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In 2010, Dr Stephen Leonard embarked on a year-long trip to live with the Inugguit of north-west Greenland, the northernmost settled people on Earth. His aim was to record the...

Collection: Research Horizons

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Wed 17 Apr 2013

As the global effort to record as much as possible of the world's linguistic diversity proceeds apace there is a great need to ensure the longevity of the records created. While,...

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Workshop 2012

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Sun 19 Aug 2012

An interview with Mark Turin of the World Oral Literature Project on BBC World News TV at 12:15 GMT on Wednesday, 26 June, 2013.

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Media

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 4 Jul 2013

'Landlocked and mountainous Nepal is home to over 100 languages, many of which are now endangered. Languages spoken for generations may soon be extinct. Anthropologist and...

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Media

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 4 Dec 2012

'Anthropologist and linguist Dr Mark Turin travels to South Africa to get to grips with the country's complex language politics and policies. Until the mid 1990s, there were just...

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Media

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 10 Dec 2012

13 minute interview with Dr Mark Turin about the World Oral Literature Project.

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Media

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 6 Dec 2011