{"id":24847,"global_id":"www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=24847","global_id_lineage":["www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=24847"],"author":"7","status":"publish","date":"2015-05-25 10:23:59","date_utc":"2015-05-25 01:23:59","modified":"2015-05-25 10:27:08","modified_utc":"2015-05-25 01:27:08","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/en\/event\/20150610\/","rest_url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/24847","title":"Special Seminar on Austronesian research by Prof. Adelaar","description":"<p><strong>Title:<\/strong> Austronesian culture history<br \/>\n<strong>Speakers:<\/strong> Professor Alexander Adelaar, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (visiting professor)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> June 10 (Wed.), 2015, 10:00 &#8211; 12:00<br \/>\n<strong>Place:<\/strong> Inamori Building, 3rd floor, middle-seminar room, CSEAS, Kyoto University<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe last 25 years have seen a happy collaboration between linguists and archaeologists in the field of<br \/>\nAustronesian studies. Originally a historical linguistic notion, \u201cAustronesian\u201d has gradually been<br \/>\napplied to various other research areas, including archaeology, anthropology, navigation and boat<br \/>\ntechnology. The major proponents of the development of a distinct Austronesian cultural history have<br \/>\nbeen the historical linguist Robert Blust and the archaeologist Peter Bellwood. Blust\u2019s main<br \/>\ncontributions are the reconstruction of a large corpus of etyma at the level of Proto Austronesian and<br \/>\nlower cladistic nodes within Austronesian, a refinement of earlier genetic classifications of<br \/>\nAustronesian languages, and the reconstruction of Proto Austronesian and Proto Malayo-Polynesian<br \/>\ntaxonomies, which include among other things, pronouns, kinship terms and taboo vocabulary.<br \/>\nBellwood applied to the early history of the Austronesian-speaking peoples a model first developed by<br \/>\nColin Renfrew for Indo-European archaeology. It emphasizes the role of agriculture in the expansion<br \/>\nof ethnic groups and their languages. In the Austronesian context, the model depends heavily on the<br \/>\nspread of rice-based agriculture. Bellwood also explains the Austronesian expansion as driven by<br \/>\nwhat he refers to as a \u201cfounder rank enhancement process\u201d (i.e. the circumstance that earlier founders<br \/>\ntended to be more revered in Austronesian societies which in turn stimulated certain people to look<br \/>\nfor new territories and establish their own founder group). Both scholars have written<br \/>\ncomprehensive overviews of their respective research areas. In the last six years the Blust-Bellwood<br \/>\ninterpretation of Austronesian cultural history has come under criticism. Most notable is a paper by<br \/>\nMark Donohue and Tim Denham (Current Anthropology, 2010) systematically testing whether and<br \/>\nhow the perceived Austronesian cultural complex is manifested in language spread and classification,<br \/>\nagricultural developments, the spread of useful plants, maritime history, human genetics, and so on.<br \/>\nThe paper has admittedly provoked criticism from several quarters but it also has the merit of<br \/>\nopening an important discussion and showing that the concept of an Austronesian complex is not<br \/>\nentirely free of problems. The rapid development of human genetics and new methods and proposals<br \/>\nfor the classification of Austronesian languages (at various cladistics levels) raises other factors which<br \/>\nhave the potential to change our understanding of Austronesian cultural history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the speaker<\/strong>:<br \/>\nAlexander Adelaar is a Visiting Professor at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies<br \/>\nand a Principal Fellow in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. His research is on the structure<br \/>\nand history of Austronesian languages, with emphasis on varieties of Malay and the languages of Borneo,<br \/>\nMadagascar and Taiwan. He is currently involved in a study of the linguistic and migration history of<br \/>\nMadagascar with a grant from the Australian Research Council.<\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Nathan Badenoch and Noa Nishimoto<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"20150610","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2015-06-10 10:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"06","day":"10","hour":"10","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2015-06-10 12:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"06","day":"10","hour":"12","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":null,"utc_start_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":null,"utc_end_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Special Seminar","slug":"special-seminar","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":106,"filter":"raw","id":32,"urls":{"self":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/32","collection":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":18756,"author":"7","status":"publish","date":"2014-04-24 16:51:50","date_utc":"2014-04-24 07:51:50","modified":"2014-04-24 16:51:50","modified_utc":"2014-04-24 07:51:50","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/venue\/middle-sized-meeting-room-no-332-3rd-floor-inamori-foundation-building-kyoto-university-2\/","venue":"Middle-sized Meeting Room (No. 332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University","slug":"middle-sized-meeting-room-no-332-3rd-floor-inamori-foundation-building-kyoto-university-2","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Middle-sized Meeting Room (No. 332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University","description":"","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/venue\/middle-sized-meeting-room-no-332-3rd-floor-inamori-foundation-building-kyoto-university-2\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"global_id":"www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=18756","global_id_lineage":["www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=18756"]},"organizer":[{"id":24848,"author":"7","status":"publish","date":"2015-05-25 10:27:08","date_utc":"2015-05-25 01:27:08","modified":"2015-05-25 10:27:08","modified_utc":"2015-05-25 01:27:08","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/organizer\/nathan-badenoch-and-noa-nishimoto-2\/","organizer":"Nathan Badenoch and Noa Nishimoto","slug":"nathan-badenoch-and-noa-nishimoto-2","json_ld":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nathan Badenoch and Noa Nishimoto","description":"","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/organizer\/nathan-badenoch-and-noa-nishimoto-2\/","telephone":"","email":"","sameAs":""},"global_id":"www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=24848","global_id_lineage":["www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=24848"]}],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Special Seminar on Austronesian research by Prof. Adelaar","description":"&lt;p&gt;Title: Austronesian culture history Speakers: Professor Alexander Adelaar, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (visiting professor) Date: June 10 (Wed.), 2015, 10:00 - 12:00 Place: Inamori Building, 3rd floor, middle-seminar room, CSEAS, Kyoto University &nbsp; Abstract: The last 25 years have seen a happy collaboration between linguists and archaeologists in the field of Austronesian studies. 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