OLAC Record: Documentation of Tena Kichwa

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Title: Harvesting, preparation and usage of 'kilun kilun' and 'kurarina' plants

in_05092014

Documentation of Tena Kichwa

Contributor: Pablo Zanón

Contributor (consultant): Nilo Andy

Arturo Rodriguez

Carolina Grefa

Contributor (researcher): Karolina Grzech

John White

Coverage: Ecuador

Date: 2014-09-05

Description: This project is a part of PhD dissertation fieldwork, supported by the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (IGS00166). The dissertation itself will focus on evidentiality in the language, but the documentation aims to encompass as broad a set of linguistic and cultural practices as possible. Most interviews were carried out by native Kichwa researchers, and are therefore monolingual in Kichwa. The topics addressed cover the recent history of the Amazonian Kichwa, folktales, everyday life and ceremonies.

This session was run within shooting the short film about Runa medicinal plants. We went to the forest with Carolina Grefa and her husband Arturo Rodriguez. They showed us three plants: - kurarina - used to cure snake bites (mixed with some sort of yuca root) - kilun kilun (not sure about the spelling) - the sap is used to put on wounds to heal them and stop the bleeding - uña de gato - cooked in water which is used to cure stommach ache We went out to the forest in the morning, but not too far, maybe 20-30 minutes walking in and about 20 back. We were filming the plants, and in some cases I put the wireless mic on Carolina, so you can hear her speak but not see her. Also present during the session were John White, ethnobotanist, and Pablo Zanon, filmmaker. The content of the recordings is as follows: in_05092014_01 flowers and leaves of kurarina tree, Maria, Nilo and John talking / microphone used: Sennheiser ew100 wireless in_05092014_02 harvesting and preparation of kilun kilun to dress a wound, Nilo and Maria talking / microphone used: Sennheiser ew100 wireless in_05092014_03 preparation of the kurarina remedy, Nilo and Maria talking / microphone used: Sennheiser ew100 wireless in_05092014_04 preparation of kilun kilun again, Nilo and Maria talking / microphone used: Sennheiser ew100 wireless in_05092014_05 first part of the interview about kurarina, the snake remedy / microphone used: Sennheisser ew100 wireless/Rode NTG2 shotgun in_05092014_06 second part of the interview about kurarina, the snake remedy / microphone used: Sennheisser ew100 wireless/Rode NTG2 shotgun in_05092014_07 interview about kilun kilun, the sap of which helps to heal wounds / microphone used: Sennheisser ew100 wireless/Rode NTG2 shotgun in_05092014_08 intreview about uña de gato / microphone used: Sennheisser ew100 wireless/Rode NTG2 shotgun The recording and sound monitoring was managed by Pablo, and took place in Carolina and Arturo's house. The footage is more cinematic then usual documentation would be, as the interviewer (Nilo) was sitting next to the camera, and the interviewee was lit with an additional LED pannel. Despite that, I think that the conversation was quite natural, and Carolina didn't seem intimidated by the intreview setting. I refer to the whole bundle as 'interview' but it also contains conversation and some and how-to-make texts (when Carolina explains the processes of preparing each plant in videos _05, _06, _07 and _08. John and Pablo can be heard talking as well - John was responsible for monitoring whether the interview included all the important information. The entire session was recorded on the Canon XA10 camera. The microphones used for each recording are given above The eaf files contain transcriptions and translations (Kichwa/Spanish) - files -01 to 04 were revised by the researcher and then revised again with the transcriber; the filed 05-08 were transcribed and translated by the Kichwa consultants, but were not checked by the researcher

Main researcher on the project

Main consultant on the documentation project

Invited filmmaker, working on a project of documentation of Tena Kichwa ethnobotanical knowledge

Invited researcher working on the documentation of the Tena Kichwa ethnobotanical knowledge

spouse of arro1; she is the local midwife; agriculturalist

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Identifier: oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1302274

IGS00166

Identifier (URI): https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1302274%23

Publisher: Karolina Grzech

SOAS, University of London

Subject: Interview/how to make text

Medicinal plants: kurarina,kilun kilun & uña de gato

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Archive: Endangered Languages Archive

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Citation: Karolina Grzech (researcher); Nilo Andy (consultant); Pablo Zanón; John White (researcher); Arturo Rodriguez (consultant); Carolina Grefa (consultant). 2014-09-05. Karolina Grzech.

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Metadata
Title:		Harvesting, preparation and usage of 'kilun kilun' and 'kurarina' plants
		in_05092014
		Documentation of Tena Kichwa
Contributor:		Pablo Zanón
Contributor (consultant):		Nilo Andy
		Arturo Rodriguez
		Carolina Grefa
Contributor (researcher):		Karolina Grzech
Contributor (researcher):		John White
Coverage:		Ecuador
Date:		2014-09-05
Description:		This project is a part of PhD dissertation fieldwork, supported by the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (IGS00166). The dissertation itself will focus on evidentiality in the language, but the documentation aims to encompass as broad a set of linguistic and cultural practices as possible. Most interviews were carried out by native Kichwa researchers, and are therefore monolingual in Kichwa. The topics addressed cover the recent history of the Amazonian Kichwa, folktales, everyday life and ceremonies.
		This session was run within shooting the short film about Runa medicinal plants. We went to the forest with Carolina Grefa and her husband Arturo Rodriguez. They showed us three plants: - kurarina - used to cure snake bites (mixed with some sort of yuca root) - kilun kilun (not sure about the spelling) - the sap is used to put on wounds to heal them and stop the bleeding - uña de gato - cooked in water which is used to cure stommach ache We went out to the forest in the morning, but not too far, maybe 20-30 minutes walking in and about 20 back. We were filming the plants, and in some cases I put the wireless mic on Carolina, so you can hear her speak but not see her. Also present during the session were John White, ethnobotanist, and Pablo Zanon, filmmaker. The content of the recordings is as follows: in_05092014_01 flowers and leaves of kurarina tree, Maria, Nilo and John talking / microphone used: Sennheiser ew100 wireless in_05092014_02 harvesting and preparation of kilun kilun to dress a wound, Nilo and Maria talking / microphone used: Sennheiser ew100 wireless in_05092014_03 preparation of the kurarina remedy, Nilo and Maria talking / microphone used: Sennheiser ew100 wireless in_05092014_04 preparation of kilun kilun again, Nilo and Maria talking / microphone used: Sennheiser ew100 wireless in_05092014_05 first part of the interview about kurarina, the snake remedy / microphone used: Sennheisser ew100 wireless/Rode NTG2 shotgun in_05092014_06 second part of the interview about kurarina, the snake remedy / microphone used: Sennheisser ew100 wireless/Rode NTG2 shotgun in_05092014_07 interview about kilun kilun, the sap of which helps to heal wounds / microphone used: Sennheisser ew100 wireless/Rode NTG2 shotgun in_05092014_08 intreview about uña de gato / microphone used: Sennheisser ew100 wireless/Rode NTG2 shotgun The recording and sound monitoring was managed by Pablo, and took place in Carolina and Arturo's house. The footage is more cinematic then usual documentation would be, as the interviewer (Nilo) was sitting next to the camera, and the interviewee was lit with an additional LED pannel. Despite that, I think that the conversation was quite natural, and Carolina didn't seem intimidated by the intreview setting. I refer to the whole bundle as 'interview' but it also contains conversation and some and how-to-make texts (when Carolina explains the processes of preparing each plant in videos _05, _06, _07 and _08. John and Pablo can be heard talking as well - John was responsible for monitoring whether the interview included all the important information. The entire session was recorded on the Canon XA10 camera. The microphones used for each recording are given above The eaf files contain transcriptions and translations (Kichwa/Spanish) - files -01 to 04 were revised by the researcher and then revised again with the transcriber; the filed 05-08 were transcribed and translated by the Kichwa consultants, but were not checked by the researcher
		Main researcher on the project
		Main consultant on the documentation project
		Invited filmmaker, working on a project of documentation of Tena Kichwa ethnobotanical knowledge
		Invited researcher working on the documentation of the Tena Kichwa ethnobotanical knowledge
		spouse of arro1; she is the local midwife; agriculturalist
Format:		image/jpeg
		audio/x-wav
		video/mp4
		text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1302274
Identifier:		IGS00166
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1302274%23
Publisher:		Karolina Grzech
Publisher:		SOAS, University of London
Subject:		Interview/how to make text
Subject:		Medicinal plants: kurarina,kilun kilun & uña de gato
Type:		Image
		Audio
		Video
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
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OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1302274
DateStamp:		2019-05-20
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Karolina Grzech (researcher); Nilo Andy (consultant); Pablo Zanón; John White (researcher); Arturo Rodriguez (consultant); Carolina Grefa (consultant). 2014-09-05. Karolina Grzech.