Children documenting language and culture: Games and toys in Ikakumo

Gefter, Asya; Salffner, Sophie

Abstract

We have all played some form of football at some point in our lives, but what is your favourite game and what toys did you use to play with? Do you know the games ames, lago, ayo, ekpe, okuto, cashew, locker, abas, ludo, tyre, ring or whot? Have you ever raced a bamboo car down the road?

In this exhibition, you see photos of games and toys taken by children in Ikakumo and videos of parents reminiscing about the games they used to play when they were small. You also see photos of the village where the children live and of the animals that people keep, photos of how the children help at home, and photos of what goes on in the village.

You can also find out how such photos and videos shot by the children help linguists with documenting a language and a culture, and how a linguist might put an exhibition and the materials to go with it into an archive.

Citation

Gefter, A., & Salffner, S. (2013). Children documenting language and culture: Games and toys in Ikakumo. [print photographs (games and toys), print exhibtion catalogue (text, contextual photographs), videos (games, descriptions of games, consent sessions), audio (consent sessions, electronic photographs (consent session), toy bamboo cars]. 20 May 2013 - 2 August 2013. (Unpublished)

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Conference Name: Endangered Languages Week 2013; PICS Festival 2013 - Images Changing Society; Ikakumo Photography School Exhibition; West African Languages Congress
• Start Date: May 20, 2013
• End Date: Aug 2, 2013
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: May 24, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: May 24, 2013
• Keywords: language documentation; participatory photography
• Additional Information: Event Title : Endangered Languages Week 2013; PICS Festival 2013 - Images Changing Society; Ikakumo Photography School Exhibition; West African Languages Congress; Additional Information : An exhibition showcasing photographs and videos taken by participants of the Ikakumo Photography School 2013 run by Asya Gefter and Sophie Salffner. Full dates are: 20-21 May 2013; 8 Jun 2013; 20-27 Jul 2013; 29 Jul - 2 Aug 2013; Number of Pieces : 4