Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on the Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor Anna Wierzbicka (Australian National University) was the invited speaker for the sixth series of the Shassion on #Linguistics (16 November 2020, 12:00 Central Indonesia Time, or 15:00 AEDT). See the abstract and preliminary readings for Prof. Wierzbicka’s talk in the interactive flyer below; the recording is also available after the flyer.
Prof. Dr. Ketut Artawa, the leader of the Indonesian Language research strand of CIRHSS, was one of the keynote speakers in the online National Seminar at the University of Halu Oleo, Sulawesi. Prof. Artawa delivered a talk on Linguistic Landscape.
CIRHSS Deputy Director, Prof. Dr. I G. A. G. Sosiowati, delivered a guest lecture (in Indonesian) on a Pragmatics topic at the first Macrolinguistics Online Lecture series, jointly organised by the Linguistics Postgraduate Program of Udayana University, the Indonesian Linguistic Society (Denpasar branch), and the Asosiasi Peneliti Bahasa-bahasa Loka (APBL). The recording can be accessed via the link below:
Recording Password: bUYi6hYB
Since the first Shassion on #Linguistics by Prof. I Wayan Arka, the Shassion has been running well up to the fifth series in October 2020. The sixth and seventh series will be held in November (16 November 2020 by Anna Wierzbicka [Australian National University]; 24 November 2020 by Martin Hilpert [University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland]).
Below are the recordings for the first up to the fifth Shassion on #Linguistics.
CIRHSS Deputy Director, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ayu Gde Sosiowati (English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University), has recently been promoted to Full Professorship in Linguistics. Huge congratulations, Prof. Sosiowati!
Hear more about Prof. Sosiowati’s research and profile in the video below, and her professorship inaugural lecture via this Google Drive link (all in Indonesian).
CIRHSS Linguistics Strand leader, Prof. Dr. Ketut Artawa, was invited by the Indonesian Department, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), to deliver a guest lecture on Linguistic Landscape (21 September 2020). Below are some photos documentation from the lecture.
CIRHSS Linguistics Strand leader, Prof. Dr. Ketut Artawa, delivered an online lecture on Linguistic Landscape as part of the September’s 2020 Online Linguistics Class series organised by the Linguistics Society of Indonesia (Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia). The Dean of Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University, Dr. Made Sri Satyawati, M.Hum, was the moderator of the class. Below are the video recording, post and photos of the class.
Vicky Herianto Homo (Year 8) from Merauke is the first school student who received the mobile phone (and a pair of shoes) as part of CIRHSS outreach activity “KEEP SCHOOL CHILDREN LEARNING THROUGH COVID-19” in collaboration with Yayasan Surya Widya Kerthi (17 September 2020).
Vicky Harianto Homo is one of the native children from Merauke, Papua Province, Indonesia. He is originally from Marind, the largest tribe in South Papua. He comes from Tomerau Village, but he is now living in Merauke City for his education. His father has passed away, while his mother is still alive. She lives with Vicky’s nine other brothers and sisters at Tomerau Village. Tomerau is about 54,5 kilometers from Merauke city.
Vicky is the only child in his family who moves to Merauke City to continue his study. He is now living with his older nephew. Vicky is continuing his study at SMP Negeri Buti of Merauke (Buti Junior High School of Merauke). He is now sitting in grade eight. Based on the information from his class-teacher, Vicky is one of the diligent also smart students. He was included one of the top ten students in his class and he always attends his class on time, even though he must walk about half and one kilometer to school every day.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, Vicky and his other classmates should study from home. Some of them who have mobile phones are sent the learning materials/assignments by the teachers to be studied, while some other students should go to school to receive learning materials and assignments from the teachers to be studied. Vicky belongs to the second group; he must walk to school and take his weekly learning materials/assignment provided by the teachers to be learned/done, just because he doesn’t have a mobile phone that might be used to support his long-distance learning. According to Vicky’s class-teacher, Vicky doesn’t even have shoes to wear to school. Far before the Covid-19 pandemic, Vicky always goes shoveling sands to earn money after school, said Vicky’s nephew.
Below are some photos of the phone-donation delivery to Vicky.
CIRHSS has initiated this fundraising program “KEEP CHILDREN LEARNING THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC“, in collaboration with Yayasan Surya Widya Kerthi (Facebook & webpage) a social education charity foundation set up by retired teachers in Bali-Indonesia. See the dedicated page for this initiative here for further info.
CIRHSS Director, A/Prof. I Wayan Arka, presented at the first Sharing Session organised by the English Department, Faculty of Arts, Udayana University. The topic is on the expression of numbers in Indonesian languages, and its socio-cultural implications. Here is the interactive flyer of the talk, which includes the abstract. Below is the recording of the talk, or watch it directly on YouTube.