Modern diplomacy: understanding ceremonial exchange at Indigenous festivals

该项目旨在调查澳大利亚北部土著节日的仪式表演如何在土著和非土著参与者之间，以及不同部族和语言群体之间制定外交。该项目主要关注1964年至今的高端节日，采用与仪式负责人的合作研究和对表演的比较分析。该项目希望了解节日中舞蹈和歌曲的交流如何与外交仪式联系起来，以及这种外交如何促进文化间对话。预期的结果包括一个档案录音的移动歌曲库。预期的好处包括加强社区努力，将土著歌曲传统延续到未来。

This project aims to investigate how ceremonial performance at Indigenous festivals in northern Australia enacts diplomacy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants, and between different clan and language groups. The project focuses on festivals in the Top End, 1964-present, using collaborative research with ceremony leaders and a comparative analysis of performance. The project expects to generate knowledge on how the exchange of dance and song in festivals is linked to ceremonies of diplomacy, and how this diplomacy enables intercultural dialogue. Expected outcomes include a mobile song library of archival recordings. Expected benefits include strengthened community efforts to sustain Indigenous song traditions into the future.