To the Chennai-Philadelphia
videoconference project's front
webpage.
To the project's thoughts
webpage.
To the project's program
webpage.
Below are links to
A) The written
words in Tamil and English (pdf files), and video
recordings (realplayer streams), of the 14
songs/chants/dances/games.
B) Video
recordings, and still-images,
of the two post-fieldwork
ethnographic videoconferences.
A)
video
recording of all 14 songs-chants-dances-games (12 min.).
1) o-ru kal-lu
(one stone).
Movement with song: ring
dance (ring rotates; action sometimes goes towards the center).
written
words (pdf file).
video
recording
(Realplayer)
(47 sec.).
2) oN-Nam paat-thi
(one garden).
Movement with chant.
written
words.
video
recording (31 sec.).
3) o-ru ku-Dam
than-ni (one bucket of water).
Movement with chant; line
passes between two participants.
then, question-and-answer
chant.
written
words.
video
recording (86 sec.).
4) chan-tha-num
(sandalwood ash).
Question-and-answer
chain-chant (with illustrative gestures).
written
words.
video
recording (67 sec.).
5) en-na?
(what kind of?).
Question-and-answer
chain-chant (with illustrative gestures).
written
words.
video
recording (21 sec.).
6) en-thi-ruk-ru?
(what use?).
Question-and-answer
chain-chant (with illustrative gestures).
written
words.
video
recording (16 sec.).
7) ii-raa-Li (a
comb).
Conversational dramatic
interaction between two participants at a time, with the the
interaction working its way around the ring (all are sitting);
then, the ring rotates, with chant.
written
words.
video
recording (99 sec.).
8) man-thi chaa-Di
(monkey jumping).
Finger-walk routine.
written
words.
video
recording (23 sec.).
9) u-ruN-Doo
(running).
Counting game, on the back of
one bent-over participant in the center of the ring.
written
words.
video
recording (55 sec.).
10) muL-Lik-ka (a
fruit plant with thorns).
Counting game, on the ground
(participants in a ring).
written
words.
video
recording (33 sec.).
11) ko-lai-ya (a
bunch).
Movement with chant: one
participant circles the ring in which others are sitting (chasing
occurs during part of the activity).
written
words.
video
recording (75 sec.).
12) aaT-Tu pu-Li
(goat and tiger).
Movement with
question-and-answer chant: one participant circles the ring in which
others are standing; one participant is inside the ring (chasing occurs
during part of the activity).
written
words.
video
recording (42 sec.).
13) mut-thi
mut-thi (frog, frog).
Movement with chant.
written
words.
video
recording (6 sec.).
14) uN-Ni uN-Ni
(tick, tick).
Movement with chant.
written
words.
video
recording (9 sec.).
Tamil
letters
B)
Regarding the two post-fieldwork
"Videoconferences for the Demonstration
and Discussion of Children's Tamil (and Other)
Songs/Chants/Dances/Games, and
Methods of Teaching and Learning Spoken Tamil Language"
which were co-hosted by children and others -- in Chennai
(Tamil Nadu, India; left side of the screen); and in Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, USA; right side of the screen) :
Two highlights of the 2004 videoconference are
1) Children from the two sides
of the videoconference collaboratively performing 3) o-ru
ku-Dam than-ni
(one bucket of water).
video
recording
(35 sec.).
2) One
child from each side of the videoconference, with adult coaching,
engaging in a verbal
exchange partly derived from 5)
en-na?
(what kind of?).
video
recording
(53
sec.).
Recordings of the entire videoconferences:
Oct. 16, 2004.
video
recording
(98 min.).
Oct. 15, 2005.
video
recording (109 min.)
Still-images (pdf files) from the 2004
videoconference:
1) Together
playing a question-and-answer word-game with puppets.
2) Together
playing a singing-game.
3) Together
catching someone.
4) A
Philadelphia child looking at some Tamil writing being shown from the
Chennai side.
5) Philadelphia
children demonstrating a finger count-out game.
6) One-on-one
conversation.
7) Group
conversation.
8) Singing
together.
***
Please contact me if you have any
difficulty receiving any of this
material.
- Eric
emiller@sas.upenn.edu
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