Guide to the Varieties of Oral Literature in Borneo

  2. Rungus Classes of Oral Literature

  3. Rungus Ritual Text from Sabah Oral Literature Project

  4. Rungus Metaphorical and Poetic Phrases

  5. A Cultural Dictionary for the Translation and Exegesis

  6. Rungus Varieties of Rice

  7. Rungus Phonemes

  8. Sacred Groves Among the Rungus Dusun of Northern Sabah: Relict Areas of Biodiversity

  9. Ethical Issues in Recording Oral Literature

  10. Collection Issues and Suggestions

  11. Linguistic Charts for Articulatory Phonetics

  12. Bibliography of Introductory Linguistics

  13. Code Sheet for Recording Oral Literature

  14. Code Sheet for Transcription and Translation

  15. Selected Bibliography of Oral Literature

“‘Some Thoughts on the Collection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Discovery and Loss’ was a projected paper by George N. Appell that remained unfinished at the time of his death and is therefore not available.”

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