ECDI Update: February 2024 activities

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This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events.

News

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Outreach

SYNAPSE

Upcoming SYNAPSE Seminars:

  • 1 Mar – Tupaia’s Wind Positioning System – Lars Eckstein (University of Potsdam) – register via Eventbrite
  • 7 Mar – Mi laek multi nao! New configurations of identity and diversity in a Solomon Islands language movement – Debra McDougall (University of Melbourne) – register via Eventbrite

The seminar series will be held monthly in-person and via zoom. All available seminars for registration can be found on our Eventbrite collection.

Previously recorded seminars are available on our YouTube channel. Recent additions:

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Weekly Walk-in Coding and Statistics Clinic

Are you stuck with a coding problem, confused about a statistical procedure, or just want to talk through some technical aspects of your research? The Model Behaviour quantitative working group is opening a dedicated space where you can get one-on-one support for coding and statistical problems and help you through the technical aspects of your research, with a focus on research in CHL and CASS. 

We are here to help with:

  • Coding problems, with a particular focus on R & Python, such as:
  • How to organise and structure your scripts
  • How to wrangle data into a required format
  • Statistical design, analysis, and interpretation. 
  • How to plan your statistical analysis
  • How to interpret the summary of a multi-level or linear regression model
  • Visualisation of data and results 
  • Other common coding-related tools like Git and Github, LaTeX, bash 

Sessions are held in the Engma Room 3.165, H C Coombs Building, on Thursdays between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. 

Help is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

No formal registration is required, but we encourage you to send us a note in advance if you are planning to come to ensure we have enough time to see everyone. 

For more details contact samuel.passmore@anu.edu.au (CHL), anton.malko@anu.edu.au(CASS), or wolfgang.barth@anu.edu.au (CASS)   

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Seminars, Workshops, Conferences

Language Documentation and Archiving 2024 (LD&A 2024)
4-6 Sept 2024, Berlin and Online
ELAR (the Endangered Languages Archive) and PARADISEC (the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures) are excited to announce the second Language Documentation and Archiving conference with the theme “Recent Advances in Language Documentation and Archiving”, which will take place in Berlin and online from 4-6 September 2024. The deadline to submit abstracts is 1 April, 2024. More information here

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Publications

Hardy, K., Leclerc, M., Ballard, C., Knowles, B., & Troitzsch, U. (2024). Reconstructing Settlement Histories in the Papua New Guinea Highlands through Ceramic Analysis and Oral Traditions. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 16(12). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01919-w

Ballard, C., Bedford, S., Cronin, S., & Stern, S. (2023). Evidence at Source for the Mid-Fifteenth Century Eruption of Kuwae, Vanuatu. Journal of Applied Volcanology. 12(12). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s13617-023-00138-1

Bammer, G., Browne, C., Ballard, C., Lloyd, N., Kevan, A., Neales, N., Nurmikko-Fuller, T., Perera, S., Singhal, I., & van Kerkhoff, L. (2023). Setting parameters for developing undergraduate expertise in transdisciplinary problem solving at a university-wide scale: a case study. Humanities and Social Sciences Communication. 10(208). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01709-8

Davey, K., & Barth, D. (2023). Directional constructions in Matukar Panau: A Bayesian approach to assessing variation. Asia-Pacific Language Variation. 9(2), 156-194. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/aplv.23005.dav

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