WORK IN PROGRESS:Patxohã Tech
Recording songs in front of the Varanda Cultural together with Juho Viitala, Arnã Pataxó and the Aldeia Velha´s community. Image copyright: Mikko Lipiäinen
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Lately I´ve been involved in cultural activism lead by the members of the indigenous Pataxó ethnicity in Aldeia Velha village, Porto Seguro (BA/Brazil) by for example helping in initiating an association called Outras Tribos , documenting some activities in the village and producing a CD of traditional Pataxó songs as requested by a prominent member of the leadership of Aldeia Velha, Arnã Pataxó.
One of the essential areas of the cultural struggle of the Pataxós is the revitalization of their language, patxohã. I am currently mapping the needs, already existing, especially technology related practices and potential creative applications of technologies (including social) with a hope that in near future I would be able to initiate experimental language revitalization process in the Aldeia Velha and among the larger Pataxó community in Brazil that would benefit the ethnicity. |
Analyzing the recordings together with the singers in the aldeia. Image copyright: Mikko Lipiäinen
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Raw footage of a work in progress video where one of the Aldeia Velha´s language teachers, Eyhnã Pataxó tells a legend of Amesca tree in patxohã while treating himself with a traditional medicine made of the same species. Video copyright: Mikko Lipiäinen
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