ABSTRACT

The unpublished field notes on Native American Yokuts cultures and languages taken by linguist and ethnologist John P. Harrington in 1914–1942, now kept at the Smithsonian Institution, are analysed in the framework of Edward S. Caseýs concept of mapping with/in. The Yokuts’ process of mapping tripni places (powerful places) with/in their ancestral territories during the early twentieth century is discussed, paying particular attention to the role of hearing and sound. Moreover, in these archival materials, Yokuts tribal members relate with different bodies of water in an absorptive and porous way, with sound being part of a complex haptic and multi-sensory process. By listening to the testimonies of the Yokuts tribal members who collaborated with Harrington, we argue that sound perception, song, and the sense of hearing played a key role in the process of mapping tripni.

摘要

语言学家和民族学家 John P. Harrington 于 1914-1942 年拍摄的关于美洲原住民 Yokuts 文化和语言的未发表的实地笔记，现在保存在史密森学会，在 Edward S. Caseýs 的映射概念框架中进行了分析。Yokuts 映射tripni的过程讨论了 20 世纪初在其祖传领土上的地方（强大的地方），特别关注听觉和声音的作用。此外，在这些档案材料中，Yokuts 部落成员以一种吸收性和多孔性的方式与不同的水体相关联，声音是复杂的触觉和多感官过程的一部分。通过聆听与 Harrington 合作的 Yokuts 部落成员的证词，我们认为声音感知、歌曲和听觉在绘制tripni的过程中发挥了关键作用。