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Title: | When do linguists make their best (cartographic) work? | Contributor(s): | Nash, Joshua (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2017 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/53000 | Abstract: | The title of this research note alludes to P.H. Franses’ papers in Creativity Research Journal ‘When Do Painters Make Their Best Work?’ (2013) and ‘When Did Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature Make Their Best Work?’ (2014). The speculative polemic is based on several years of linguistic engagement involving fieldwork in remote island communities in Oceania. I contend that doing linguistics, specifically collecting toponymic (placename) data, is an aesthetic, artistic, and creative commitment as well as a scientific endeavour involving accessing the language awareness of a group of individuals. The creative manifestation of linguistic and toponymic research is twofold: the explicit cartographic representation, where I pose the map as art, and the more subtle interaction and development of friendships within specific communities associated with the research. Both appearances are creatively driven and are a part of accessing how we possess and become aware of language and how such language is expressed in maps. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | The Globe, 81(1), p. 37-40 | Publisher: | Australian and New Zealand Map Society Inc | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 0311-3930 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 451310 Pacific Peoples linguistics and languages 451304 Pacific Peoples cultural history 470411 Sociolinguistics |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280116 Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture 130201 Communication across languages and culture 139999 Other culture and society not elsewhere classified |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C4 Letter of Note | Publisher/associated links: | https://anzmaps.org/the-globe-journal/ |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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