Progress on Yindjibarndi ethnophysiography

Authors:
David M. Mark;Andrew G. Turk;David Stea
Affiliations:
Department of Geography, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY;School of Information Technology, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Venue:
COSIT'07 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Spatial information theory
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper reviews progress on the Ethnophysiography study of the Yindjibarndi language from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Concentrating on terms for water-related features, it concludes that there are significant differences to the way such features are conceptualized and spoken of in English. Brief comments regarding a similar project with the Diné (Navajo) people of Southwestern USA are provided, together with conclusions regarding Ethnophysiography.