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Akha notebook 120

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs, narratives, and ritual recitations about offerings to ancestors, good and bad omens, months, and taboos.
Date: 1982-10-08/1982-10-09
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Analytical notes on acoustic correlates of stress experiment 2

Description: These are analytical notes presenting the three-sentence mini monologues used in the "acoustic correlates of stress in Mankiyali" experiment. The token in Sentence 1 for each mini monologue is focused and therefore contains phrase-level and word-level stress. Sentence 2 sets up the context for the token in sentence 3 to be devoid of phrase-level stress, allowing word-level stress to be teased apart and analyzed.
Date: July 8, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about a sports event

Description: This is a conversation about a sports event between Imtiaz Ahmad (a 31-year-old male) and Muhammad Suleman (a 36-year-old male). In this conversation, Imtiaz talks about participating in a cricket match.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about a surgery

Description: This is a conversation between Taj Nisa (a 49-year-old female) and Nargis Bibi (a 40-year-old female). In this conversation, Taj Nisa talks to Nargis Bibi about a surgery she had in the past, and narrates how the doctors and medical staff treated her.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about a surgery

Description: This is a conversation between Taj Nisa (a 49-year-old female) and Nargis Bibi (a 40-year-old female). In this conversation, Taj Nisa talks to Nargis Bibi about a surgery she had in the past, and narrates how the doctors and medical staff treated her.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about a visit to Rawalpindi

Description: This is a conversation between Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male) and Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male). Abdul Rehman talks about his visit to Rawalpindi to participate in an engagement ceremony and Abdul Malik talks about a doctor's appointment, his check up, etc.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about a visit to Rawalpindi

Description: This is a conversation between Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male) and Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male). Abdul Rehman talks about his visit to Rawalpindi to participate in an engagement ceremony and Abdul Malik talks about a doctor's appointment, his check up, etc.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 14 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about annual grass cutting

Description: Khatun Bibi and Sartaj Bibi discuss the daily routines of household chores during the grass cutting season. They also talk about the hardships they face during this particular season. Khatun Bibi is a 51-year old housewife. Sartaj Bibi is a 23 year old housewife.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about annual grass cutting

Description: Khatun Bibi and Sartaj Bibi discuss the daily routines of household chores during the grass cutting season. They also talk about the hardships they face during this particular season. Khatun Bibi is a 51-year old housewife. Sartaj Bibi is a 23 year old housewife.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about domestic matters

Description: This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male). Abdul Malik talks about an incident of olden days of his life and then both speakers talk about a domestic matter of their relative couple.
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Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 19 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Description of a typical day at work

Description: Ram Kumar describes his responsibilities as a teacher of English and social science (history, geography and civic education), and what he especially likes about his job. The recording was made at the Government Senior Secondary School in Chhitkul village, where Kumar is a teacher. The school is located further down the village, on the river bank, on the road towards the military checkpoint.
Date: October 8, 2018
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of clearing snow from roofs

Description: In this recording, Muhammad Suleman, a 35-year old male teacher, talks about the methods which people in Danna use to clear snow from the rooftops of their homes. Wooden tools are used to brush snow from the roofs of houses when snow builds up on the rooftops. The speaker was born in 1983.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of clearing snow from roofs

Description: In this recording, Muhammad Suleman, a 35-year old male teacher, talks about the methods which people in Danna use to clear snow from the rooftops of their homes. Wooden tools are used to brush snow from the roofs of houses when snow builds up on the rooftops. The speaker was born in 1983.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of crops in Thragom village

Description: Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes growing corn and other crops in Thragom village, explaining that corn was the staple diet in Thragom historically. In the past, they would plant during the month of April and harvest during late October to early November. They also plant soybeans, pumpkin, and cucumbers in the maize field. She says that monkeys are the main animals that destroy corn and other crops.
Date: June 8, 2022
Duration: 3 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Dakpa riddles

Description: Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She says riddles were part of every mother's teaching to support children's thought processes and to teach them about common mistakes.
Date: June 8, 2022
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of farming practices in Thragom village

Description: Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes farming practices used for staple crops, such as corn, wheat, and buckwheat. She says the community would work on each other's farm on rotational bases, using manure made from a mixture of dry oak leaf and cow dung on the farmland to increase the yield.
Date: June 8, 2022
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of millet in Thragom village

Description: Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She says that, of all the farming works, the plantation of millet was most sought after. Millet seeds were planted before the arrival of the magpie in the village, and planting millet after the arrival of the magpie was considered late and generally wouldn’t have a good yield. During millet plantation, the workers would share fermented wine using a big ox horn.
Date: June 8, 2022
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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