ML148469
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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Village Hogon. Timecode In: 00:15:58. Timecode out: 01:20:54. Notes: Dogon culture; translated by Roberto Cerea. Subject 2: Goat (Capra hircus). Timecode In: 01:23:20. Timecode out: 01:27:12. Equipment Notes: Decoded MS Stereo. Show: Mali - Dogon Log of DAT #: 16A Engineer: Leo Del Aguila Date: Jan 25, 2003 IM = Issa Mohammed R = Roberto Cerea WD = Wade Davis CR = Chris Rainier AC = Alex Chadwick CJ = Carolyn Jensen Leo = Leo del Aguila ¿ Interview with the elder in the Dogon Village that has been Islamisized (00:00:02) Ambi: Children talking close to mic, adults talking in background. Sounds of shuffling, moving around, general crowded sounds. Children yell, adults speak to each other. (1:50) trucks start up, one after another, motor comes close to mic. Sound of someone spitting. Another truck starts up and revs. Tape stops and starts again (2:30) (00:02:40) CJ: SO, here we are in Dogon country, the afternoon of the first day. We have come to the village where the professor from Bamako has relatives and we are walking across a field under the cliffs where we are going to interview the Hogon, one of the highest people in Dogon culture. And this is 16A on the afternoon of Saturday the 25th of January, 2003. And Leo is recording MS. So, it could be a pretty interesting but long interview. (00:03:21) LD: It's also breezy. (00:03:23) Ambi: Sounds of wind across mic. Of people walking, footsteps on gravel and dirt. Birds hooting. (00:03:32) AC: Pretty nice birds up there (00:03:54) LD: Ok, I'm going to be recording some birds here¿These are crows, I think. (footsteps of Leo, bird hooting, stops walking, no sound from birds.) Pardon, they just disappeared. Footsteps on gravel. Footsteps stop. More birds hooting in distance. Footsteps begin again. In distance, bird/ monkey hooting. Soft footsteps. (00:06:25) Leo rejoins group. People talking, moving, sound of wind on mic makes it sound busier than it is. People talking, car horn beeps, sound of birds. People's talking gets louder. Someone talking in French with someone else, talking about talking. Leo and Alex are talking about the logistics of interviewing the Hogon. Talking about how to take the shot, Chris Reiner talking, people continue talking in French. Un-relentless bird in background chirps animatedly. So many people talking, can't really understand what anyone is saying. Voices of (sounds like) Chris Reiner, Wade Davis, Max block, man speaking Dogon language in background, another one speaking in French. Talking about camera positions, how to shoot best. How to mic best. Leo is back involved in conversation, so is Carolyn. Deciding that Roberto is going to be translator. People continue talking. (00:15:58) Wade Davis: First of all, I would like to acknowledge the honor that we feel to be able to even be in the presence of a man in his age and his knowledge, to be together with all of his colleagues of equally eminent age, and so for us to have come so far to be actually able to speak with the Hogon of the Dogon is a huge honor for us. ***Translator (Roberto [R] to French, another translator translates it to Dogon language, then to Hogon. Then Hogon speaks, then translated back to French, then to English.*** (00:17:24) R: He is thanking us too. (00:17:26) WD: and what we are trying to do as we travel around the world is to suggest to the entire population of the world that every culture has its own critical importance, and that the vision that every culture represents is a vision that contributes to the well being of humanity. ***Translation*** (00:18:51) R: He's thanking us again, he says that we are very happy that we are here. (00:18:56) WD: And one of the things that interests us in every culture is how a culture comes to terms... (Notes truncated)
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- Goat Capra hircus
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- SONY TCD-D7
- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 50
- Accessories
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- Cataloged
- 4 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 4 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 4 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman