Language, society, and history Towards a unified approach?

Faudree, Paja; Hansen, Magnus Pharao

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“…Ethnohistory is a well-established methodology within the field of anthropology that uses archival material and historical records to explore communities and practices that have long since disappeared. 1 One of the central aims of ethnohistory is to reconstruct complex pictures of past sociality and cultural activities based on primary evidence rather than biased or subjective judgements (Faudree and Pharao Hansen, 2013:240). When it first emerged in the 1930s, ethnohistory focused predominantly on the practices of people whose perspectives were underrepresented in official narratives of history backed by national institutions of power (e.g.…”

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“…Archival research has been used by anthropologists and historians for many years and, when used empirically to anchor a person’s social or communicative practices in the systems and institutions of the social world, it is commonly known as “ethnohistorical” research (Faudree and Pharao Hansen, 2013:240). Introducing ethnohistory to multimodal analysis offers a way to move beyond a text-centered focus by ensuring that hypotheses concerning the forms and functions of artefacts are derived and explored from concrete historical documents.…”

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Introducing ethnohistorical research to multimodal studies

O’Hagan

2022

Multimodality & Society

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This paper reflects on the importance of archival research to the analysis of historical multimodal texts. Specifically, it put forwards a “multimodal ethnohistorical” approach, offering a guide to the key principles and resources that underpin the methodology and using examples from past research to demonstrate its effectiveness. The paper argues that multimodal ethnohistory can help address many of the criticisms around text-based multimodal analysis and its lack of attention to the broader social practices, processes and people involved in the production or reception of texts. The proposed methodology, thus, hopes to open up a debate about the need to gain a greater appreciation of the past to place contemporary multimodal texts within a broader trajectory of patterned practices and uses, thereby fostering a deeper awareness of how certain semiotic and compositional choices are rooted in earlier historical conventions of meaning-making but have evolved over time in response to technological change.

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Introducing ethnohistorical research to multimodal studies

O’Hagan

2022

Multimodality & Society

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“…Instead, the method is generally referred to as an "ethnography of documents" (Laurier and White 2001, 4), the "anthropology of writing" (Barton and Papen 2010, 3), or simply, a "historical approach to ethnography" (Gillen 2013, 491). Here, I reinstate the anthropological term "ethnohistory", as its definition by Faudree and Pharao Hansen (2013) seems to best encompass the aim of this study: Ethnohistoryunderstood as the histories of indigenous people, ethnic minorities and marginalised genders or classesis a field where attention to language has been employed successfully to construct complex pictures of past sociality. The field differentially integrates methods and theories from a diverse set of disciplines, including social history, historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology and critical theory.…”

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Towards a multimodal ethnohistorical approach: a case study of bookplates

Hagan

2018

Social Semiotics

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“…In this paper, we seek to lend insight into the historical and cultural dimensions of how the national Kazakh language is written. We take a holistic approach to analyzing the semiotic processes in Kazakhstan by unifying language, culture and history (Faudree & Hansen, 2014). We add more evidence to the discussion of the language policy in Kazakhstan by bringing to the fore the cultural and historical heritage, which is in great part realized through language (Levin, 2017).…”

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Language symbols for conveying culture

Bayadilova-Altybayeva¹,

Tektigul²,

Sadykova³

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Recent studies have addressed the possibilities of adopting the Latin alphabet in the Kazakh script. However, little attention has been given to the investigation of the role of the script as a set of language symbols in transferring national cultural values. This paper seeks to lend insight into the historical and cultural dimensions of the Kazakh national script. We take a holistic approach to analyze the semiotic processes in Kazakhstan over time by unifying linguistic, cultural and historical perspectives. We highlight the role of language symbols in expanding cultural and spiritual heritage and passing down national cultural values through generations. The emergence of the Kazakh script, the alphabet and their preservation in written monuments, inscriptions of religious content, and publications served as the main means of distributing the national spiritual values, identity and socio-historical treasures. The complex study enabled us to conclude that the transfer of the Kazakh script to the Latin alphabet helps preserve national values, expand the scope of use of the Kazakh language in accordance with the needs of the society and flexibly transmit all modern scientific and technical achievements. The study contributes to the research of language policies in Central Asian countries.

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Language, society, and history Towards a unified approach?

Cited by 5 publications

References 98 publications

Introducing ethnohistorical research to multimodal studies

Introducing ethnohistorical research to multimodal studies

Towards a multimodal ethnohistorical approach: a case study of bookplates

Language symbols for conveying culture

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