Pacific&RegionalArchive for DigitalSources in EndangeredCultures
@paradisec.bsky.social
A digital archive of materials from endangered cultures from all over the world; over 1300 languages represented in our 250+TB of collections
New blog from Nick Thieberger describing ongoing research by PARADISEC and collaborators on ASR (speech-to-text) of Pacific languages to create tools for supporting communities and workers! www.paradisec.org.au/blog/2025/10...
Large language models for small languages
Of the 7,000 languages in the world today, most have little presence on the internet. What records there are in these languages are often religious translations from large languages and so, while b…
www.paradisec.org.au
October 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
New blog from Nick Thieberger describing ongoing research by PARADISEC and collaborators on ASR (speech-to-text) of Pacific languages to create tools for supporting communities and workers! www.paradisec.org.au/blog/2025/10...
PARADISEC and ELAR are excited to announce the third Language Documentation and Archiving conference, to take place in Berlin, Germany and online from 9-11 September 2026.
Abstract submission open now, until 1 March 2026.
More information at langdoc.org.
Abstract submission open now, until 1 March 2026.
More information at langdoc.org.
LD&A – Language Documentation & Archiving Conference
langdoc.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
PARADISEC and ELAR are excited to announce the third Language Documentation and Archiving conference, to take place in Berlin, Germany and online from 9-11 September 2026.
Abstract submission open now, until 1 March 2026.
More information at langdoc.org.
Abstract submission open now, until 1 March 2026.
More information at langdoc.org.
PARADISEC digitises Pacific music recordings dating back decades in more than 1300 languages. www.abc.net.au/pacific/prog... via @ABCaustralia
Canberra singing group brings 'lost' Pacific music back to life - ABC Pacific
For the past 20 years, PARADISEC has digitised music recordings which date back decades and feature more than 1300 Pacific languages.
www.abc.net.au
October 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
PARADISEC digitises Pacific music recordings dating back decades in more than 1300 languages. www.abc.net.au/pacific/prog... via @ABCaustralia
Reposted by Pacific&RegionalArchive for DigitalSources in EndangeredCultures
Our new article on songs that hold histories & people from the diaspora interacting with archives today:
with Deveni Temu, Steven Gagau and Jodie Kell 'Archived sound and creative engagements with PNG cultural heritage in Australia' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@paradisec.bsky.social
with Deveni Temu, Steven Gagau and Jodie Kell 'Archived sound and creative engagements with PNG cultural heritage in Australia' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@paradisec.bsky.social
Archived sound and creative engagements with Papua New Guinean cultural heritage in Australia
For people in the region of Oceania and Indigenous Australia, histories have long been held in oral and embodied forms. Pacific historians have pointed to the ‘vast store of lived and relived exper...
www.tandfonline.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Our new article on songs that hold histories & people from the diaspora interacting with archives today:
with Deveni Temu, Steven Gagau and Jodie Kell 'Archived sound and creative engagements with PNG cultural heritage in Australia' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@paradisec.bsky.social
with Deveni Temu, Steven Gagau and Jodie Kell 'Archived sound and creative engagements with PNG cultural heritage in Australia' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@paradisec.bsky.social
A reminder about a useful resource for learning about archiving language materials:
archivingforthefuture.teachable.com/courses/test...
archivingforthefuture.teachable.com/courses/test...
Introduction
Simple Steps for Archiving Language Documentation Collections
archivingforthefuture.teachable.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A reminder about a useful resource for learning about archiving language materials:
archivingforthefuture.teachable.com/courses/test...
archivingforthefuture.teachable.com/courses/test...
The Insider Archivist: Collecting Music Recordings from East New Britain, PNG (via @paradisecblog) www.paradisec.org.au/blog/2025/03...
The Insider Archivist: Collecting Music Recordings from East New Britain (ENB)
In 2024, I initiated the “ENB Digitisation and Preservation Project” aiming to collect old analogue tape recordings from my community in East New Britain in Papua New Guinea. As a staff…
www.paradisec.org.au
March 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Insider Archivist: Collecting Music Recordings from East New Britain, PNG (via @paradisecblog) www.paradisec.org.au/blog/2025/03...
PARADISEC Director Nick Thieberger speaking in Paris at the UNESCO Language Technologies for All conference on “The importance of digital language & music archives for language & cultural continuity, an example from the Pacific & Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures”
February 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
PARADISEC Director Nick Thieberger speaking in Paris at the UNESCO Language Technologies for All conference on “The importance of digital language & music archives for language & cultural continuity, an example from the Pacific & Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures”
Reposted by Pacific&RegionalArchive for DigitalSources in EndangeredCultures
AI doesn't have to involve big tech companies competing for data dominance. Cooperative governance offers an alternative model, as described in this (not yet peer-reviewed) paper from READ-COOP scholarly director, @melissaterras.bsky.social.
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-1...
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-1...
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
February 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
AI doesn't have to involve big tech companies competing for data dominance. Cooperative governance offers an alternative model, as described in this (not yet peer-reviewed) paper from READ-COOP scholarly director, @melissaterras.bsky.social.
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-1...
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-1...
Pasifika Collections in the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register launch was last night, featuring Deveni Temu speaking about his connections to items held in @paradisec.bsky.social, PAMBU, & FE Williams Collections of Photos of Papua. Exhibit on display at ACT Heritage Library til 11 May.
February 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Pasifika Collections in the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register launch was last night, featuring Deveni Temu speaking about his connections to items held in @paradisec.bsky.social, PAMBU, & FE Williams Collections of Photos of Papua. Exhibit on display at ACT Heritage Library til 11 May.
PARADISEC Director Nick Thieberger will present in the DPC webinar series, on 12 March. Registration link below 👇
www.dpconline.org/events/event...
www.dpconline.org/events/event...
Digital Preservation Masterclass: A Celebration of Good Practice, Innovation and Collaboration - Digital Preservation Coalition
www.dpconline.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
PARADISEC Director Nick Thieberger will present in the DPC webinar series, on 12 March. Registration link below 👇
www.dpconline.org/events/event...
www.dpconline.org/events/event...
PARADISEC’s Nick Thieberger on our new cassette tape lubricator
theconversation.com/how-were-rec...
theconversation.com/how-were-rec...
How we’re recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes
A sophisticated machine called the LM-3032 Tape Restorator is helping give new life to decaying, decades-old cassettes.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
PARADISEC’s Nick Thieberger on our new cassette tape lubricator
theconversation.com/how-were-rec...
theconversation.com/how-were-rec...